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- 3 ways a Biz Office can “hothouse” company culture
- Black Friday unboxing, 29 November!
- South Africa’s real water crisis: not understanding what’s needed
- South Africa is one step closer to processed titanium alloys
- Bryanston retirement community gets a facelift
- Water levels drop below half in three provinces
- Deconstructing the Housing Consumer Protection Draft Bill
- Giflo Medical invests R130m in upgrading Vanderbijlpark medical precinct
- Pick n Pay on Nicol undergoes refurbishment
- Building new cities to meet Africa’s rapid urbanisation is a risky bet
- Public-private partnership results in upgrade for rural winelands school
- How mega infrastructure projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America are reshaping development
- Dilapidated buildings along Cape Town coastlines to be demolished
- Why SMME development is crucial to the construction industry
- Sandton Gate awarded 4-star Sustainable Precincts certification
- PPS-SAICE Awards recognises innovation in civil engineering
- Can your contract protect you against construction mafia losses?
- How green roofs can contribute to people, profit and planet
- ITC-SA reverses dormancy resolution
- City of Cape Town approves R14bn Foreshore development despite objections
- Recyclable pavilion designed for BBC Studios in Cannes
- Top 3 risks facing the construction industry
- Wits student Hashim Tarmahomed bags AfriSam Student Design Challenge
- Construction on R216m Ekhaya Mall kicks off
- Ghana’s construction industry is lively but needs regulation
- How sub-standard cement products are threatening SA’s built environment
- 2019/2020 AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Awards open for entries
- Business survival guide during load shedding
- Mall of Tembisa to be completed by October 2020
- Steel import duties a weapon in trade war, but inappropriate for SA industry
- Steel industry receives some relief following increased US tariffs
- Green roofs improve the urban environment
- world’s best don’t just adopt new technology, they make it work for people
- Construction begins on R6bn Castle Gate precinct in Pretoria
- Snøhetta designs ‘The Best Weapon’ for UN HQ
- Institute for Timber Construction SA prepares for dormancy
- How to grow your career in construction
- Hotel Verde Cape Town achieves ‘world leadership’ in green building
- SoftFall Africa installs permanent unitary rubber surfacing in PE playgrounds
- Antireality designs futuristic summer villa featuring infinity pool as water façade
- Delegates from Uganda National Roads Authority attends the Road Rehabilitation Technology course
- Know your business inside out with a Biz Office
- CoCT scoops 2019 Human City Design Award for Dunoon sports complex and library
- Flanagan & Gerard invests R16m to solar-power its malls
- De Lille calls for strengthening of trust in construction public-private partnerships
- Top ratings for Biz Rate Card 2019
- Cape Town’s rivers are open streams of sewage, yet the city is not spending its budget
- Lessons about housing from Ghana’s Volta River project 50 years on
- Foster + Partners releases greenery-enhanced design for Shanghai Luye Lilan Hospital
- AECOM secures phase two of Ghana’s Tema Port expansion project
- Aleph Hospitality, Marriott sign franchise agreement strengthening ties in Kenya
- Myths about timber construction: Setting the record straight
- Global white cement market to value over $9.8bn by 2026
- what can green infrastructure do?
