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Enterprise development - the gift that keeps on giving
What started out as an Enterprise Development (ED) initiative in 2014 has produced exponential results for BT Conglomerate. Under the leadership of Mr Bethuel Nevondo, the small business has now grown...
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City streets: why South Africa should design more people-friendly spaces
People stroll along Moshoeshoe Street in Emfuleni. Darya Maslova</span>Streets have many purposes. They carry traffic. They're conduits for electrical, telephone and water services to homes and...
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Future 'ocean cities' need green engineering above and below the waterline
Population growth has seen skylines creep ever higher and entire cities rise from ocean depths. The latest "ocean city" is the Chinese-developed Forest City project. By 2045, four artificial islands in...
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Residents are losing the war on waste in PE's Jacksonville
Damion Daniels (left) and Andrew Muller show the extent of illegal dumping in Jacksonville. Photo: Joseph Chirume</span>Residents in Jacksonville, Port Elizabeth, say people are illegally dumping...
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Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town maximises rooftop space with hybrid PVT project
Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Foreshore PVT Installation. (Image Supplied)</span>Park Inn by Radisson Cape Town Foreshore, together with Solarus, installed Cape Town CBD's first large-scale...
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Balwin estate to get man-made lagoon
The first man-made lagoon in Africa will open in Pretoria East in September.Read more... | Send to a friend
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SA pleads it is 'no threat' to US steel and aluminium sectors
[[http://www.123rf.com/ © 123RF.com]]</span>SA's steel and aluminium exports to the US are such a small proportion of its total imports that they do not pose a threat to US national security and...
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Builders celebrates its 24 tradesmen graduates
Twenty four tradesmen and women have graduated from the 12-month Builders Enterprise Development (ED) Programme, an initiative that aims to improve informal local businesses by imparting...
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SA steel production slips 0.9% year-on-year in February: worldsteel
© Oleksiy Holubenko – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>South African steel production fell 0.9% year-on-year in February to 491,000 tonnes, after an 8.1% jump in January to 577,000 tonnes,...
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Kickstarting the water economy - turning crisis into opportunity
© Kidsana Maimeetook – [[www.123rf.com 123RF.com]]</span>Wesgro and GreenCape recently hosted a dialogue engagement to discuss how best to turn the water crisis into an opportunity for economic...
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Tech in construction: A necessity to ensure a clean line of sight into projects
Mobile technology could help South African construction companies to boost productivity as they seek to optimise efficiencies in the face of a long industry slump.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Clinic scoops global design award
Westbury Clinic</span>A R23m South Africa health facility has won first prize in the Health Completed Buildings at the Berlin World Architecture Festival Awards.Read more... | Send to a friend
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RIP Pam Golding
Property and real estate icon Pam Golding has passed away at the age of 90. According to reports, she died peacefully at her home in Wittebomen in Constantia, Cape Town.Read more... | Send to a friend
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City streets: why South Africa should design more people-friendly spaces
People stroll along Moshoeshoe Street in Emfuleni. Photo: Darya Maslova</span>Streets have many purposes. They carry traffic. They're conduits for electrical, telephone and water services to...
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Why Israeli police raided Nairobi offices of construction firm
[[www.123rf.com 123rf.com]]</span>Officials in an inquiry into allegations of bribery of top transport ministry officials by an Israeli construction firm to influence award of road tenders in...
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Residential units in Sandton Gate development to launch second quarter of 2018
Craft Homes has announced that the first phase of 140 apartments within Sandton Gate development - a mixed-use precinct, situated on William Nicol Drive between Sandton Drive and Republic Road and...
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Nairobi's Habitat Apartments design rethinks the vertical village concept
Habitat Apartments</span>Originally envisaged as a long-stay apartment-hotel, the design brief for Habitat Apartments in Nairobi, Kenya was of a tall building that maximised the development...
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SNC-Lavalin wins ESD contract at Sasol
SNC-Lavalin has been awarded a R3,3m contract for a detail engineering package for an emergency shutdown (ESD) system replacement for Sasol Group Technology in Secunda.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Five key lessons other cities can learn from Cape Town's water crisis
The Berg River Dam on 7 March 2018 about 48% full.</span>Postponing Day Zero in Cape Town for 2018 comes as no surprise. There was no sense to it once the day had been pushed into the winter...
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Why South Africa's power utility should boost its output of in-house renewables
Eskom’s pilot wind-farm facility at Klipheuwel. The utility must seriously consider in-house renewable projects. [[https://www.flickr.com/photos/warrenski/2275020795/ Warren...
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