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- Concrete, cement additive suppliers facing severe pressure as demand soars
- Egyptian architects win Al-Nouri Mosque International Architecture Competition in Mosul
- CRDC SA receives $100k Dow award to scale up Resin8 production
- How Covid-19 has heralded a new era of digital buildings
- Harvard GSD announces 4 finalists for 2021 Wheelwright Prize
- How women are locked out of Nigeria’s construction industry
- Why correct handling, storage, transportation of plastic pipes is vital
- #YouthMatters: Celebrate youthful diversity this June on Biz
- Perkins+Will transforms 1920s Greater Accra Regional Hospital into modern facility
- 5 categories that could lead retail’s recovery in 2021
- Patel calls for partnerships in manufacturing sector
- Century City’s curved glazed Sable Corner now complete
- Absa adds another R1.43bn to Harbour Arch development
- Routine Road Maintenance projects underway in Gauteng
- MoU boosts welding sector’s technology credentials
- Black construction companies urged to help address housing shortage
- Erratic heritage application processes costs billions in lost investment
- Innovative thinking needed to kickstart infrastructure development
- Demolition is a critical part of the construction cycle
- but their cities aren’t walkable
- Justice Tootla appointed new MD of Averda
- Restorative justice lies at the heart of how we ought to think about water management
- New campus for Torah Academy Girls High School
- Covid-19 to reshape building design as we know it
- John Deere to expand construction brand into 18 new countries in Africa
- Building owners have 14 months to identify asbestos, plan its removal
- Like Covid-19, water use requires permanent behaviour change
- Innovations on the Nile over millennia offer lessons in engineering sustainable futures
- Growing water crisis needs a collaborative solution
- Water from thin air: Keamogetswe Matsho is championing new environmental realities
- Smart cities promote best practice in urban sustainability
- Yakha, an online marketplace for the local built environment
- New Lanseria Smart City just ‘papering over the cracks’
- DRC to host inaugural Smart City Conference, Open Innovation Challenge
- 2021 sees return of MBSA Regional Health and Safety Competition
- New digital marketplace for African architecture launched
- Chemical Seta to fund major research projects with over R1.6m
- Next step in remote working likely to be a new hybrid workspace model
- UP’s Liam Ullrich selected regional winner in 34th Corobrik architectural awards
- insights from the effect of a bridge across the Zambezi on maize prices
- FBW Group urges businesses to raise profile of female architects, engineers
- Last sluice gate at Vaal Dam closed
- Register for free business-to-business webinar, 24 March 2021
- A return to the kraal
- Changes to Regulation 28, a step in the right direction
- Many African countries had a surprise manufacturing surge in 2010s
- SU building first in SA to receive Electrical Performance Certificate
- New forensic pathology facility due to open mid-2021
- How new design patterns can enable cities and their residents to change with climate change
- UCT’s Katya Krat selected regional winner in 34th Corobrik architectural awards
- Morphosis completes Casablanca Finance City Tower in Morocco
- Thinking of going renewable? Here’s how to assess which option is best for your business
- Bridging the gap between consultants and contractors
- GVK-Siya Zama CEO urges construction industry peers to remain positive
- John Jacob Zwiegelaar, SA interior and architectural designer
- R66m bridge left up in the air
- SA architect Sumayya Vally named in 2021 Time100 Next list
- MIT Architecture announces upcoming online public programme
- Workers missing after ArcelorMittal site accident
- Deriving value for safe, smart cities
- 5 pillars for successful digital transformation in construction
- Manufacturing output up 1,8% in December
- Ramaphosa’s dream of a smart city
- Winged glass facade adds a new dimension to Cape Town’s skyline
- Greater infrastructure spend needed to help construction sector gain stability
- ‘SA’s dams built to withstand floods’
- Phase 2 of Sol Plaatje University precinct set for completion in mid-2022
- Afri.Can Microfactories launches contactless access control terminal
- Teraco finalises R2.5bn funding for data centre construction
- Regional winners of the 34th Corobrik Architectural Student of the Year Awards announced
- Sanral to invest R500m in Buffalo City road infrastructure project
- The Ridge receives 6-star Green Star Office Design rating
- Teddy Daka appointed co-CEO of Zutari
- Renewables, energy storage and the future of smart cities
- Heavy rains replenish Vaal River System
- How compliance culture is killing spatial transformation
- Ghana’s unstable building problem is about more than lax regulation
- Egypt to construct Cairo Eye, largest wheel in Africa
- Why a sustainable sewerage system in Kenya is vital in urban development
