Lafarge South Africa has announced the repositioning of the international Lafarge Group’s global master brand to reflect the increasing shift to urbanisation taking place throughout the world. The new brand signature ‘Building better cities’...
Pictured: Darryll Killian, partner, SRK Consuliting There is a common thread running through South African discourse of late, from President Jacob Zuma’s State of the Nation address to Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan’s 2013 Budget Speech. That link...
The Emalahleni water reclamation plant in Witbank, Mpumalanga, which is currently undergoing a major expansion, serves as a “best practice” example of how a former liability – mine water – can be turned into a valuable resource – potable water –...
Following the finalisation of the reliability test on 17 December last year, the Melbourne Desalination Plant has commenced with 27 years of operations in which it will be delivering drinking water into the Melbourne water system, finds Chantelle...
Pictured: Innovation in the building materials industry is of paramount importance. Concrete is no longer simply concrete, says Lafarge South Africa CEO, Thierry Legrand Urbanisation is one of the biggest challenges of the 21st century. In the...
Pictured: Staff of the C&CI pose – for the last time – at its final location: Waterfall Park in Midrand. After 75 years of serving the construction industry in South Africa, the Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) closed down at the end...
The Ogagweni community has finally won its battle for clean water, according to Sibusiso Mjwara, head of the Municipal Infrastructure Grant at the uMgungundlovu District Municipality in KwaZulu-Natal. “The uMgungundlovu District Municipality is...
The Southern African Plastic Pipe Manufacturers Association (SAPPMA) has just – 9 April 2013 – released the findings of a study which aimed to investigate environmental footprint caused by the manufacturing and use of plastic pipes....
The Water Research Commission (WRC), in collaboration with North West University (NWU) Vaal Campus, is answering the call for the establishment of information storage facilities in the form of a water archival repository system for South Africa. ...
