Basil Read has reported that the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) has awarded the company a road rehabilitation contract worth R279 million. Basil Read is to rehabilitate national route 5, section 4, which is located between...
Picture: Corne Oberholzer is part of the Deloitte Local Government team The poor state of municipal finances is now a well-documented phenomenon. In the 2010/2011 financial year for example, the Auditor General of South Africa (AGSA) found that...
The Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) is driving a campaign – and leading a special task group – to promote the concept of prefabricated construction which has to date been under-utilised in South Africa. Gary Theodosiou, structural...
The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) has appointed engineering consultants Royal HaskoningDHV to carry its 2013 Green Drop audit inspections on several water authorities in the Eastern Cape. Buffalo City Municipality, Mthatha DWP, Mahjabeng Local...
The findings of the Auditor General pertaining to the use of consultants by the government is both a worry and a concern says Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) CEO Graham Pirie. “It is a worry because the report does not differentiate the...
This video that gives you basic knowledge about bridge construction.You will also be able to see how girder launching is done.
The Department of Water Affairs (DWA) has appointed engineering consultants Royal HaskoningDHV to carry out 2013 Green Drop audit inspections on several water authorities in the Eastern Cape. Buffalo City Municipality, Mthatha DWP, Mahjabeng Local...
Consumers, food retailers and governments can take simple actions to dramatically reduce some 1.3 million tons of food waste every year, according to a new campaign launched today by the United Nations and its partners. Launched by the UN...
The City of Cape Town is in the process of obtaining a permit to conduct an open burn of vegetation at the Zoarvlei Wetland Section of Table Bay Nature Reserve. This burn will take place when weather conditions are favourable between January and...
by Yanna Erasmus The United Nations Environmental Programme, is calling for urgent and sustainable waste management practices across the world. As the standard of living rises, and development and urbanisation take hold, waste may well become one...