- Groundwater increasingly important, needs to be used wisely
- 2021 SAIW bursary recipients announced
- Manufacturing production down 3.5% in November
- Private sector investment key in bridging Africa’s housing gap
- Call for entries: The 3rd annual NHBRC/Gibs Women Empowerment Programme
- Construction industry can no longer delay adoption of technology
- Cape Town’s Cloud 9 reopens after six month renovation, expansion
- SA’s San Sereno recognised in Argentum 2020 Senior Living by Design Awards
- How Covid-19 has forced businesses to re-evaluate cleaning regimes, waste management
- policies need to support the trade
- Black brick, off-shutter concrete, glass used in Commerce Crescent construction
- How Covid-19 has forced designers to reimagine the work experience
- Achieving developmental goals through construction
- 8 reasons to book now for #BizTrends2021 online
- Sustainability paving the way for future of waste management
- A bright horizon for South Africa’s energy landscape
- Revitalising property markets through inner-city investment and refurbishment
- Retrofitting unused spaces can help South African cities adapt to climate change
- 10 hotly-anticipated buildings set to be completed in 2021
- Water solutions to aid the most vulnerable in Kenya
- Load shedding to continue on Wednesday
- Nxuba wind farm successfully reaches commercial operation
- SNC-Lavalin SA bought out by local team, rebranded Aurex Constructors
- Engineering student wins Stellenbosch University’s Chancellor’s Medal
- AfDB approves funding for medium-scale independent power producers in SSA
- First refinancing transaction for Bokpoort CSP concluded with R5bn deal
- Torrential rains improve SA’s water levels
- V&A Waterfront to test new design in rainwater harvesting technology
- Cape Town launches fog harvesting pilot project on Table Mountain
- Urgent action, innovation needed for infrastructure recovery in SA
- #BestofBiz 2020: Construction & Engineering
- Bizcommunity’s festive thank you to the SA business community
- First phase complete on Entebbe research clinic
- Kenya builds its way to 2030 goals
- Coega has a busy year in construction
- ERRP to revitalise post-Covid building industry
- Construction sector eager to make 2021 a prosperous year
- Engineering, construction industry needs to urgently embrace digitalisation
- Tlhabane Square maximising community impact with local procurement, skills transfer
- How digital engineering can help the construction sector meet its decarbonisation targets
- SAICE inaugurates Vishal Krishandutt as its 118th president
- Zutari championing MCDI tech as an alternative to reverse osmosis-based desalination
- World Architecture Festival announces winner of Grohe Water Research Prize
- R500m retail upgrade at Boardwalk Casino and Entertainment World set for early 2021
- Futurist-in-chief Dion Chang to lead BizTrends2021 – Towards New North and New Narratives
- David Adjaye reveals design plans for Thabo Mbeki Presidential Library
- NEDAs winner ZHAC Construction offers advice on business growth, embracing opportunities
- Building a post-pandemic construction sector
- How the BIBC helped small construction businesses stay afloat, survive Covid-19
- Builders inches into shopping malls with Cresta store opening
- Adjaye Associates reveals design for Edo Museum of West African Art
- 2020 Water Stewardship Event focuses on path to post-Covid-19 green recovery
- Many construction companies set to forgo the annual builders’ break
- Entries open for Harvard GSD’s 2021 Wheelwright Prize
- GBCSA appoints Attacq’s Giles Pendleton as new chair
- Green buildings key to reducing energy consumption
- Paragon completes 1 Park Lane multi-company fit-out
- WCPDF to tackle procurement – impeder or enabler
- New paper refutes study that half the world’s beaches could become extinct
- A third of our waste comes from buildings. This one’s designed for reuse and cuts emissions by 88%
- How the construction sector can embrace tech for competitive advantage
- 2020 PG Bison 1.618 Education Initiative winner
- Bushbuckridge shopping centre set for R348m redevelopment
- Helderberg multi-purpose centre to showcase sustainable building practices
- New UFH student village set for completion this December
- GBCSA achieves 600 Green Star certifications, award winners announced
- Egypt to invest E£136.4bn in urban development
- Construction contracts – managing risks during the Covid-19 pandemic
- Water as an instrument of economic, jobs recovery post Covid-19
- David Adjaye, Aston Martin collaborate on architect’s first NY skyscraper
- Ramaphosa to open Infrastructure SA roundtable in Gauteng
- Housing deficit, pandemic, recession, inflation
- Province goes to court over River Club ruling
- Sustainable urbanisation the focus this World Cities Day
- Exxaro HQ achieves 6-star As Built GBCSA rating
- Construction critical to post-Covid economic recovery in SA
- Bizcommunity and NSP Consultants congratulate BizListing winners!
