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...
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...
Although the construction industry has largely remained static for the past two years, growth in office, retail and other non-residential construction has been negative, the residential housing market is expected to increase by just 2% during 2012....
The Built Environment Professions Grouping (BEPs) collectively has voiced their concerns pertaining to infrastructure bottlenecks or lack of infrastructure delivery as well as inadequacies in mechanisms to procure their professional services. The...