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The urban poor have been hit hard by coronavirus. We must ask who cities are...
The enormous death toll in New York City, the epicentre of the coronavirus outbreak in the US, led New York's governor, Andrew Cuomo, to write that "there is a density level in NYC that is...
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Covid-19 delays, compliance - contractors may not need to bear full cost
According Michelle Kerr, consultant at MDA Attorneys, contractors may be able to recover some of the delays incurred and cost of implementing new health and safety measures as construction sites reopen...
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Construction industry overcoming Covid-19 challenges of being back at work
With the entire construction industry allowed back at work from 1 June, in line with the implementation of Level 3 lockdown, many companies were caught by surprise at the sudden opening rather than the...
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The post-Covid-19 office of the future
The Covid-19 pandemic has highlighted a whole new dimension to worker and building health. With 80% of infectious diseases transmitted by touching contaminated surfaces, there is a heightened awareness...
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One Discovery Place in Sandton achieves six Green Star As-Built rating
The new Discovery head office in Sandton, Johannesburg has achieved a six Green Star As-Built rating from the Green Building Council of South Africa.Read more... | Send to a friend
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#LockdownLessons: Create your own strategy in times of crisis
As part of our #LockdownLessons series, Bizcommunity is reaching out to South Africa's top industry players to share their experience of the current Covid-19 crisis, how their organisations are...
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Back to work for the construction industry, but not business as usual
Global studies show that Covid-19 is probably not going to go away any time soon, and as South Africa slowly starts to emerge from one of the most stringent lockdowns in the world, businesses are...
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#YouthMonth: Acknowledge change, find where the next opportunity lies
Described as a rising young talent at Construction Computer Software (CCS) SA, Bonokuhle Magwaza is an automated QA tester tasked with leading the test automation of CCS's future cloud-based platform...
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Aurecon designs 'duckbill' spillway while raising Garden Route Dam
When tasked to raise the Garden Route Dam, the main supply for water-scarce George in the Western Cape, Aurecon devised a novel solution due to unique technical constraints. The 'duckbill' spillway it...
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The new architectural frontier: buildings and their microbiomes
Misha Jordaan/Gallo Images via Getty Images</span>As we grow to better understand the microorganisms in built environments - and what dynamics support their survival - we will be able to design...
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#YouthMonth: When architecture, interior design and passion collide
As a junior 3D visualisation artist at the Paragon Group, Ashna Premji found the perfect job where her passion for both architecture and interior design collides. For Premji, nothing is more exciting...
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#ACACaresCovid19: The economics of advertising - ACA invests in futures
Bizcommunity, in collaboration with the ACA (Association for Communications and Advertising), announces an exciting new content collaboration aimed at unpacking the economics and contribution of...
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#ACACaresCovid19: The economics of advertising - ACA invests in futures
Bizcommunity, in collaboration with the ACA (Association for Communications and Advertising), announces an exciting new content collaboration aimed at unpacking the economics and contribution of...
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#YouthMonth: Youth, Covid-19 and learning in the workplace
For young South African graduates learning their professions in the workplace, the Covid-19 lockdown has been a serious set-back to their experiential learning.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Cintocare Hospital achieves Green Star rating
Based in Pretoria's green precinct of Menlyn Maine, Cintocare Hospital has received a five-star Green Star Custom Healthcare design certification from the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA)....
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Steel producer fined R3.6m for contravening sections of Air Quality Act
The Department of Environment, Forestry and Fisheries has welcomed a R3.6m fine handed to a major steel-producing company after it admitted to contravening sections of the Air Quality Act by exceeding...
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Algorithms are designing better buildings
When giant blobs began appearing on city skylines around the world in the late 1980s and 1990s, it marked not an alien invasion but the impact of computers on the practice of building design.Read...
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#YouthMonth: How Muzi Shongwe is transforming his community one brick at a time
Inspired by his late father, Muzi Shongwe's passion for business culminated in Muzi Bricks and Project - a brickmaking business helping build Soshanguve - the community in which he operates.Read...
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Algorithms are designing better buildings
When giant blobs began appearing on city skylines around the world in the late 1980s and 1990s, it marked not an alien invasion but the impact of computers on the practice of building design.Read...
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#ACACaresCovid19: The economics of advertising - ACA invests in futures
Bizcommunity, in collaboration with the ACA (Association for Communications and Advertising), announces an exciting new content collaboration aimed at unpacking the economics and contribution of...
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