The average cost premium of building green over and above the cost of conventional construction – or green cost premium – is a mere 5% and can be as low as 1.1%. This is according to the Green Building in South Africa: Guide to Costs and Trends...
Wind together with structural weaknesses was responsible for the collapse of the temporary structures during construction work in the M1/Grayston Drive Pedestrian and cyclist structural bridge. Construction firm Murray & Roberts’ expert witness...
By Matt Coetzee From 30 000 feet, you could be forgiven for thinking that a city has a pulse. On camera, time lapse photography of the morning in-rush of traffic, followed by the evening exodus, looks like a beating heart. The road networks in and...
Eskom will sign phase 2 of Eskom Power Plant Engineering Institute (EPPEI) funding agreement, in collaboration with the Universities of Cape Town, Witwatersrand, North-West, Pretoria, KwaZulu-Natal and Stellenbosch, in partnership with a further...
The final day of the Community Plumbing Challenge 2016 in Diepsloot coincides with World Youth Skills Day on 15 July 2016. The Community Plumbing Challenge offers a platform for further training and advancement in a sector that desperately needs...
A South African company is designing a safe helium-cooled nuclear reactor that will use a locally designed pebble-based thorium/uranium fuel, replacing uranium as the primary fuel. This will provide a safer environment, without meltdown risk, such...
Diepsloot has become the site for the realisation of basic human rights through the collaboration of design solutions and ideas from international teams in the Community Plumbing Challenge 2016 running from 9 to 15 July. Having working, clean and...
Eskom has received a $1.34 billion boost for its capital expenditure program from the African Development Bank (AfDB). The pair recently signed loan facilities that will secure approximately R19 billion for the power utility in the largest...
Although the latest statistics released by Statistics SA indicated that jobs in the civil and construction industry were maintained, the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) is concerned about the overall loss of 15Â 000 jobs in...
