Yet another bitumen shortage is looming in South Africa in the first half of this year. This will result from planned maintenance shutdowns by three oil refineries. The shortage will critically disrupt road construction and rehabilitation...
Although the construction industry has largely remained static for the past two years, growth in office, retail and other non-residential construction has been negative, the residential housing market is expected to increase by just 2% during 2012....
The Built Environment Professions Grouping (BEPs) collectively has voiced their concerns pertaining to infrastructure bottlenecks or lack of infrastructure delivery as well as inadequacies in mechanisms to procure their professional services. The...
Consulting engineering and project implementation firm Hatch’s Global managing director of Energy, John Pearson, recently highlighted that approximately 1.4-billion people across the globe survive without electricity – 59% of which are located in...
Lafarge South Africa is a gold sponsor of the Advances in Cement and Concrete Technology in Africa (ACCTA) conference scheduled for 28-30 January 2013 at Emperor’s Palace. The conference will focus on concrete as the building material with the...
Energy Minister Dipuo Peters is visiting Abu Dhabi this week to attend the 6th World Future Energy Summit, the Zayed Future Energy Prize Award Ceremony and the third session of the Assembly of International Renewable Energy Agency. Now in its sixth...
Singapore International Water Week (SIWW), the global platform for the sharing and co-creation of innovative water solutions, officially opened its Call for Nominations for the Lee Kuan Yew Water Prize 2014. This will be announced today by the...
Siemens Energy has entered the South African renewable energy market. For the customer, the project companies owned by Mainstream Renewable Power Limited, Globeleq, and local B-BBEE investors Thebe Investments, Enzani and Usizo, Siemens will erect...
While there is a constant stream of communication as well as the raising of awareness around the issues of Recycling, Organic Waste and e-Waste, very little attention has been focused on the disposal of what is potentially hazardous waste:...
Solar energy, one of our most abundant locally sourced energy resources, plays a critical role in South Africa today. Experts are therefore welcoming the growing interest by developers and investors. The full potential of solar and its competition...
