The SAICE-SAFCEC awards are set to take place on Thursday 08 October 2015, to give recognition to well-engineered civil engineering projects. The awards seek to publicise how answers to challenging civil engineering problems were found, honour...
An expert team, of leading global water technology providers has been hard at work over the past few months in preparation for the opening of its new rental hub premises in Gauteng. This new purpose-built facility opened its doors on the 1st of...
An all-round sewer and drain cleaning machine, capable of cleaning lines up to 250 mm wide,is set to take the municipal sector by storm. The Ridgid K-15000SP Sectional Machine, available from Dowson & Dobson Industrial (D&D), is described...
Disciplinary actions will be taken against municipal workers who have pumped raw sewage into a field, the Naledi municipality in North West said recently. “The incident was reported on Monday [28 September]; we started with investigation and...
New developments are emerging in South Africa’s national conversation on using hydraulic fracturing (fracking) technology to release shale gas in the Karoo. These include the publication of the updated Regulations for Petroleum Exploration and...
Coordinators, sponsors and volunteers who participated in this year’s International Coastal Clean-Up Day that took place on 18 September, described this year’s event as the best ever since South Africa officially became part of the biggest...
Scientists at have designed a new hybrid roofing system which could halve energy bills in new homes. The patented new system, designed by scientists at Brunel University London, harnesses a unique mixture of technologies to pre-heat domestic hot...
A focus on oceans, power generation and ICTs will move Africa towards a new era of inclusive growth, President Jacob Zuma said in New York on Sunday. Zuma told the Pan African Students Association at Princeton University that the growth of the...
The South African Local Government Association (Salga), a representative of 278 municipalities in the country, says it takes pride in the progress and positive trends that are reflected in the Municipal Audit Outcomes report. The report by the...
