It is back to the drawing board for a giant new wind farm project on the West Coast, following an appeal decision by Environment Minister Barbara Creecy. The West Coast One wind farm near Vredenburg has operated since 2015. Environment minister Barbara Creecy says the wake effect on this facility of a proposed new neighbouring…
Following its 100% acquisition by software multinational RIB Software SE, Construction Computer Software (CCS) has been rebranded as RIB CCS. Read more… | Send to a friend Source link
Despite construction slowing down during the national Covid-19 lockdown, renovation and restoration work on the 277-year-old Imhoff Farm in Kommetjie progressed with several new retail offerings and attractions set for completion in spring this year. Image supplied Found along Cape Town’s Southern Peninsula, the farmstead and its historic werf (farmyard) are being sensitively revived to…
The inaugural Empowerment and Recognition of Women in Construction (ERWIC) Awards took place late last month, celebrating women in the construction industry and showcasing women-led projects and achievements. Developed by the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb), the awards programme consisted of 10 awards categories that recognised construction entities for their role in developing women in…
It was not until high levels of unemployment ensued in the 1930s that policymakers in the UK and US started to pay attention to Keynes’ powerful argument for active demand management. Before then, whenever Keynes suggested that government should create jobs for the unemployed, he got the retort that this was a bad idea, why…
Lexus International has announced that BellTower from Kenya is winner of the Grand Prix Lexus Design Award for 2020. BellTower’s entry, titled “Open Source Communities”, was selected for the award from among 2,042 submissions from 79 countries. Image(s) Supplied. BellTowers winning design addresses challenges often found in developing countries by using smart open-source planning to…
dmg events will be providing a free, three-day CPD-accredited digital learning experience for members of the building industry from the 15-17 September. Hosts of the African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo, programme director Kelly Easton says: “It has been widely recognised that qualifications need to be supported by ongoing skills-based or practical learning. However, the…
As the name suggests, contractors work under the terms of the contract they have signed with the client or, more usually, with the principal contractor. One of the key reasons that contractors find themselves in difficulties is that they simply do not understand the implications of the contracts that they have signed, and the risks…
The past months have been painful for everyone with many small and medium business enterprises especially hard hit. We’ve taken to calling our 490×100 article banner ‘the plaster’, a frontline means of getting noticed, promoting services and getting great responses for events, within Biz’s dedicated B2B environments. The BizFix Special is aimed at minimising the…
The next step towards a massive R4bn development on the contested River Club site in Observatory, Cape Town, has been authorised by the provincial government. A controversial development including ten-storey buildings at the River Club has moved a step closer to realisation with the granting of Environmental Authorisation by the provincial Department of Environmental Affairs…