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Three construction game changers for 2017
Three construction game changers for 2017
[Kenny Ingram] Huge tower blocks built in weeks under one roof, automated bridge-building behemoths, bricklaying robots... read
BizTrends 2017
#BizTrends2017: Water recycling, re-use and sustainability
#BizTrends2017: Water recycling, re-use and sustainability

Theunis Coetzer

Although SA has made huge leaps in provision of clean water, there is still a significant amount of untreated sewage contaminating our water courses... read
#BizTrends2017: HVAC and building efficiency
#BizTrends2017: HVAC and building efficiency

Neil Cameron

In heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) and the building efficiency arena, the biggest trend drivers are the entrance of digital and wireless... read
#BizTrends2017: Shaping the future with immersed VR
#BizTrends2017: Shaping the future with immersed VR

William Johnston

The use of virtual reality (VR) technology - and not only in the design phases, but throughout the construction phases and in facilities management too - is quickly becoming the biggest trend in the built space today... read


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Architecture & Design
Going for gold: Trump, Louis XIV and interior design
Going for gold: Trump, Louis XIV and interior design

Robert Wellington

Yellow-gold swagged curtains, glimpsed in the first pictures from the Trump administration's official duties in the Oval Office, have fuelled speculation over whether America's new president will bring his signature taste in interior design to the White House... read
Here's what's trending in the office space in 2017
Here's what's trending in the office space in 2017
International trade fair for office furnishing and technology Orgatec took place in Cologne late last year under the theme of 'Creativity Works'... read
Check out these unorthodox bridges from around the world
Check out these unorthodox bridges from around the world

Lindsay Samson

From the Netherlands to China, architects are envisioning increasingly imaginative pathways... read
Building Materials & Equipment
Funds released in BEE move by PPC
Funds released in BEE move by PPC

Mark Allix

PPC has concluded the components of its 2008 broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) transaction, releasing R1bn in funding... read
Cashbuild increases revenue following expansion
Cashbuild increases revenue following expansion
Cashbuild says its revenue from the 20 new stores it has opened since July 2015 have contributed to a 4% increase in revenue for the second half of 2016... read
Construction & Engineering
It is likely to cost you more than R6‚500 a square metre to build a house
It is likely to cost you more than R6‚500 a square metre to build a house

Robert Laing

The cost of building houses rose on average to R6‚539/m² in November‚ representing inflation of 6.4% over 11 months from January‚ Absa property analyst Jacques du Toit said in a research note on Friday, 20 January... read
#Davos17: Closing Africa's infrastructure gap
#Davos17: Closing Africa's infrastructure gap
CNBC Africa hosted a Building Africa debate as part of its coverage of the 2017 World Economic Forum currently under way in Davos, Switzerland... read
Traffic restrictions implemented on damaged N4 bridge
Traffic restrictions implemented on damaged N4 bridge
Due to December storms in the region, the bridge on the N4 that crosses the Groot Marico River has been damaged. For safety reasons, traffic restrictions on the bridge have been introduced until further notice... read
The deepest berths at Port of Durban now fully operational after reconstruction
The deepest berths at Port of Durban now fully operational after reconstruction
Berth 13 and 14 at the Maydon Wharf Precinct in the Port of Durban is now deeper and safer for bigger ships calling at the port... read
Sustainable Development
Lonmin must still build housing for more than 11‚000 employees
Lonmin must still build housing for more than 11‚000 employees

Allan Seccombe

Lonmin‚ the world's third largest platinum miner‚ has to build accommodation for 11‚500 of its employees‚ but the weak platinum price is working against major housing investment‚ CEO Ben Magara said on Friday, 20 January... read
Utilities
Legal advice boosts IPPs case against Eskom
Legal advice boosts IPPs case against Eskom

Lutho Mtongana

Independent power producers (IPPs), who are waiting for Eskom to sign power purchase agreements (PPA), are entitled to approach the courts to force Eskom to sign these agreements, the South African Renewable Energy Council (SAREC) said on Wednesday, 18 January... read
Eskom defaulter power cuts will hurt economy: Cosatu and Sacci
Eskom defaulter power cuts will hurt economy: Cosatu and Sacci

Khulekani Magubane

Eskom's decision to interrupt power to about a dozen municipalities would hurt business and cost jobs, the South African Chamber of Commerce (Sacci) and Cosatu warned on Tuesday, 17 January... read
Firms push hydrogen as top green energy source
Firms push hydrogen as top green energy source
Over a dozen leading European and Asian firms have teamed up to promote the use of hydrogen as a clean fuel and cut the production of harmful gases that lead to global warming... read
Low water levels aid plans for rehabilitation of Kariba Dam
Low water levels aid plans for rehabilitation of Kariba Dam

Tom Nevin

In the months ahead, the Kariba Dam hydroelectric scheme must deal with the twin challenges of not holding enough water on the one hand and too much of it on the other... read
Business
What banks need to do to stay relevant
What banks need to do to stay relevant

Mark Arnold

The financial services landscape is in a state of flux and the challenge, therefore, is to stay relevant... read
Why municipalities can't hand over power to Eskom
Why municipalities can't hand over power to Eskom
Shifting electricity distribution from local government hands to Eskom would have serious repercussions on local and state coffers... read
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