Construction | Infrastructure news - Part 146

Construction

Aurecon excels at construction awards

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...

Basil Read secures road tender

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...

Drive to promote precast construction

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...

Bitumen shortage to hit SA

Yet another bitumen shortage is looming in South Africa in the first half of this year. This will result from planned maintenance shutdowns by three oil refineries. The shortage will critically disrupt road construction and rehabilitation...