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South Africa leads with green building projects
New research has revealed that green building is forecast to double globally by 2018... read


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Architecture & Design
Finalists of Corobrik Student Architect of the Year Awards announced
Corobrik has announced the finalists from eight South African universities who will compete for the national title at the 29th Corobrik Student Architect of the Year Awards in Johannesburg on 11 May 2016... read
Building Materials & Equipment
Building kits issued to Imizamo Yethu residents affected by fire
128 building and relocation kits have been issued to families who lost their homes during the Imizamo Yethu fire which occurred over the weekend. According to the City of Cape Town, the fire has affected approximately 700 residents... read
Construction & Engineering
NEC improves relationship between employers, contractors
The New Engineering Contract (NEC) Family of Standard Form Contracts enables more equality and more collaborative partnerships between employers and contractors... read
Teraco building "Africa's biggest data centre"
Adding to its existing colocation facility, Teraco's latest build comprises 17,500m2. According to Teraco, it will be Africa's largest data centre... read
Profica to manage York Commercial Park in Zambia
Profica property and construction solutions company has been appointed as project manager for the newly launched York Commercial Park development in Lusaka, Zambia... read
Flanagan & Gerard announces new company structure
Flanagan & Gerard Property Development & Investment has announced that co-founders Patrick Flanagan and Peter Gerard will jointly chair the group... read
Africa Rising to develop KZN properties worth R1.6bn
KwaZulu-Natal property development company Africa Rising has purchased properties worth R300m from Tongaat Hulett Developments during 2015. They plan to roll out over R1.6bn worth of developments in the Umhlanga Ridge area... read
Private developers will have to cough up for roads
Gauteng wants property developers to help pay for the province's roads. At the opening of the second phase of the William Nicol Drive upgrade... read
Industrial Property
Growthpoint, CSI conclude multifaceted transaction
Growthpoint Properties and Consolidated Steel Industries (CSI) have concluded a multifaceted transaction that will bring several of CSI's operations in Gauteng together under one roof in Isando... read
Pollution & Waste Management
Waste water treatment plants show improvement
The Department of Water and Sanitation has commended the improvement of over 198 waste water plants in municipalities during the 2014 Green Drop assessment period... read
Smart Buildings
Progressing towards the utopian vision of a smart city

Lionel Moyal

Much has been written over the past couple of years around the topic of smart cities. The utopian vision of the smart city often involves carefully orchestrated... read
Sustainable Development
SB'16 Cape Town speaker lineup announced
Sustainable Brands Cape Town has announced its speaker lineup for SB'16 Cape Town. The over 100 speakers will lead discussions into how to innovate brands for sustainability.... read
Utilities
Budget 2016 suggests that energy isn't high on South Africa's agenda

Roula Inglesi-Lotz

South African Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan delivered on Wednesday what many considered the most-important budget speech of President Jacob Zuma's administration... read
Cabinet approves Renewable Energy Development Zones
Cabinet has approved the gazetting of eight Renewable Energy Development Zones (REDZ) and five Power Corridors, which will assist South Africa with its electricity challenges... read
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