Breakout Management are pleased to announce the debut of PARKLIFE, a new and exciting annual acoustic music festival taking place for the first time on Thursday 21 March 2013 at Marks Park, Johannesburg and Friday 22 March at Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens in Cape Town! The inaugural Parklife event will see international festival favourite, acoustic [...]
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Don’t miss South Africa’s finest décor, design and lifestyle expo – Decorex Cape Town 2013
Decorex Cape Town takes place at the CTICC between 25th and 28th April 2013. This year Decorex Cape Town is themed bliss and the show promises to provide plenty of design and décor ideas and inspiration, a showcase of the latest decor trends as well as lots to buy and loads of practical know-how. [...]
C&CI leads drive to promote precast construction
The Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) is driving a campaign – and leading a special task group – to promote the concept of prefabricated construction which has to date been under-utilised in South Africa. Gary Theodosiou, Structural Engineer at the C&CI, says construction with prefabricated structural elements offers several advantages. “These include speed of [...]
Sika beautifies Cape Town Civic Centre
Recently Sika has played an important role in the repair and refurbishment of Cape Town’s famous Civic Centre. Built in 1978, this well-known landmark in the city centre comprises two blocks; the low-rise Podium Block, and the 98m, 26 storey, Tower Block. Seven years ago concrete repairs and rehabilitation were carried out on the Civic [...]
Investors and university students’ parents creating Cape property boom
Savvy property investors and parents of some of South Africa’s top university students are spearheading a mini property boom in one of Cape Town’s most established suburbs, in the wake of a shortage of affordable top-end accommodation in the city’s leafy Southern Suburbs. Kenilworth, one of the city’s oldest established suburbs, has just taken the [...]
Plascon’s Nuroof Cool with Enviroshield lowers energy consumption in the home
Plascon, South Africa’s leading coatings manufacturer, has taken paint technology to the next level with the launch of their newest paint innovation, Nuroof Cool with the Herotech Enviroshield™ formulation. This breakthrough in paint technology reflects at least 30% of the invisible infrared light off roof surfaces, reducing the temperature of home interiors by up to [...]
The Eco Exhibit gets Sika Floor Treatment
Sika, known for its high performance flooring products, was called in when the Eco Exhibit’s floor was in need of a rapid repair job. Located within Cape Town’s Building Centre in Northgate Estate, the Eco Exhibit showcases environmentally and ecologically friendly products and technologies used within the building industry, supplying education on sustainable building materials [...]
Terraforce wins CMA Award for “most sustainable installation”
Once again, Cape Town based precast block manufacturer, TERRAFORCE, managed to take home a prestigious Trophy at the CMA AWARDS and 40Th anniversary celebrations staged in Johannesburg. The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has held the first Awards for Excellence presentation based on its new awards category format. The black-tie gala event included the CMA’s [...]
Tyger Valley refurbishment completed
Situated in Bellville, Cape Town, the 88 886 m² Tyger Valley Shopping Centre’s refurbishment programme has been completed in after 20 months of hard work. The refurbishment includes major renovations to the interior aesthetics and general services upgrades. Overall design of the refurbishment was managed by Bentel Associates International (BAI) and involved a major contemporary [...]
Three South African schools feature in top green architectural award
Three South African schools – two of them in rural areas – have come top of the class when it comes to environmental and green issues. The South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) has partnered with AfriSam (South Africa) (Pty) Ltd for the biennial AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture aimed at recognising outstanding achievement [...]
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