- UCT aims to become net zero water university by 2050
- R80m paid for continuation of Sedibeng water projects
- Giflo Group to revitalise 62-year-old La Concorde in Paarl
- BEE RoI: Align to feed your revenue pipeline
- Trends to look out for in the steel production sector
- People-focused design, new technology will transform public transport sector
- Fusing people-centric design, technology intergral to transforming public transport
- Despite depressed economy, SAPPMA sees increase in membership
- Your backstory is a front page story on Biz
- Calls for South Africans to buy local to reignite growth
- Prawa, MBA North join forces to introduce standards in roofing industry
- CSIR partnership results in high quality asphalt road
- 9 students successfully graduate from MBAWC OHS Learnership Programme
- Why responsible handling, reporting of hazardous waste is crucial
- Zutari, Bakwena collaborate on Bafenyi ka Bakwena ABCD Project
- ‘Keep on walking’ just took on a new meaning
- Getting real about virtual events
- Covid-19 guidelines for the Construction Sector published
- Construction body calls for self-certification to overcome public sector bottlenecks
- Celeste Margo Le Roux awarded Standard Bank Top Woman Entrepreneur 2020
- ITAC introduces changes to steel industry prices
- Nairobi’s Runda-based SABIS International School sets green building precedent
- Turner & Townsend completes project management on active hospital site
- Investing in local construction skills training contributes to growth, quality
- Sir David Adjaye wins 2021 Royal Gold Medal for Architecture
- October – The official start of the 4th quarter
- Black water to potable water treatment and purification
- 2020 MBA North Safety Competition winners announced
- New study shows sustainable wood-based housing market possible in SA
- Why we should be making cities smart, rather than building new smart cities
- Kangnas Wind Farm energises main transformer
- Iconic Sandton building gets a facelift
- Municipal tribunal gives go-ahead to mega-development at Two Rivers Urban Park
- Radisson Red building is the new green
- Time to rethink Cape Town’s unfinished elevated freeway
- Green building practices can mitigate lockdown fallout
- No boom predicted for industrial equipment sector, but no gloom either
- Solar power tower has less impact on bird populations than expected
- Time to change the structure of our cities
- Motor vehicle accidents cost construction sector R352m
- SPLUMA results in 60% spike in demand for property inspections
- How built environment practitioners play a key role in public health
- Cape Town to host 2024 World Waste Congress
- Government should encourage the use of locally produced building materials
- Zutari completes R377m Pampoennek Road in Brits
- Creecy upholds appeal against giant West Coast wind farm
- CCS acquired by RIB Software, rebrands to RIB CCS
- Kommetjie’s Imhoff Farm repositioned to provide mixed-use offering
- 2020 Empowerment and Recognition of Women in Construction Awards winners announced
- Government should pay people to dig holes and then fill them
- Kenya’s BellTower named Grand Prix winner of the 2020 Lexus Design Award
- Free CPD-accredited digital opportunity for building industry
- Training equals survival for contractors in a post-Covid-19 world
- BizFix: Kiss it Better Special
- R4bn River Club development clears major obstacle
- MBAWC highlights the numerous opportunities for women in construction
- Vaal Dam drops to unprecedented levels
- How Millicent Mphela is pursuing equity in the heavy machinery sector
- Quality local welding skills urgently required for economic recovery
- Danfoss Cooling launches free-to-attend Refrigeration Academy
- Anton Botha to head up new GVK-Siya Zama Civils unit
- Building design trends – how Covid-19 is driving an important shift
- Collaborating on purpose – Bizcommunity.com
- Paragon Architects highlights its Pullman Accra Airport City project in Ghana
- #WomensMonth: ‘If we support each other, we can change the world’
- NHBRC fines eThekwini R1.2m for not enrolling subsidy houses under construction