- Victoria Wharf refreshes retail experience with additional ground floor level
- Western Cape design project nominated for global Human City Design award
- Housing activists take City of Cape Town to court
- Radisson Hotel’s new opened Niamey hotel achieves Safehotels executive certification
- MAD Architects designs self-powered hyperloop system integrated with urban farming
- Aleph Hospitality, Marriott sign franchise agreement strengthening ties in Kenya
- Construction industry shows positive growth for Cape economy
- New VR technology to make SA forestry chainsaw training safer
- RBM, host communities sign landmark procurement agreement
- AECOM’s Kim Timm wins Mentor of the Year
- Rising sea levels already causing problems for Cape Town
- Siemens unveils Cape Town smart city visualisation
- Phase one of Rustenburg Mall under way
- Attacq, Tricolt break ground on R1.25bn high-rise Ellipse Waterfall development
- R240m Sterling Industrial Park nears completion
- Smart cities will depend on faster adoption of 4IR
- Aston Martin creates bespoke garage space for car enthusiasts
- SASTT awards AECOM for trenchless innovation at Sanddrift
- #Loeries2019: ‘The world accepts this architectural ability’
- Global construction sector shows positive momentum
- BizTrends 2020: Make the vision Towards Africa 2020 possible
- WSP, B2P co-build third footbridge in Rwanda
- ‘The future is not female, it’s intersectional’
- Community consultation is key to frustration in building sector
- Nicholas Plewman Architects builds lodge in Ruaha National Park
- How women in construction are vital to the sector’s growth
- Leroy Merlin ploughs over R1bn into SA business
- Teaching technological stewardship makes future engineers more agile and responsible
- Katlehong Engineering School set to address skills shortage
- Trend Group completes fit-out of first SA WeWork office
- ARCVS to design multifunctional bridge over River Danube in Serbia
- Mentorship crucial to building female strength in construction industry
- Mpumalanga urged to intensify water-saving habits
- Architects use plastic bottles to design ocean wave façade system
- SA cement producers apply for safeguards as imports undercut local industry
- Marilia Pellegrini transforms old shipping containers into modern micro home
- South Africa’s construction industry could become safer. Here’s how
- Gateway Theatre of Shopping refurbishment a success, despite challenges
- Old Cape Quarter refurbishment under way
- From tower crane operator to safety officer with Grace
- From tools and materials to green building solutions and drones, new building expo promises sector-wide interest
- CONMESA notes accelerated decline in construction, mining equipment sales
- Investors push for positive global change in tailings management
- SAIA KZN announces awards winners, inducts 2019/2020 president
- Victoria Wharf Shopping Centre awarded 5-star Green Star rating
- Construction companies should digitise ahead of anticipated uplift in government spending
- Bentel Associates International launches Bentel Interior Graphics
- 3 levels of smart city growth
- Reimagining and rebuilding District Six
- Five ways buildings of the future will use biotech to become living things
- How to keep buildings cool without air conditioning – according to an expert in sustainable design
- Economic trends that will dominate 2020
- R12m Jakalasi Bridge in Olievenhoutbosch now open
- GXN envisions mobile 3D printing robots as future of construction
- Arc Skills students form company, win home-building contract
- Concerted effort by government, private sector needed for construction turnaround
- Sage Waterfall Gateway West fit out with South African flair
- New R20m V&A Waterfront swing bridge now open
- Snøhetta reveals new Madiba-inspired “peace bench”
- New Cairo Capital City Stadium shortlisted in World Architecture Festival 2019
- 3 steps towards “glass boxing” your company with a Biz Press Office
- Sisulu proposes dams be declared national key points
- Pratley Putty to feature in SA Mint commemorative coin series
- Integral considerations for the water sector towards sustainable rural development
- Opportunities remain abundant for SA’s young construction entrepreneurs
- World’s largest single-site solar project begins commercial operations
- Population growth presents key opportunity to reinvigorate the waste sector
- R18m allocated for Mpumalanga water shortages
- First enclosed shopping mall on the cards for Vryburg
- Alarming number of engineers leaving SA
- World Architecture Festival announces shortlisted projects for 2019
- If it’s all doom and gloom, why so many cranes on the skyline?
- CoCT awarded for Strand sea wall rehabilitation
- ITC-SA urges consumers to steer clear of unregistered contractors
- MSCI Green Annual Property Index reveals higher return in case of green-certified properties
- Elim Mall to undergo R120m extension
- SA’s green tech startups rebooting the green economy
- XTU Architects releases mangrove-like design for Singapore’s memorial competition
- Delayed, non-payment of subcontractors contributing to construction industry crash
- Somerset West residents will get long awaited pedestrian bridge
- Thabiso Joyisa calls on SA’s youth to create more, build more, love more
- Foundations completed at Perdekraal East Wind Farm
- SAOTA completes resort-inspired home in Bali
- Latest Africa Property & Construction Cost Guide launched
- R600m redevelopment on the cards for PE’s Boardwalk Precinct
- Rush to spend infrastructure millions in Uitenhage
- New expansion plans revealed for Heathrow Airport
- CoCT opens state-of-the-art alternative human waste management facility
- Best practices for tender and RFP submissions in SA’s construction industry
- From design to deconstruction, green building gains momentum in SA
- African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo addresses industry challenges, opportunities
- Complementing and offsetting energy opportunities for the South African water sector
- 3 trends energising Africa’s power sectors
- What renewable energy and home improvement have in common
- How unaddressed hazards, ineffective PPE put employees in danger
- Seychelles floating solar energy project moves into next phase
- Sanral, SAWIC engage on advancing interests of women in construction sector
- Exxaro’s new Centurion headquarters complete
- Huguenot Tunnel to get an upgrade
- How technology could help rural South Africa turn sunshine into income
- The rebuilt Cathedral of Notre Dame will be a monument to advances in construction technology
- the future or a washed-up idea?
