The movers and shakers of the architectural world in South Africa gathered at Shine Studios in Braamfontein on 2 September to witness the 2015/2016 Corobrik SAIA Awards of Merit for Excellence in Architecture. The seven best designs and a book...
Africa’s first ever dredging simulator has been launched in the port city of Durban. It is the result of collaboration between Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA), the Transnet Maritime School of Excellence (MSoE), Netherlands-based Royal IHC...
Transportation, water and power are key national priorities – dovetailing with core socio-economic objectives – and areas where Knight Piésold Consulting leads in the infrastructure sphere. Almost 10 decades have passed since Knight Piésold...
Rapidly escalating waste volumes will create serious consequences for an already intractable problem for towns and cities worldwide, both physically and fiscally. Getting the right industrial waste bin to manage, transport and recycle waste is...
Lack of access to sanitation comes at a heavy price. In 2015 that price amounted to $222.9 billion for the global economy. In Africa the figure sits at $19.3 billion. This is according to a new report released today by the LIXIL Group, published in...
Limits have been placed on the abstraction of water from the catchment areas of the dams supplying the Vaal River and Orange River systems. The Department of Water and Sanitation (DWS) has issued the necessary gazette to reduce such abstraction for...
Mpumalanga municipalities recently received training on the Blue and Green Drop Systems to ensuring effective and efficient water and sanitation service delivery to communities. The Blue and Green Drop certification programmes are innovative means...
Extinction probably isn’t at the forefront of everybody’s mind right now, because most people are preoccupied with more immediate concerns; how will I afford to educate my child? Why can’t I get a decent WiFi connection?...
Eskom’s Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme has brought Unit 1 into commercial operation thus effectively pumping close to a 1000 MW into the South African power grid. This is the third out of four units to come online, each contributing 333 MW each to...
