featured | Infrastructure news - Part 342

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Significant boost for water quality

Veolia Water is helping companies and governments around the world get one step closer to sustainable water management with its internally developed indicator that enables a pragmatic and comprehensive assessment of the impact of human activity on...
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Stimulating renewable energy in the Free State

A joint venture, between Basil Read Matomo (Pty) Ltd and Isolux Ingenieria, has been appointed by SunEdison to build a 60 megawatt (MW) AC solar photovoltaic (PV) plant in Boshof, Free State. The Boshof region experiences some of the highest solar...
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Is urbanisation killing natural resources?

As cities become overpopulated, all the conditions for a poor ecosystem arise. With urbanisation comes a compromised ecosystem. Africa’s growing urbanisation means that cities have to continuously expand to accommodate the influx of people. With...
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New self-compacting concrete for agility in design

One of South Africa’s staple brands recently called on contractor, Group Five, to produce an impressive signage feature at a new site’s entrance. The contractor was familiar with the use of Lafarge South Africa’s innovative self-compacting concrete...
Pietermaritzburg Office move - Shabana Singh, Rob McNeill and Angus Bracken

Moving up in the world

Looking ahead to further growth, SRK Consulting in Pietermaritzburg recently moved office to larger and purpose-designed premises in Brookside Office Park on the Victoria Country Club Estate in Montrose. Partner and principal engineering geologist...
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South Africa’s stagnant infrastructure spend

Aveng believes the continued underperformance of its South African and rest of Africa construction and engineering division is a function of stagnant infrastructure spending. The group reports in its 2013 annual report that marginal real growth was...