- ‘Steve Jobs of Green’ to address Green Building Convention
- SAOTA claims top spot in 2019 Architectural Futsal League
- Why the contractor’s guarantee is a must for building agreements
- Female-led youth asphalt-manufacturing company launched in Limpopo
- Progressing towards gender equality in the construction industry
- dhk completes sculpted monolithic apartment block in Century City
- High-level panel at UN-Habitat Assembly focuses on creating innovative, inclusive cities
- Department Of Architecture wraps Thailand hotel with shimmering facade
- Data-driven decision-making for water security
- Chris Collaris, i29 complete tiny holiday home in Vinkeveen, Netherlands
- New mixed-use student accommodation revitalises Hatfield Square
- Traka accelerates expansion into wider African markets
- Double green rating achieved for GE Africa Innovation Centre
- 144 Oxford Road development morphs through various iterations over 8 years
- ARRCC features among world’s top 100 designers
- Open call for architecture conference programme 2020-2022 in Lisbon
- R130m Paledi Mall expansion under way
- How Japan’s renewables-powered Olympics could kick off a global race for clean energy
- Phase one of Sandton Gate development on track
- Gift of the Givers pulls out of Makhanda
- AI SpaceFactory wins NASA’s 3D Printing Habitat Challenge Competition
- Desalination plant ends contract with City of Cape Town
- Sanitation innovation – a key to Africa’s development strategy
- 2019 RICS Summit Africa speaker lineup finalised
- Massive pollution in Durban sea as waste treatment facility fails
- why luxury firms rushed to support Notre-Dame
- Construction activity forecast to grow across Sub-Saharan Africa
- Winning architecture team to design first decarbonised district of France announced
- 2019 Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year announced
- How credible is your builder
- Dirty sea water brings Cape Town desalination plant to a halt
- How cities can approach redesigning informal settlements after disasters
- 2019 Dezeen Awards open for entries
- Property developer John Rabie launches new venture in Portugal
- Increasing population growth in Africa’s megacities a challenge for authorities
- SAOTA named a winner in Hamburg Neuländer Quarree competition
- 17 home builders deregistered for various contraventions
- The promises and failures of utopian technological planning
- Dunoon sport centre comes alive after 4-year legal dispute
- Mind the gap between finance and engineering in mining and industrial projects
- Construction industry should look to proven tech to weather difficult times
- Should we turn the Sahara Desert into a huge solar farm?
- Siemens Atlas of Digitalization measures six cities’ digital readiness
- World’s tallest indoor waterfall completed at Jewel Changi Airport
- Efficient project management reduces costs, drives innovation in property construction
- Construction entrepreneur Julia Petla receives international recognition
- Eastern Cape artist takes top accolade in 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards
- R28 road upgrade complete
- Top 5 power tool trends to watch
- Heike Hanada-designed Bauhaus Museum opens in Weimar
- Phase one of White River Crossing development nearing completion
- Can South Africa learn lessons from the mega mistakes of Eskom’s mega projects?
- how a global enterprise is influencing urban change
- Pilot Crushtec, Sanral sign MoU to promote transformation in SA
- Divercity takes transfer of Towers Main, redevelopment set to begin
- Mall of Tembisa development under way
- VSD and magnetic bearings drive HVAC advances in 2019
- Sappi and Borregaard celebrate 20 years of biorefinery investment
- Bizcommunity launches BIZ | Daily top story headlines
- Closing Africa’s infrastructure gap
- PPC launches brick-making workshops in Gauteng townships
- SANDF bungalows upgraded with solar water heating systems
- Why building plans must be updated and fully approved by the local municipality
- Veolia installs packaged potable water treatment plant in Stellenbosch
- Consumers should generate their own electricity and become ‘prosumers’
- An untapped funding resource for renewable energy
- How dirty is the Cape Flats groundwater?
