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2017 African Utility Week Industry Awards finalists announced
Zelda la Grange, former SA President Nelson Mandela's personal assistant, is guest speaker at the awards... read
Architecture & Design
The big five: Captains of BIM in South Africa
The big five: Captains of BIM in South Africa

Issued by BIM Institute

Building information modelling (or BIM) has exploded onto the building and construction landscape in recent years, with South Africa following in the footsteps of the UK and Canada in adopting these collaborative tools... read
Cities are complex systems - let's start looking at them that way
Cities are complex systems - let's start looking at them that way

Nicholas Stevens and Paul Salmon

The way we design our cities needs a serious rethink... read
Leonardo Paez and Max Knox, sponsored by Kansai Plascon, finished fourth in the Cape Epic.
Repainting the local sponsorship picture with Kansai Plascon

Leigh Andrews

Kansai Plascon, better known as Plascon to most, sponsored a duo for the Absa Cape Epic. Their corporate and digital communication specialist Zurita Moore explains why and how this ties into the brand's new positioning: ‘designed for life'... read
Building Materials & Equipment
Nippon Steel holds off profit target on price uncertainty
Nippon Steel holds off profit target on price uncertainty
Japan's Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal said on Friday, 28 April, it would not give a profit target for the current fiscal year owing to uncertainty over prices for raw materials and finished products... read
LafargeHolcim CEO to step down over Syria probe
LafargeHolcim CEO to step down over Syria probe
French-Swiss cement maker LafargeHolcim said on Monday, 24 April, its chief executive Eric Olsen is stepping down following an internal investigation into the company's activities in Syria... read
Numsa expects steel talks to be a test of state's resolve
Numsa expects steel talks to be a test of state's resolve

Karl Gernetzky

The National Union of Metalworkers of SA (Numsa) expects unusually difficult wage talks in SA's embattled steel and engineering sector in 2017... read
Construction & Engineering
Building regulations workshop helps standardise construction in South Africa
Building regulations workshop helps standardise construction in South Africa

Boris Dzhingarov, Issued by Monetary Library

There is a deep concern in South Africa that national building regulations developed by the South African government are not being implemented by builders, architects, and engineers... read
Pipe-joining technology can help address welder shortage
Pipe-joining technology can help address welder shortage

Barry van Jaarsveld

The South African economy is hampered by a tragic irony... read
Insuring infrastructure projects from concept to completion
Insuring infrastructure projects from concept to completion
Infrastructure projects are complex, often large and long-term undertaking, and the inherent risk can have far-reaching consequences for every stakeholder throughout their lifecycle... read
Property Development
Work commences on Atlantic Hills Business Park
Work commences on Atlantic Hills Business Park
Work has begun on a new industrial precinct situated on the slopes of the Durbanville Hills estate... read
Sustainable Development
ASAQS launches programme to support quantity surveying students
ASAQS launches programme to support quantity surveying students
The skills shortage in the South African built environment is exacerbated by... read
Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain
Johannesburg and Accra, inching their way up the urban food chain

Lesley Lokko

Like it or not, we measure the success (or failure) of cities according to broad principles of urban culture inherited largely from the west... read
Business
Ridesharing easing traffic congestion in Cape Town
Ridesharing easing traffic congestion in Cape Town

Ilse van den Berg

If you've ever found yourself behind a steering wheel during peak times, you'll probably agree that urban mobility requires drastic change across our country... read
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