- Builders expands to East Africa with first store in Kenya
- Let’s #DoBizZA this September – Bizcommunity.com
- Green economy recovery: Women leading their emancipation
- Gear up for POPI Act or face the consequences, Databuild CEO warns
- #WomensMonth: ‘Be yourself and trust in your unique skills’
- NCI encourages women in construction
- Nick Booth appointed new CEO of Corobrik
- Registrations open for Young Moroccan Architecture Awards
- MPA, Motseng acquire Mott MacDonald Africa
- cut the red tape and slash the cost of housing
- Winde, De Lille to tackle economic recovery at WCPDF virtual events
- New guide, Getting to Zero, launched on developing net zero carbon buildings
- Call for freeze on land sales in Khayelitsha
- Transformation in the construction sector
- Hot water generation – best solutions for SA commercial sector
- How the Grand Renaissance Dam might spark basin-wide water cooperation
- New landmark shopping centre opens for trade in Cape Town
- Bronwyn Williams stars in Pulp Non-Fiction on Bizcommunity
- Infrastructure Commission to fast-track projects valued at R340bn
- Creecy poised for West Coast wind farm decision
- Brikor JSE suspension lifted, notes increased demand for bricks
- 7 changes to construction contracts due to Covid-19
- Understanding the critical role of waste management in large-scale demolitions
- what’s at stake and what could break the deadlock
- Lesotho Highlands Project to deliver water to SA in 2026
- Construction hero excels in marathon to produce Covid-19 hospital beds
- Tower resumes Old Cape Quarter development construction
- Mandela’s legacy is innovation – engaging instruments of recovery, redress
- Sustainable architecture in a post-Covid-19 world
- Paragon Group explores healthy-building design in masterclass
- President Abdel Fattah Al-Sisi receives Great Road Builder Award
- ARRCC scoops Interior Design Firm of the Year in global competition
- Lessons from a pandemic: Future of urban design
- Effect of fraud on dispute resolution clauses
- Why is Durban splurging R50m on a sea pier extension?
- SA may need Covid-19 wastewater, water quality surveillance programme
- Technical excellence vital for infrastructure PPPs in Africa
- Brights Hardware, Ryobi Tools donate R190,000 in power tools to Learn to Earn
- WC construction industry preps for Covid peak
- Minimise Covid-19 infection at your organisation with wristbands
- Hardware retailer notes surge in sales of building supplies during lockdown
- Grand Renaissance Ethiopian Dam (GERD) negotiations resume
- Big 5 Digital Festival aims to connnect Africa’s construction professionals
- Capitec Bank’s new headquarters unveiled
- Dr Tony Igboamalu named SAPSA Young Engineering Professional of the Year
- SAOTA, Jaco Booyens Architect win gold in Domus Restoration and Conservation Award
- Growthpoint, Serra achieve first Green Star EBP Industrial rating in Gauteng
- Delivering sustainable energy across Africa
- Diageo to open its first carbon-neutral distillery
- community, immunity and unity are in our name
- How future architecture, technology could help achieve a more sustainable SA
- SA water levels on the decline
- How Hasheel Tularam developed his outdoor addiction into a fulfilling career
- Infrastructure expenditure still a priority
- Locally manufactured transformer arrives at Perdekraal East Wind Farm
- Strandfontein temporary desalination plant being decommissioned
- Strand sea wall emergency repairs under way
- Cintocare Hospital achieves Green Star rating
- Algorithms are designing better buildings
- How Muzi Shongwe is transforming his community one brick at a time
- Steel producer fined R3.6m for contravening sections of Air Quality Act
- Youth, Covid-19 and learning in the workplace
- When architecture, interior design and passion collide
- #ACACaresCovid19: The economics of advertising – ACA invests in futures
- Construction industry overcoming Covid-19 challenges of being back at work
- The post-Covid-19 office of the future
- Acknowledge change, find where the next opportunity lies
