Earth sciences and water consultancy Umvoto Africa is undertaking a two-year study funded by the Water Research Commission (WRC) to examine rural attitudes towards climate change and how the rural communities can increase their resilience. A pilot...
Working smarter rather than harder and longer is the key to staying at the top of an increasingly sophisticated and competitive engineering design market. 3D design technology has been evolving over many years, and its application in highly complex...
Rural drought management A pilot project, based on a series of community and local authority workshops, has focused on Tsengiwe village near Cala (four hours’ drive from East London) in the Eastern Cape. Cape Town-based earth sciences and water...
Disputes arising from incorrect readymix concrete being delivered to a customer’s site can be tricky, particularly where large sums of money are required to remove or remediate concrete that has already set. Testing before, during and after...
