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Rustic Homes changes ownership
Rustic Homes, a player in the timber home design and construction market in South Africa, has recently undergone a change of ownership. The company is now in the hands of timber construction industry...
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Salt River urban renewal triggers growing demand in area
Bordering Woodstock, Salt River is part of a R20bn urban renewal initiative across Cape Town. The Salt River urban renewal integrates several related projects that aim to increase and upgrade the...
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Group Five gives in on proxies deadline
© Ivan Kruk – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Group Five has said it will withdraw the time restriction it imposed on the submission of proxy votes for the coming extraordinary general meeting...
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Why the 'cost per square metre rate' should be used with caution
© seoterra – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Clients and contractors involved in the cost comparison and cost planning process in expressing building cost should use the 'cost per square metre...
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How UWC plans to turn mountains of coal-ash into low-cost building materials
Thanks to groundbreaking research from the University of the Western Cape (UWC), the artificial coal-ash mountains that changed the landscape of the Highveld and Mpumalanga, posing a significant...
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PPC, Black Suppliers to launch Emerging Contractor Conference
© Lukas Gojda – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>While there has been an increase in the number of people registering their own construction companies in the hope of accessing procurement...
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Community participation not simply a check-box task
© kebox – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>“Each urban development affects not only those that invest in it or occupy the buildings and places within it, but the wider community - all those that...
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Construction group Calgro M3 scales back work in drought-stricken Cape
© hxdyl – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Calgro M3, a listed property developer, says it has significantly scaled down the construction of developments in Cape Town due to the city's water...
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Africa Architecture Awards extends entry deadline
With new entries being submitted daily, organisers of the Africa Architecture Awards have decided to extend the deadline from 30 June 2017 to 14 July 2017. The amended deadline applies to all...
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Construction of Bridge City affordable housing project to start soon
Artist’s impression of Bridge City affordable housing</span>Construction of an affordable housing project at Bridge City in eThekwini is due to start within weeks. Bridge City is a mixed-use...
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Brick manufacturers face price fixing charges
Image source: [[www.pixabay.com]]</span>Six South African brick manufacturers have been charged with price fixing and division of markets.
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Heroes against hunger: Blisters for Bread Charity Walk #Blisters4Bread
The Peninsula School Feeding Association (PSFA)'s 49th Blisters for Bread Charity Family Fun Walk in association with Lucky Star will take place on Sunday, 27 August 2017.
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SA engineering proves its mettle at Phillippines mine
Three South African engineering firms were instrumental for designing and building headgear, shaft collar and winder house for a new service shaft at the Philsaga Mining Corporation in the Philippines...
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Second phase of Better Living Challenge to focus on upgrading informal homes
Better Living Challenge phase two launch</span>The Cape Craft and Design Institute (CCDI) recently launched the second iteration of the Better Living Challenge (BLC) at the Nyanga Arts...
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NMMU to phase out engineering diplomas
© server – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>National diploma programmes in civil, electrical, industrial and mechanical engineering will no longer be offered at NMMU, while new bachelor degree...
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Deals above board, Corobrik protests
© Boris Sosnovyy – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Corobrik has hit back hard over charges by the Competition Commission that it has engaged in price fixing and division of markets with five...
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Steel safeguard duties 'will cut jobs and protect ArcelorMittal monopoly'
© laurentiu_iordache – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The National Employers Association of SA (Neasa) does not think tariffs on cheap, mainly Chinese, steel imports will help an industry in...
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Cape Town to host top water loss conference
© Elena Larina – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>At the rate Cape Town's winter rainfall is going, another hot, dry summer will make this year's drought look like a Sunday School picnic.
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Utilities including nuclear firms hacked
© frederic prochasson – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>WASHINGTON, US: Firms operating nuclear power plants and other energy facilities in the US have been hacked in recent months, the New...
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R150m allocated to upgrade Gauteng road
© Blazej Lyjak– [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The Gauteng Department for Roads and Transport will upgrade the R511 which is located north-west of Johannesburg for R150m.
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