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Makeover of square aimed at students
Student accommodation provider Respublica is set to launch a 2,200-bed housing development in a rejuvenated Hatfield Square in 2017.
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The most important dam you probably haven't heard of
Large dams are major nation-building projects. They harness power to generate energy, provide water for large-scale irrigation and can help control flooding. And politicians often describe them as...
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Empty Khayelitsha land to be developed at last
Eight years after a commitment to build houses there, the Thembokwezi site in Khayelitsha is still empty. Photo: Ashraf Hendricks</span>The Khayelitsha Development Forum, the City of Cape Town...
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M1 structural bridge inquiry postponed to next year
© hxdbzxy – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The presiding officer in the Inquiry into the M1/Grayston Drive pedestrian and cyclist structural bridge collapse on Monday, 29 August, dismissed the...
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Thohoyandou to get R1bn shopping mall next year
The planned R1bn Thavhani Mall will be the anchor, catalyst and hero of a large mixed-use urban precinct mega development, Thavhani City, which is being developed on a 27 ha site in Thohoyandou in...
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ITC-SA elects new board of directors
Chris Hobson, newly elected chairman on the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA) board of directors.</span>The Institute for Timber Construction (ITC-SA), at its recent AGM,...
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East Africa cement consumption on the rise
East African governments, and Kenya in particular, are now focused on infrastructure delivery and ways to close the most important infrastructure gaps in planning for new cities.
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Green buildings: conserving energy, preserving the environment and saving money
Clay Nesler and Neil Cameron</span>There is a global shift towards energy efficiency, environmental sustainability and green buildings. South Africa's recent signing of the Paris Agreements,...
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#InnovationMonth: Stories of Impact shared at AUx
Autodesk's University Extension (AUx) event took place at Cape Town's Century City Conference Centre earlier this month. Kostas Samaras, Autodesk territory director for Africa, expanded on some of the...
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Arcelor delighted new pricing principles suit steel industry
© pevgeniy – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>ArcelorMittal SA's new CEO, Wim de Klerk, says the company's new pricing policy for sales of flat steel products, agreed with the government, does...
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My home town in Syria was reduced to rubble - but digital architecture can...
Situated at the crossroads of the Orient and the Occident, for a long time Syria was one of the most important cultural centres of the ancient world. It boasted a rich history, looked to a bright...
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Gold recovery and fixing the environment
A joint venture, which has seen several sites yielding additional gold from recovered materials and improved the state of the environment within and around the sites, has also enhanced a miner's...
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COP22 host Morocco's mosques are going green
Wafa Mosque, Larache, Morocco. By Dans, CC BY-SA 3.0 – [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7385486 Wikimedia Commons]]</span>Two months before it hosts the COP22 climate conference,...
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Dubai rolls out property projects despite falling prices
Burj al-Arab hotel. Image source: [[www.jumeirah.com]]</span>Dubai developers are rolling out their scale models for the city's latest grandiose property projects despite continued falls in real...
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R75m investment plan for Sun Meropa unveiled
Turning the first sod for a new three star at Sun Meropa are from left Kenny Maboea (chief director: business regulation at the Department of Economic Development); Thabo Mosololi (Sun International’s...
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A megaproject rises in East Africa
Image source: [[www.lapsset.go.ke]]</span>A distinctive, glass-panelled multi-storey building with tall stone arches stands out in the bushes of Magogoni in Kenya's historic coastal town of Lamu...
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Innovation Hub, Gelvenor Textiles challenge SA entrepreneurs
The Innovation Hub's OpenIX, toegther with Gelvenor Textiles, a South African fabric engineering company, has launched a challenge to identify innovative entrepreneurs for joint product and market...
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#InnovationMonth: Flourishing in the new age of connection
Image source: [[http://www.airbus.com/innovation/future-by-airbus/the-concept-plane/the-airbus-concept-cabin/vitalising-zone/ www.airbus.com]]</span>Futurist, innovator and Autodesk's explorer in...
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CT to host Kommetjie Road project info session
© Jorge-Chaves – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The Kommetjie Road project in Cape Town is set to commence by the end of October 2016. Transport for Cape Town, the City of Cape Town's...
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Support needed to rebuild Vuwani schools
© Wavebreak Media Ltd – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>As the Limpopo Department of Education's resources have been stretched to their limit, the community of Vuwani requires further support...
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