The construction of the new Metolong Dam will provide a much needed boost for Lesotho’s capital, with Chinese contractor Sinohydro forging ahead with the construction programme, driven by its Cat earthmoving fleet. CONSTRUCTION IS NOW well advanced...
South Africa’s competition commission has levied its highest ever fines against 15 construction companies. R1.46 billion rand will be paid by these orgnaisations after admiting anti-competitive practices. The investigation, first announced in...
Pictured: Tumi Dlamini, executive director of MBSA, says MBSA further supports the construction firms’ cooperation with the Competition Commission to make the full and truthful disclosure of bid rigging that took place in the industry The...
The Competition Commission has reached settlement with 15 construction firms for collusive tendering, in contravention of section 4(1) (b) of the Competition Act. The firms have agreed to penalties collectively totalling R1.46billion. The...
The Roadcrete Africa Division of Basil Read, the JSE-listed construction and engineering Group, has been awarded two new contracts with a combined value of R369 million. The first contract worth R11 million was awarded by the Ekurhuleni...
Pictured: Bryan Perrie, managing director of The Concrete Institute The Concrete Institute says a number of articles have appeared in both local and overseas press containing misleading and incorrect information regarding the newly-formed Concrete...
The New Growth Path (NDP), in which infrastructure construction plays a vital role, should create five million new employment opportunities by 2020. This is one of the significant challenges currently faced by government stated Lindelani Mulaudzi,...
Building projects in the Coega Industrial Development Zone (IDZ) have injected over R1.2 billion into the Nelson Mandela Bay construction industry over the past two quarters. Six major construction projects are currently underway in the Coega IDZ...
Raubex, an integrated road construction and rehabilitation company, has acquired bitumen producer Tosas Holdings from Sasol Oil for R120 million in cash. This forms part of Raubex’s long-term strategy to become more vertically integrated and to...
