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Bright times lie ahead for black-owned concrete business
Bright by name. Bright by nature. Bright through sheer hard work and dogged determination participated in the Sasol Siyazenzela Youth Programme (SSYB) in 2015, facilitated with the assistance of...
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Construction begins on Old Mint Park
Atterbury has begun construction on Old Mint Park, a 65,000m2 industrial development located between Midrand and Centurion. The development is a joint venture between Atterbury and Old Mutual...
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SA-based AsaDuru wins Nigeria Genome Centre rammed earth contract
AsaDuru has been awarded a contract to build 972m2 of stabilised rammed earth (SRE) walls for the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases (ACEGID) at Redeemer's University in...
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#Budget2018: Drought-ravaged provinces could get up to R6bn in relief
© Stefano Carnevali – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Relief for SA's drought-ridden regions amounting to R6bn was among the proposals announced by finance minister Malusi Gigaba when he...
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Durban's Umhlanga beach closed in wake of sewage spill
© Riaan van den Berg – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>A sewage spill in the plush Durban suburb of Umhlanga has forced the closure of all its beaches. The Ethekwini Municipality shut the...
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National dams show slight increase
© pat138241 – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>The national average of the dam levels across the country has this week received a slight increase of 2.1% from 60% last week to 62.1% this week....
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Managing shrinking cities in an expanding world
Urbanisation has been a well-established trend in the 20th and 21st centuries. However, depopulation and deurbanisation in some countries and numerous cities are becoming serious problems for which no...
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PPC in shareholder talks over priorities
Image source: [[www.pexels.com]]</span>SA's largest cement group PPC is in discussions with its biggest shareholders about the alignment of its board with the company's "strategic...
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Modular momentum driving the construction industry in 2018
Factories in flat-packs and homes built in factories - modular construction will build new momentum in 2018. However the industry is battling with significant skills shortages and must manage...
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Durban selected to participate in RICS Cities for our Future Challenge
Aerial view of Durban Harbour</span>Launched earlier this month, RICS (the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors) is calling on the youth to come up with new ideas to help tackle the most...
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Aveng remains in the red, despite valiant effort from Australian subsidiary
© hxdyl – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Aveng's Australian subsidiary McConnell Dowell contributed a profit of R51m in the six months to end-December from a R47m loss in the corresponding...
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New online directory launched listing building-related service providers
Building Service Advisor (BSA) is a new free-to-use online directory and mobile site that lists building-related service providers.Read more... | Send to a friend
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The world needs to build more than two billion new homes over the next 80 years
By the end of this century, the world's population will have increased by half - that's another 3.6-billion people. According to the UN, the global population is set to reach over 11.2-billion by the...
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Murray & Roberts aims to seal deal with US firm
© [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Murray & Roberts expects to finalise the acquisition of a US oil and gas engineering and construction firm within the next four months, according to group...
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Balwin earnings face pressure
The earnings of the largest sectional title developer in the country, Balwin Properties, are still under pressure about two years after it listed.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Cape Town's plans for what happens after Day Zero just won't work. Here's why
The world is watching Cape Town, counting down to Day Zero. This represents the point at which the municipality will turn off most of the city's water distribution system. The date is not certain; it...
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Sassda to celebrate innovation at 2018 stainless steel awards
Image source: [[www.pixabay.com]]</span>Sassda has announced the launch of its biennial stainless steel awards, this year under the theme Celebrating Innovation, acknowledging world-class...
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Italy, China propose solution to Lake Chad's water problem
By NASA, [[https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=2172708 Wikimedia Commons]]</span>It sounds like something from Wakanda, the futuristic African kingdom of the hit movie Black Panther....
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Anger as rail construction begins in Nairobi National Park
Image source: [[http://www.kws.go.ke/parks/nairobi-national-park www.kws.go.ke]]</span>Kenyan conservationists expressed outrage on Thursday, 1 March, after construction of a railway line began...
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CT launches landfill gas flaring project
Late last week saw the official launch of the Cape Town Department of Solid Waste Management's landfill gas flaring project at the Coastal Park landfill facility. This process destroys the methane,...
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