Q1: What are the current major talking points in the industry? The increase in the number of Alternative Building Technologies (ABTs) is currently noteworthy. ABTs are employed, for example, to help reduce the increasing backlog of housing in South Africa – and the majority of the ABTs are essentially concrete systems. With ABTs, [...]
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This World Green Building Week let’s manage energy use
From September 17 to 23, World Green Building Week shines a spotlight on the key role of buildings in conserving natural resources, saving money and creating jobs while providing healthier places to live, work and play. Less than a century ago, fewer than 10% of the world’s population lived in cities. Now more than half [...]
Green Industry Leader Award
Prof LJ Grobler, founding member of the Southern African Association of Energy Efficiency (SAEE) which was launched 10 years ago before ‘greening’ was a hot topic, was announced as the winner in the Green Industry Leader category of the Green Supply Chain Awards 2012. He is the first non-American to be elected president of the [...]
Groundbreaking Soweto Theatre, Shandukani Medical Facility among Steel Award 2012 Entries
The underlying theme for Steel Awards 2012 – main sponsor the Aveng Group – is all about green issues. Associated with the theme is the desire to recognise steel structures that reflect a responsible approach to the environment. “While the judges always look at a range of fairly complex and diverse factors when judging a [...]
Construction Industry – Still Under Pressure
The end of 2011 saw the construction industry record its biggest improvement in activity in over a year and a half. The persistent recovery in activity has slowed retrenchments within the industry and employment has declined to its slowest pace in two years. Despite these improvements, work remains scarce and tender competition fierce, resulting in [...]
Lafarge support plays role in excellent matric pass rate
With the recent matric results making the news, it is with great pride that Tau Rapulana School in Itsoseng, North West, learnt that their Matric pass rate came in at a high-achieving 96.29%, which is a huge increase on the school’s 2008 pass rate of 39% prior to their participation in the Bodibe Whole School [...]
Corbrik’s Meyer positive about 2012
Right now, the construction industry is in a tough spot and the property market is at its lowest ebb in decades. Yet, Corobrik, a company that would be expected to suffer most from this downturn, has grown and produced good results. Much of this has been attributed to the leadership of managing director Dirk Meyer [...]
Wärtsilä confirms Diamond Sponsorship at POWER-GEN Africa 2012
POWER-GEN Africa has confirmed the support of Wärtsilä as Diamond Sponsor for the upcoming 2012 Conference and Exhibition, taking place at the Sandton Convention Centre from 6-8 November 2012. Wärtsilä, a leading supplier of power plants for the decentralised power generation market joins Pratt & Whitney as sponsors of the inaugural POWER-GEN Africa. [...]
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