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 two percent...
As we look back at 2012, it’s clear much has been done. Africa now has safe water for 800,000 people and HIV/AIDS care to 40,000 more. For that, we are truly thankful. The change is real. It’s happening…and it’s all because...
The Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) Education Programme for 2013 has been published. Petrus Jooste, education and training manager at the C&CI says concrete training plays a vital role at a time when the shortage of skills is...
Esorfranki Geotechnical is poised to complete a curtain grouting subcontract awarded by Norland Construction at the Cengane Dam in the Eastern Cape. The construction of a new dam wall is planned as part of the OR Tambo District Municipality’s Upper...
Vela VKE (part of the SMEC Group) head of Rustenburg (North West Province) division, Tshepo Matshego, points out that the company is responsible for the design and construction monitoring phases of the North-West Corridor of the Rustenburg rapid...
Consulting firm SRK has provided specialist technical services to subsidised housing projects in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) for many years and was recently able to get more directly involved in housing roll-out through Metroprojects Development KZN who is...
Consulting engineers GIBB is one of the member companies in the 2 037 consortium for the implementation of Gauteng’s 25-year Integrated Transport Master Plan, spearheaded by the Gauteng Department of Roads and Transport. The Integrated Transport...
Role players within the sphere of infrastructure delivery and construction should expect the parameters in which they have operated over the last three years to remain as certain as death and taxes during 2013, writes Richard Jansen van Vuuren. The...
The Congress of South African Trade Unions has promised to take the fight against e-tolls to Parliament, after the North Gauteng High Court today (16 Dec 2012) dismissed an application for the system to be set aside. The court also ordered the...
South Africa’s electricity network requires considerable reform over the coming decades if the country is to successfully diversify its generation mix to sources other than coal to meet the increasing demand for power. This view is supported by The...
