Rainbow Reservoirs has begun local manufacture of various reservoir component parts and is planning to start local rolling of the Zincalume steel panels from which the reservoir walls are constructed. Local rolling will increase the number of flat...
Reaching its 20-year milestone, Desco Electronic Recyclers has made strides in the e-waste industry, setting benchmark standards in the education and recycling of electronic waste products in South Africa. Processing 5 500 t of e-waste in 2011 – an...
One of the advantages of the merger between engineering, management and technical services group Aurecon and the energy industry focused NETGroup is that it enables the merged entity to pursue the large integrated infrastructure projects that are...
Plans to increase plant capacity by 50 Mℓ/day Excellent progress is being made with the construction of the first of two 25 Mℓ/day modules which form part of the expansion of the Driefontein Waste Water Treatment Works in Johannesburg. The project,...
The Port of Ngqura will handle cargo from the biggest container ship to call at a South African port when the MSC Sola arrives on Sunday, 8 July after debuting at the Port of Durban earlier in the week on its maiden voyage to the country. South...
Plant capacity being doubled Work is proceeding apace on an extension to the overloaded Sebokeng wastewater treatment works, which currently services a population of about 700 000 people in southern Gauteng near the industrial area of...
State owned enterprise South African Airways (SAA) is exploring the implementation of a voluntary carbon offset project that can support the development of forestry in the Southern African region. SAA operates in a global market that makes it...
Much headway has been made on the continent in the practice of safety, health, environment and quality management (SHEQ). For many however, formal education is still lacking in the areas that are fundamental to sustainable development with local...
Just how does an engineering consultancy ensure that its designs, procedures and recommendations made to clients are environmentally friendly and sustainable? All industries now claim to be going ‘green’, but what yardsticks are in place to measure...