- Sandi Mbutuma appointed MD of SVA International
- Developing artisan skills for the future
- Tree Tops Houghton inspired by world’s largest urban forest
- New paper on Cape Town drought unpacks lessons for other municipalities
- Development of Umgeni Deco & Lifestyle Park under way
- Wastewater is an asset – it contains nutrients, energy and precious metals, and scientists are learning how to recover them
- Snøhetta completes Europe’s first underwater restaurant in Norway
- MBSA calls on government to save construction sector from total collapse
- Lesotho Rise in the City design competition winner announced
- Why crisis proofing for water preservation in SA should be a priority
- Meet your new team member
- Winners of the 2019 SA Professional Services Awards
- BIG unveils design of Warsaw-based Towarowa 22
- Atterbury leadership succession plan taking shape
- Delivering on climate resilience in Africa
- Local architecture exhibition programme launched in KZN
- Time to reframe the discipline of finance to focus on sustainability
- Construction Indaba to look into regulations compliance
- Print your city? 3D printing is revolutionising urban futures
- Stronger leadership vital within SACAP following former registrar’s resignation
- Port of Mossel Bay’s admin building gets extension
- Saint-Gobain showcases its skills development programme
- Residential module built entirely from waste, recycled materials in Switzerland
- UCT’s urine bio-brick pioneer awarded global prize
- How tech can conserve and improve access to water
- R172m road upgrade project launched
- ASAQS awarded associate member status of Pacific Association of Quantity Surveyors
- Parly dissatisfied with reasons for water project delays
- Cape Town has a plan to manage its water. But there are big gaps
- Together, we can change systems
- Adrian Smith + Gordon Gill Architecture releases design for world’s tallest tower in NYC
- Gugs roads rehabilitation project well underway
- New water supply, waste management project launched in Welenchiti, Ethiopia
- Caio Verde, Angola’s new sustainable city takes shape in Cabinda
- ITC-SA now recognised as a voluntary association
- SCAPE helps Boston trade sea wall for parks to deal with climate change
- ITC-SA develops inspectorate process to assist in enforcing building regulations
- TNPA allocates R98m for floating caisson at Sturrock Dry Dock
- Department set to improve War on Leaks programme
- Greater awareness needed of risks posed by working at height, says MBA North
- Cyber security is key to smart metering deployment
- Dams can mimic the free flow of rivers, but risks must be managed
- SAWEA welcomes investor clarity on SA energy sector
- City fails to publish water quality tests for two years
- Oppenheim Architecture completes water purification plant in Swiss forest
- Green buildings must do more to fix our climate emergency
- SAPPMA issues call for papers ahead of PIPES XII Conference
- Henning Larsen Architects to transform Opéra Bastille in Paris
- SONA 2019: Road closures
- Wits regional Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Award winner announced
- OMA completes first phase of Beijing museum with “wrinkled geometry”
- SA’s dam levels continue to drop
- UNU report compares technologies that remove arsenic from groundwater
- Steinbuild is now The Building Company
- NMU’s Riaan Huiskens takes regional Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Award
- dhk completes 12,000m2 Battery Park in Cape Town
- AECOM names Adriaan Vorster as new director for architecture in Africa
- Construction starts on SU’s Biomedical Research Institute
- where people get to design their city’s future
- Design-focused hotel Gorgeous George to open in Cape Town
- Plastics pipes bodies warn against substandard pipe use in important applications
- Western Cape construction industry outlook for 2019
- Ruan Jansen van Rensburg named regional winner in Corobrik architecture awards
- Morphosis designs multi-bridged form building in Sejong City
- Trends transforming the traditional face of property ownership
- What is aeration in sewage treatment?
- How water treatment in South Africa can eradicate water-related diseases
- 5 things utilities must consider in their quest to become smarter
- Elao Martin wins UJ Corobrik regional architecture award
- #BizTrends2019: What's happening in the African energy space?
