Learners from Laerskool Noord (Red School), situated in Phalaborwa, recently celebrated the official opening of three new mobile classrooms. The classrooms, which were provided by the Department of Education, were equipped by the multi award...
By Rianté Naidoo A trip to the Northern Wastewater Treatment Works in Johannesburg took centre stage at Knight Piésold’s job shadowing day on Tuesday. The initiative, which was started by Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA), sees consulting...
Commuting from the township of Orange Farm to Lenasia can take more than four hours on foot, or a half hour taxi drive, given that you hop on and off a few different taxis. Many of the township’s teenagers attend the M H Joosub High School in...
Transportation, water and power are key national priorities – dovetailing with core socio-economic objectives – and areas where Knight Piésold Consulting leads in the infrastructure sphere. Almost 10 decades have passed since Knight Piésold...
Besides generating electricity, Kusile will also generate tons of coal ash, a bi-product that will need discarding in an ash dump with enough storage capacity to last 50 to 60 years. Since coal ash is considered a pollutant to ground water, the...
Construction work on Durban’s Western Aqueduct bulk water pipeline worth more than R700 million will be in progress by 2015. To date, 7.5KM of the 55KM second phase has been completed and the entire project is well on track for its expected...
Plans to increase Zambia’s power generation capacity are underway with the government recently recognising hydropower as the most appropriate power generation medium to ensure the country’s continued economic growth. Situated in the North-Western...
The Ingula Pumped Storage Scheme Project in the Drakensburg reached some significant milestones in 2012. With a design set to contribute to South Africa’s power demand in a way that will enhance maximum power generation efficiency, the Eskom...
“The highest use of capital is not to make more money but to make money do more for the betterment of life.” — Henry Ford (1863 – 1947) Knight Piésold understands the importance of giving money intelligently and it one of the company’s goals to...
