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 | Karen Petersen There remains a huge interest and demand in affordable housing in South Africa... read | |  | Jan Venter Despite numerous appeals made to government by industry, not enough has happened this past year to improve South Africa's water infrastructure... read | |
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 | Yvonne Bruinette of the University of Pretoria has been named the regional winner of the Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards... read |
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 | The fifth instalment of the Women in Construction Awards is now open for nominations... read |
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 | Johnson Controls recently launched the T8800 series of BACnet thermostats which is designed for growing the network thermostat market and features building automation systems (BAS) integration capabilities... read |
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 | Dominic Preuss South African steel production fell by 4.2% in 2016 to an estimated 6.141-million tonnes, according to the World Steel Association. This compared to an 0.8% rise in global steel production to 1.6285-billion tonnes... read |
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 | According to the 2017 Emerging Trends in Infrastructure report from KPMG International, offshoots of disruption and uncertainty around the world pose enormous implications for the future of infrastructure... read |
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 | Ravi Kumar Africa has seen great economic growth over recent years and is expected to continue growing at an average rate of 6% annually, between 2013 and 2023... read |
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 | Ian Massey Why are so many construction contracts in SA over budget, late and being carried out at the expense of good relationships between the parties? I believe that polarisation in the construction industry is at the root of the problem... read |
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 | City of Cape Town's Transport and Urban Development Authority have begun with the upgrade of the Ou Kaapse Weg and Silvermine Road intersection with the aim to relieve congestion... read |
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 | The Department of Trade and Industry (dti) plans to spend R216m on renovations at five industrial parks in the country... read |
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 | The latest revision of Cape Town's Municipal Planning By-law has as many permutations as a Rubik's Cube and signing an offer to purchase can be a very costly mistake if you haven't done your homework... read |
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 | Atterbury is developing The Club Advocates' Chambers in Pretoria, offering advocates the opportunity to own or rent offices in the new urban precinct... read |
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 | Gavin Holme and Rudraksh Bhawalkar As technology evolves at an exponential pace, and increasing numbers of individuals live in urban areas, the concept of smart cities is gaining momentum... read |
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 | Sindy Peters Professor Jeffrey Sachs, director of The Earth Institute, addressed attendees at the sixth World Sustainability Forum, recently held in Cape Town, providing six key investment areas that he believes need to be a priority for Africa in order for the continent to meet the targets of the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). read |
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 | R60m has been earmarked for phase two of the City of Cape Town's Transport and Urban Development Authority's ceiling retrofit project... read |
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 | Virunga National Park and finance group Aera have launched a VCS carbon certification process for Matebe hydropower plant in the Democratic Republic of Congo... read |
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 | A festive ground-breaking was hed recently for a 7.5MW solar field that will add 15% to Burundi's generation capacity. Attended by government officials, international investors, religious leaders and the diplomatic community, Gigawatt Global announced the $14m pioneering project in Mubuga... read |
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 | Biomimicry is nature's way of letting us know that it already has all the answers... read |
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 | The implementation of tougher water restrictions from 1 February 2017 has been approved by the City of Cape Town's Council... read |
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 | Eskom's reluctance to sign off on renewable PPAsr should also concern the coal and cogeneration project developers and IPPs... read |
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 | The WHO executive board has decided not to make recommendations to member states to impose a soft drinks tax... read |
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