According to the Paper Recycling Association of South Africa (Prasa), the pulp and paper industry is one of the largest employers in South Africa, making a significant annual contribution to the economy of some R35.26 billion. Mpact, a leading...
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) has started to prescribe a new cement product to be used by consulting engineers tendering on roads in the Western Cape province of South Africa. Other major road project across the entire...
According to a case study spearheaded by the Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), if three million existing low-income houses were converted to ‘green’ homes, the electricity saving would be enough to power a city the size of Durban or...
Mather+Platt has won exclusive distribution rights to the Vanton range of thermoplastic pumps. An agreement signed in August makes the Wadeville-based company the sole distributor of all Vanton products, including Flexiliner seal-less peristaltic...
When Civil Engineering consultancy company, Mhiduve, was recently appointed by Tlokwe Municipality in North West Province to design an extension for the Promosa Landfill site in Potchefstroom, ALS Construction was appointed as main contractor for...
Having total control over the manufacture of broad spectrum flocculants has gained a local manufacturer recognition of the Department of health. Water Purification Chemical & Plant – WPCP – manufactures a range of flocculants at the company’s...
At the beginning of 2012 construction commenced on Phase 2B of the Augmentation of Pretoria’s Moreleta outfall sewer network. The City of Tshwane contracted Aurecon, a global engineering company, to design and plan this substantial project. ...
Job creation and sustainable enterprise development need to be the foundation of municipal engineering projects in South Africa. This requires municipal engineers and consultants apply innovative, fresh engineering solutions. Community gardens,...
Afrox has come up with an innovative way to recycle expired breathing bags from its AfroxPac 35 Self-Contained Self Rescuers (SCSRs) by “upcycling” these bags into children’s paint aprons, chair bags and library book protectors. A SCSR is a...
