Ever wonder what happens to those plastic cold-drink bottles you throw away in your rubbish bags? The answer is most likely to be right under your feet! Kaytech has been providing bidim® (geotextiles) and other geosynthetic solutions to the southern African civil engineering industry since 1972. Initially importing the finished bidim product, the company [...]
Construction of Newcastle Mall completed
The construction of Newcastle Mall has been completed by Aveng Grinaker-LTA, and this new shopping ...
New council, new executive committees
Members of the Sustainable Energy Society of Southern Africa (SESSA) have elected a new Council, as well as new executives for its divisional committees. Both Council and division executives serve for a period of two years. Founded in 1974, SESSA is dedicated to the use of renewable energy and energy efficiency technologies including solar-based [...]
Rietveld Architects, NY-based Architecture firm Wins New Projects with an Objet 3D Printer
Rietveld Architects, a NY-based architecture firm known for its large-scale international projects, acquired its Objet 3D Printer and now creates architectural models in just a few hours – a fraction of the two–month turnaround time it required previously. Rietveld Architects has also discovered that the Objet 3D Printer can help secure new projects. The Objet [...]
PSPC announces plans to use recycled EPS in low cost housing building initiatives
Two of South Africa’s most pressing needs, namely the need for sustainable, low cost housing and the need to divert recyclable materials away from the country’s landfill sites which are rapidly approaching their fill capacity, have found an unlikely common solution in recycled expanded polystyrene (EPS). Until recently, the Polystyrene Packaging Council (PSPC) has been [...]
New publication on sustainable concrete roads from C&CI
The Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) has produced a new publication, Concrete Roads – a Sustainable Solution, the third in a series of publications on the sustainable use of concrete. Authored by Bryan Perrie, C&CI Managing Director and globally-respected authority on concrete pavements, the free publication covers the environmental, economic and social aspects of [...]
SAPMA takes strong stance to counter ‘lethal’ methanol
The SA Paint Manufacturing Association (SAPMA) has expressed deep concern about the potentially lethal effect of methanol which forms part of lacquer thinners freely sold in South African hardware stores, and is used as low-cost solvent in the coatings industry. SAPMA will in future prohibit the unmarked use of methanol in its Code of [...]
Sassda Launches the Stainless Steel Awards 2012
The Southern Africa Stainless Steel Development Association (Sassda) has launched its prestigious Stainless Steel Awards for 2012. “We are proud to be hosting the awards again this year,” says Sassda’s new executive director, Bill Scurr. The revival of the awards, which were last held in 2008, signifies Sassda’s commitment to the industry and desire to [...]
DCC goes green with new energy efficient LED lighting offering from Verbatim
As electricity costs continue to rise and the importance of sustainability and energy conservation becomes increasingly clear, energy efficiency is now an important consideration for all electronic devices. One of the easiest and most effective ways to reduce energy consumption is to replace incandescent lamps with more efficient solutions. However, traditional energy efficient lamps [...]
Nashua Mobile, FTFA partnership works towards a greener SA
Nashua Mobile and Food & Trees for Africa (FTFA) are building on their existing greening partnership by collaborating to improve the lives of residents in the Lawley area, south of Johannesburg. The two organisations will be working together to plant 1 500 trees for the community between 14-16 May, with a further 60 trees [...]
Affordable housing development for upmarket Durban suburb
Construction will soon start on the first affordable housing development in upmarket Umhlanga near Durban. The Mews, comprised of 477 sectional title units, will also be the first development in the province of KwaZulu-Natal financed by International Housing Solutions, the global private equity funder of affordable housing, which has to date financed projects with a [...]
Latest Issue - May/June 2012
In This Issue:
- The Alexander Forbes head office campus by Paragon Architects
- The New Jerusalem Children’s Home by 4D+A Architects
- The Quarterdeck by CHT Architects
- The 2012 Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards
- Paragon Architects profile
