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Kusile's first unit adds 800MW to the grid
Source: [[www.sabuilder.co.za South African Builder]]</span>Kusile power station's Unit 1 was connected to the national grid for the first time on Monday, adding an extra 800MW to the country's...
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These six utopian cities of the future will help you re-imagine life on Earth
Utopia, a book by English statesman, lawyer and clergyman Thomas More (1487-1535), turns 500 years old this month.
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Nigeria's Nova Scotia solar project gets new investors
(Left to right) Alain Ebobisse, CEO, Africa50, Ibrahim Hassan Hadejia, deputy governor of Jigawa State, Terje Pilskog, executive vice president, Scatec Solar, Børge Brende, the Norwegian foreign...
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Vaal Dam level continues to rise with summer rain
© Javier Tuana – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The level of the Vaal Dam is expected to rise for the 10th week running as rain continues in Gauteng after last week's heat wave.
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Managing the attack surface of a smart city
©Galina Peshkova via [[www.123RF.com 123RF]]</span>Smart cities are being planned the world over. Technology development always goes through two phases for any new discipline: First - tools are...
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Getting smarter about city lights is good for us and nature too
© Lin Chu-Wen – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Ideas to enhance the liveability and sustainability of our cities have attracted a lot of interest recently. Examples include establishing or...
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Home-building sector in decline
© Romolo Tavani – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>It is always worrying when the home-building sector goes into decline, says Bill Rawson, chairman of the Rawson Property Group, since...
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2016's matriculants should adopt vocational training - MBAWC
© NorGal – [[za.fotolia.com]]</span>With the resurgence of #FeesMustFall protests in 2016, Tony Keal, group skills facilitator at the Master Builders Association of the Western Cape (MBAWC), has...
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Ensure your building dreams don't turn into a construction nightmare
© panaceadoll – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Renovating, or adding extra rooms, is one of the best ways to improve the value of your home, but how do you make sure that your building dreams...
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Steel deal may lift struggling metals sector
© Oleksiy Holubenko – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>ArcelorMittal SA's announcement just before Christmas that it had concluded a contract manufacturing agreement with the defunct Evraz...
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Good news as domestic workers get piece of Oceans Umhlanga pie
More than 460 domestic workers will own a portion of Durban's exclusive R3.1bn Oceans Umhlanga Development, thanks to the generosity of their wealthy employers.
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China leads charge to promote sub-Saharan infrastructure
© Leon Swart – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>A range of foreign operations are expected to begin investing in sub-Saharan infrastructure development, with Chinese construction companies...
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Sustainability key in 30th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards
Mario van Wyk from the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University is the regional winner for Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year. His entry is entitled .</span>Sustainable building is a...
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Millions spent to keep taps running
© Kidsana Maimeetook – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The Northern Cape municipality of Hantam has spent more than R5m on transporting water to a town in the throes of a water crisis.
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#BizTrends2017: Flooring market is moving but the basics are not
Dr Mehran Zarrebini, CEO of PFE International and Van Dyck Carpets</span>For decades, wooden flooring, vinyl sheeting, ceramics and carpeting have been the traditional flooring used in...
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#BizTrends2017: Developing Africa's future cities
Cities are "smart" when infrastructure, urban assets, public services, human and social capital, mobility systems and other forces are improved and optimised under ICT. The important benefit is higher...
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#BizTrends2017: Sustainability to drive trends in construction
The myth that cost outweighs yield for companies that invest in greener, more sustainable and stakeholder-driven policies has been debunked. In fact, the cost of not being sustainable is starting to...
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#BizTrends2017: Greater need for quantity surveying than ever
The construction industry has always been cyclic, enjoying a boom for several consecutive years only to face a slump afterwards. Eventually, things pick up again. South Africa's last upward cycle ended...
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#BizTrends2017: Reinventing traditional materials
"Necessity is not the mother of invention. It more often happens that the acquirement of knowledge of the previously unknown properties of a material suggests its trial for some new use." - Willis R....
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#BizTrends2017: A look at the affordable housing space
There remains a huge interest and demand in affordable housing in South Africa. The very low end of the housing spectrum is largely catered for by the public sector through various government-assisted...
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