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#BestofBiz 2018: Construction & Engineering
We've compiled our annual #BestofBiz 2018 lists across all our industries featuring our most popular articles, most-read contributors and brand press offices with the most views. Discover the most read...
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Earn, learn for free with Master Builders Association of the Western Cape
© stoonn – [[za.fotolia.com]]</span>The Master Builders Association of the Western Cape (MBAWC) will once again be offering potential candidates in the region to attain a nationally recognised...
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Foster + Partners release golden stadium design for 2022 FIFA World Cup
New images have been released for a 80,000-seat golden stadium designed by Foster + Partners; the venue will host the opening and final games of the 2022 FIFA World Cup Qatar.Read more... | Send to a...
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Water-energy joint strategy key to SA's sustainable development
South Africa is once again walking the knife edge of an energy security crisis. We, again, appear to be two steps short of continuous rolling blackouts in the most extreme scenarios of demand...
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Renzo Piano releases new design for Genoa bridge following disaster
Genoa-born architect Renzo Piano has released a new design for the Morandi Bridge in Genoa, following the tragic disaster that occurred on 14 August. The Morandi Bridge collapsed during heavy rainfall...
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Cape Town CBD continues to attract hotel property developers
Even through South Africa's technical recession and the Western Cape drought, foreign tourism rose by 2.4% in 2017, building on a 12.8% increase in 2016, while domestic travel showed the greatest...
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AfDB approves €115m in funding for Rwandan water and sanitation programme
The African Development Bank (AfDB) has approved €115m in additional funding to support Rwanda's Sustainable Water Supply and Sanitation Programme. The initiative aims to improve access and reliability...
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Apple to build a new $1bn campus in Austin, Texas
Apple has announced new plans to build a $1bn campus in Austin, Texas, alongside its new sites in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City. The company aims to expand its new operations in cities across the...
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Water conservation a top priority at Kangnas Wind Farm
While wind energy does not require water for its generation, a moderate amount is required during the construction phase. Despite it being a relatively negligible amount, the conservation of this rare...
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Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils design for 'greenest building' in Belgium
Stefano Boeri Architetti has unveiled the design for Palazzo Verde in Antwerp's Nieuw Zuid district - gridded housing with half of its surface - 12ha - destined to be green.Read more... | Send to a friend
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Green rehabilitation implemented at 37 Commerce Crescent
Undertaken by architecture and interior architecture company Paragon, the 37 Commerce Crescent renovation project in Kramerville, Johannesburg, saw the existing industrial building rehabilitated into a...
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10 hotly anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2019
While leaving behind all the celebrations after 2018, WAC editors took a quick glance at some buildings expected to be completed in the new year and chose the 10 most anticipated buildings of 2019.Read...
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#BizTrends2019: Africa opens up for SA's stainless steel sector
2019 seems to be the year of an 'opening up' of Africa, whether it be opening trade borders or opening key infrastructure projects, all of these key developments have positive implications for the...
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#BizTrends2019: Great cities are built on great collaborations
Urbanisation continues to be one of the most powerful megatrends reshaping our world. It is a shift that is creating countless problems, but even more opportunities.Read more... | Send to a friend
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#BizTrends2019: Much of the same expected for 2019
With pressure on costs, increased fuel prices, the water shortage in Cape Town in 2018, and an economy that is struggling at best, the remedial construction industry can prepare for much of the same...
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#BizTrends2019: An exponential shift in many areas of SA real estate awaits
2019 will usher in a quarter of a century since South Africa has been addressing post-apartheid challenges. Many of the current challenges within the real estate domain continue to predominantly...
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#BizTrends2019: The exciting fast-growing trend of TOD
Transit-oriented development is the exciting fast-growing trend in creating vibrant, livable, sustainable communities. Also known as TOD, it's the creation of compact, walkable, pedestrian-oriented,...
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#BizTrends2019: Alternative building methods continue to change the face of...
Beyond brick and mortar, South Africans are increasingly considering new and alternative building methods and techniques. This is largely due to the increase in urbanisation, population growth,...
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#BizTrends2019: Struggling construction sector must develop a new talent...
South Africa's declining infrastructure remains an area of concern for the country's future, yet despite the current environment, opportunities exist for construction companies. Government's 12%...
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#BizTrends2019: Co-working trend has the potential to change office space...
The international trend towards co-working, defined essentially as shared office space, equipment, and services, is set to change the office space landscape in South Africa, as it is currently doing in...
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