Aurecon has recently walked away with one of the construction industry’s top accolades at the 2012 Construction World Best Projects awards. First introduced in 2002 and held annually thereafter, the externally-judged ‘Best Projects’ competition is...
Xylem Water Solutions South Africa, part of Xylem Incorporated, the global leader in water technology, recently employed its first ever African, female fitter. Zanele Sithole joined the team this year and she is set to prove that a woman is as...
Picture: The internal courtyard showing mosaicwork on concrete The City of Cape Town Human Settlement contact office in Manenberg has recently been awarded a four-star Green Star SA rating – the first fully constructed local municipal building in...
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.
