Civil Engineers at Queen’s University Belfast in collaboration with pre-cast concrete specialists Macrete Ireland have developed the world’s longest ‘flat pack’ arch bridge. Based on the ‘FlexiArch’ system, the bridge is unique in that it will be...
The African Water Facility (AWF) has approved a €1.07-million grant for the development of an Integrated Comprehensive Sanitation Plan for the Seychelles. The 10-year plan will follow an integrated approach, looking at the synergies with related...
South Africa remains open for business and is an attractive destination for investments, says President Jacob Zuma. Addressing a business delegation at the World Economic Forum (WEF) in Davos Switzerland, the President identified manufacturing,...
The eThekwini Municipality is appealing to residents to continue using water sparingly as the current status of the Hazelmere dam level is sitting at 35.06 percent and the water level is dropping consistently. According to a statement released by...
The Unemployed Youth Skills Development Project in Vhembe District Municipality has officially been launched in Thohoyandou, Limpopo. The project which is a joint effort between the Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) and the Department of...
Solid waste management has to do with handling of solid refuse from their sources of generation and also one of the sources and causes of environmental pollution through storage, collection, transportation, recovery and treatment processes to...
Namibian power utility NamPower is currently exporting electricity to its South African counterpart Eskom, which is struggling to meet demand, an official said. “We are currently exporting up to 200MW of electricity to South Africa,”...
As Eskom missed another deadline to bring its Medupi power station online, and its financial woes have led to fears over South Africa’s electricity supply in 2015, world energy leaders will congregate in Johannesburg in a month to discuss the...
Century City will soon be home to another green building, when a well known global engineering company starts construction on its new offices. When the Aurecon’s Century City office building in Cape Town was built in 2011, it was the first building...
