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#BrandManagerMonth: Ed Jardim from M&R
[Sindy Peters] Meet Ed Jardim, group investor and media executive at Murray & Roberts. read


Architecture & Design
New development on the Blok: Nineons
Blok's first development for 2016 is a 23-apartment building located between Somerset and High Level Roads in Green Point, Cape Town. It's set to launch on 16 March... read
Emfuleni Resorts proposes R1.3 billion development in PE
Emfuleni Resorts has outlined its proposal to develop a R1.3 billion mixed-use development on currently under-utilised land in the Boardwalk Precinct in Port Elizabeth. The Boardwalk Mall would include a retail mall, a multi-purpose events venue, entertainment offerings and corporate offices. Emfuleni, together with partner Parktown Capital, believes that the current site offers exceptional opportunities for all... read
MASS Architects: Africa's architects must understand their continent
Jean Paul Sebuhayi and Amelie Ntigulirwa from MASS explain how their architecture is a response to the needs of communities... read
Building Materials & Equipment
Protea Hotels expands further into Africa
Protea Hotels announced the signing of contracts for the development of two new hotel properties in Kampala, Uganda. This will bring Protea Hotels' presence in the country to four sites... read
Cashbuild builds strong results in tough climate

Mark Allix

Cashbuild, a major retailer of building materials in Southern Africa, reported a "strong set of results" for the six months ended-December, excluding a once-off empowerment cost of R63m... read
Construction & Engineering
Skills evaporate in water sector

Penwell Dlamini and Matthews Savides

The country's "chronic" shortage of engineers in municipalities is having a detrimental effect on the quality of drinking water and the ability of municipalities to prevent crippling water losses... read
CTICC expansion aims to increase CT's competitiveness
The expansion of the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) is currently under way... read
FEM releases accident stats for construction industry
7,721 injuries occurred nationally amongst policy holders during 2015, according to the Federated Employer's Mutual Assurance Company (FEM). This resulted in 61 fatalities, 603 permanently disabled persons and 34,385 lost man days... read
Upgraded N12 reopened
Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport, Ismail Vadi, on Thursday, 3 March, reopened the upgraded N12 freeway, which was upgraded at a cost of R485m... read
Sustainable Development
GBCSA announces new board members
Seana Nkhahle has been re-elected as non-executive chairman and Rudolf Pienaar as non-executive deputy chairman of the Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA)... read
A garden that stretches across Africa

Ruan Scott

The Great Green Wall of Africa will be the biggest man-made marvel in the world once completed... read
Utilities
Time to open up discussion of the state as sole water service provider

Dhesigen Naidoo

We are at the beginning of 2016 caught in a fearful gridlock of strategic contradictions... read
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