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- ElasticoSPA reinterprets traditional Italian houses With new construction techniques
- Struggling construction sector must develop a new talent perspective
- Co-working trend has the potential to change office space landscape in SA
- Paint the Future AkzoNobel Startup Challenge now open
- Excavator sales to recover from 2018 industry slump
- four things African governments need to get right
- KPF unveils design for its spiraling Tel Aviv tower
- Much of the same expected for 2019
- Green rehabilitation implemented at 37 Commerce Crescent
- 10 hotly anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2019
- Stefano Boeri Architetti unveils design for “greenest building” in Belgium
- Water conservation a top priority at Kangnas Wind Farm
- Apple to build a new $1bn campus in Austin, Texas
- AfDB approves €115m in funding for Rwandan water and sanitation programme
- #BestofBiz 2018: Construction & Engineering
- Renzo Piano releases new design for Genoa bridge following disaster
- Cape Town CBD continues to attract hotel property developers
- Water-energy joint strategy key to SA’s sustainable development
- Foster + Partners release golden stadium design for 2022 FIFA World Cup
- Earn, learn for free with Master Builders Association of the Western Cape
- Cape Town’s Old Granary building revamp complete
- City gives green light to Salt River social housing project
- Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition
- Bamboo modular housing project wins RICS Cities for our Future competition
- Cape Town’s Old Granary building revamp complete
- Utility management in East Africa
- Southern African nations need to up their groundwater management game
- 2018 ASAQS Salary Survey Report released
- BizTrendsLIVE! January 2019 speaker line up
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- Abland, Retail Africa to refurbish Norkem Corner shopping centre
- CT signs R1.3bn loan with German bank to upgrade wastewater treatment plants
- Open Studios returns to Cape Town this year
- R5m Grand Parade upgrade will include revamped trading kiosks
- Maputo-Catembe Bridge a historic development
- Deadline closing in for 2019 PPC Imaginarium Awards entries
- Bernard Roy Seeff joins Heartwood Properties board of directors
- Foster + Partners releases images for The Tulip tower in London
- Divercity turns first sod of Jewel City redevelopment
- CityLift master plan proposes reimagining of Cape Town Foreshore Freeway Precinct
- Samsung joins forces with Habitat for Humanity
- Former ANC Shell House HQ converted into low-cost residential development
- 3D concrete printing could free the world from boring buildings
- ShelterTech Accelerator programme makes its debut in Africa
- EOH: Harnessing the power of cloud, IoT technologies to realise smart city vision through PIMS
- Institution to fast-track water use licences
- MIT, Munich Airport to develop LabCampus Innovation Center
- Using borehole water for your business? Why ensuring quality is key
- The market will be fine, but what about the city?
- Crisis proofing South Africa’s water security
- Are prepaid systems the solution to sustainable water management?
- New Pasarene Winery tasting room design inspired by swallow’s nest
- dhk completes Sable Park, the newest addition to the Bridgeways Precinct in CT
- Magnastruct to launch 100% fire retardant, affordable informal dwelling
- Home-owners to register their off-grid energy installations or face stiff penalties
- Be completely prepared, only fools rush in
- Tallest in the world, India’s Statue of Unity stands 182m high
- Taps often run dry in Eastern Cape village
- Africa’s roads are badly built, and there aren’t enough. This can be fixed
- Can drone technology turn around the fortunes of the construction sector in SA?
- WSP in Africa takes home multiple awards at SAISC Steel Awards 2018
- SA welcomes product exclusion for some steel, aluminium products
- Habitat for Humanity addresses Africa’s unique housing challenges at local leadership conference
- Steven Holl Architects releases design for a new hybrid building in Beijing
- R162m housing project incomplete after over a decade
- PASA to launch educational campaign promoting critical role of architectural profession
- PDG Architects designs monolithic green roof for Antalya bazaar
- How Syrian architects can start to rebuild
- Channelling FDI in the right direction
- How building eco-friendly hotels can help develop ROI
- Retail, Design and Development Awards winners revealed
- M&C Saatchi Abel gives light to new Nelson Mandela Bay precinct
- SACPCMP Conference to unlock the future potential of the construction industry
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- Is the supply of low income housing zero-rated or not?
- How the construction sector’s moving towards greener building techniques
- BIG completes curvy affordable housing in Copenhagen
- New fund invests R2bn into Joburg inner-city redevelopment
- Nigerian startup launches construction funding platform
- 2018 GBCSA Awards winners announced
- Are homes built from cannabis our homes of the future?
- Western Cape construction industry remains optimistic
- Infrastructure Africa 2018 looks to unlock opportunities in African build projects
- CoCT to double capacity of Potsdam wastewater treatment plant
- African design inspo and that almost 100-issue strong Visi vision
- Shortlisted AfriSam-SAIA Award for Sustainable Architecture + Innovation projects announced
- Lesotho Highlands project runs workshop series for construction companies
- V&A Waterfront to open giant, new urban park
- Wutopia Lab creates 3D green landscape with perforated aluminum panels in Shanghai
- Egypt is building a new capital city from scratch – here’s how to avoid inequality and segregation
- The rise of customer centri(cities) in South Africa
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- French hardware giant Leroy Merlin readies to open in SA
- High performance, smart hospitals in Africa
- Big completes WeWork’s first micro-school with super-elliptic objects in New York City
- SA, Ecuador share notes on housing development
- Mineral Resources focuses on gas and oil
- Johannesburg’s construction cost inflation gets 6% hike
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