Ron Watermeyer (Infrastructure Options) Kevin Wall (CSIR) Graham Pirie (Consulting Engineers South Africa) Introduction The inability of many South African municipalities and provincial governments to spend all of their capital budgets each year...
Enlightened property developers, owners, and managers are taking seriously the looming steep rise in energy and maintenance costs by examining their existing installations such as lighting and HVAC, a major consumer of electrical power. One such...
Residents of Phoposane, Tlakgameng and Kudunkgwane, in North West province, are close to getting the long awaited tarred road that they demanded in protests in 2010. Contractor Liviero reports that its R219-million contract for the 42km stretch of...
Thousands of individuals all over South Africa have attended workshops offered free of charge by Much Asphalt on best practice in the placement of hot mix asphalt by hand. Much launched its Best practice workshops on hand laid hot mix asphalt in...
In particular, precast Concrete Block Pavers (CBP) were laid 48 years ago in Chatsworth, Durban and according to Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) president, Taco Voogt, they look good for at least another half century. When they reach the...
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. The C&CI Precast Task Group’s...
Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) is encouraged by the acknowledgement that the National Development Plan (NDP) is a roadmap for tackling the problems of poverty, inequality and unemployment. “We are satisfied that the NDP will be used to...
Eleni Giokos chats to Communications Minister, Dina Pule, in Davos at the 2012 World Economic Forum.
Weekly State of Reservoirs Report as on 11th February 2013: Weekly
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) inaugurated its 111th president at the SAICE Presidential Inauguration and Gala Dinner at Montecasino in Johannesburg on 12 February 2013. The event, attended by various high-profile...
