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Advanced analytics key for future water management
While it isn't possible to combat the El NiƱo weather pattern, better resource management and more effective water conservation could help... read


Architecture & Design
Corobrik announces winner of Most Innovative Landscape Architecture Award
Frank Kleinschmidt, a landscape architecture graduate at the University of Cape Town, has won the 2015 Corobrik Most Innovative Landscape Architecture Award for an innovative dissertation using an experimental board game... read
Construction & Engineering
GCR rates outlook for construction industry negative
Factors such as regulatory uncertainty, low levels of public infrastructure spending and declining global commodity prices have converged to create turmoil within the construction industry... read
Rate of decline in value of building plans is accelerating
The steep downtrend in the value of building plans is accelerating, figures released by Statistics SA show... read
Design Month
It's officially Design Month on Biz

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Traditionally February is dedicated to all things design on Biz. This year we're rolling out the design theme, with a multi-industry Design Month feature on how design is influencing 20 sectors locally and globally... read
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Sustainable Development
Mechanical concrete: A road building revolution
Making a leap in waste beneficiation, the mechanical concrete system of road building transforms waste tyres into 'geo-cylinders', which function as lateral reinforcement elements and make road construction more affordable, faster and more sustainable... read
Utilities
Water restrictions are leaky plaster to tackle SA's water crisis
To combat one of the worst droughts South Africa has ever experienced, water restrictions were implemented in Gauteng, Cape Town and parts of KwaZulu-Natal... read
Business
Brands, here's why you should care about 'woke Twitter'

Sarah Britten

Woke Twitter could bring down your campaign and cause severe reputational damage. Here's why this audience should be considered as an essential part of the strategic and creative process... read
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Interior Designer/Architect - Exhibitions - Durban
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