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Sterland Mall

Sterland Mall, located in Pretoria’s central business district, is undergoing a R24 million revamp to create more space for trading and to update its existing interior and exterior designs.   The project is unique in that the original building was built in 1964 and the same structure is still standing today with updated features and [...]

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Creating a culture of environmental excellence within South Africa’s building industry

EcoStandard, the first South African Eco label for products in the building and construction industry, aims to be the trusted certification body for the setting of environmental standards of excellence when rating a product, manufacturer and/ or service provider within our local building sector. Currently there are no locally originated assessment tools available; hence the [...]

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Exceptional performance from Mapei chemical anchor

With their strongly customer orientated focus and emphasis on technical service, Mapei South Africa, local subsidiary of the international Mapei Group, is rapidly setting new performance benchmarks for speciality building chemicals in the construction industry, not only in South Africa but also in nearby territories.   The recently introduced Mapefix chemical anchors are styrene-free, two [...]

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Lafarge South Africa announces new brand positioning

Today, 20 May 2013, Lafarge South Africa has announced the repositioning of the international Lafarge Group’s global master brand to reflect the increasing shift to urbanisation taking place throughout the world. The new brand signature ‘Building better cities’ pledges Lafarge’s commitment to help create sustainable cities and rural developments that are desirable environments for all [...]

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Geberit to host Open Day in Johannesburg and Cape Town

Geberit Southern African invites all their customers and partners to their Open Days in Johannesburg and Cape Town. Whether you are a retailer, architect, designer, plumber or installer – the open days are dedicated to you, where Geberit will be showcasing their new Logistics and Training Centres. Pop in or book an appointment to see [...]

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It’s been a big week at Graphisoft SA!

They have this week reached 100,000+ unique hits on its blog. They would like to thank all their followers and supporters and hope to keep bringing you many more good posts and news bulletins!   You can visit the blog here: http://archicadsa.org/

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Architects visit German Parent Company

GROHE South Africa recently sent a group of architects and designers to Germany to visit the GROHE factory in Hemer, the Red Dot Design Museum as well as listen to an inspiring presentation given by award-winning Senior Vice President of Design for GROHE, Paul Flowers.   During the visit to the Hemer Technology Centre, the [...]

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Boogertman + Partners Expands this Leading Brand into Africa

Prominent South African based architectural firm Boogertman + Partners Architects has recently established an office in Kenya. The decision to open an office in Kenya is to provide this expanding and growing International market with the design skills and technical expertise that is synonymous with Boogertman + Partners Architects. Headed up by Johann de Wet [...]

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Visit Decorex Joburg!

Decorex Joburg, Africa’s finest décor, design and lifestyle exhibition celebrates 20 years of stylish living at what promises to be a blissful, feel-good show in 2013.   This year’s exhibition kicks off on 7th August and promises five days of unforgettable inspiration to improve and innovate on the home front. The theme of Decorex Joburg [...]

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Cement producers preserve C&CI services by establishing The Concrete Institute

Three of South Africa’s leading cement producers have stepped in to fund the establishment of a new company to preserve the vital education, and consulting services previously provided by the Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI).   AfriSam, Lafarge and Sephaku are now financing the operations of The Concrete Institute which, from May 2 this year, [...]

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