- Back to work for the construction industry, but not business as usual
- Create your own strategy in times of crisis
- One Discovery Place in Sandton achieves six Green Star As-Built rating
- Covid-19 delays, compliance – contractors may not need to bear full cost
- Many opportunities for youth in world’s oldest industry, construction
- GBCSA takes Green Building Convention into immersive, virtual world
- New report: The Future of Infrastructure
- Blueprints ready for Cecilia Makiwane Gallagher Critical Care Hospital
- Mitigating Covid-19 risks in constructing wind farms
- Smart cities in the time of physical distancing
- NHBRC regional offices to resume, satellites phased in
- Mpact expands face shield range – adults, kids, hardhat shields and respiratory masks
- How smart water solutions could help solve Africa’s water challenges
- Dr. Pixley Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital fast-tracked for June opening
- Pitch sessions held for infrastructure projects development
- Locked down, not locked out: 10 benefits of a Biz Press Office now
- MBA North launches new services to help construction get back to work
- Do what is necessary to remain relevant, save as many jobs as possible
- Pandemic forcing us to think outside the box
- Proactive engagement around lockdown regulations needed, says MBA North
- SAIW championing work-based apprenticeship learning for welding industry
- Lockdown forcing construction sector to think more strategically about tech adoption
- At this point, we are stronger apart
- Continued support needed from government, corporates, ordinary citizens
- More research needed on possible groundwater contamination from burial grounds
- Phenomenal collaboration happening in the property sector
- Manage risk appropriately, stay positive, look for solutions
- Heritage Western Cape approves Parow Station Precinct exemption proposal
- Agile businesses will come out of this smarter, stronger
- BT-Industrial signs up as SAPPMA member
- Exxaro head office awarded first WELL certification in Africa
- Covid-19 shines spotlight on health and safety in construction
- Make it work, despite the challenges, says Brimis’ Andile Nqandela
- Lockdown driving innovation, says STAG African’s John Schooling
- Patience is key, says Bartlett Construction’s Wayne Bartlett
- Evalution Flooring, R4AWM partner in creating eco-bricks
- Hardware, food delivery and winter clothing allowed, but no cigarettes
- MATUS to pay R10.9m for inflating essential hygiene product prices
- Covid-19 and its impact on loans and real estate arrangements
- Face the future with optimism, creativity
- Sew-Eurodrive joins SA campaign in 3D printing face masks, shields
- Q&A with Armond Boshoff, CEO of Atterbury
- Can South Africa’s coastal infrastructure survive corrosion?
- Q&A with Kate Roper of Aurecon
- How 3D printing is proving its worth in the fight against Covid-19
- BIBC provides relief for construction industry during lockdown
- Boogertman + Partners collaborate on FNB Soccer City field hospital design
- MIT develops mass manufacture of disposable face shields
- 10 ways to stay connected on Biz during lockdown
- Lockdown set to hit already troubled construction industry hard
- Foster + Partners designs prototype for reusable face visor to fight Covid-19
- Water use licence applications put on hold during lockdown
- HOTT3D, Africa Oil & Power team up to build hospitals in Africa
- SA contractors to support local manufacturers
- Not taking lockdown lying down
- New AIA task force offers insights for adapting buildings into healthcare facilities
- Eskom conducts maintenance work as demand drops during lockdown
- Impact on construction contract claims
- Sanral operations to remain active during lockdown
- Blockchain poised to propel construction into new era of efficiency
- SAPPMA urges government to invest in water infrastructure amid Covid-19 outbreak
- Waste collection essential during lockdown
- Bizcommunity takes business virtual, as usual
- Registration open for ‘De-Urbanized Epidemics’ redesign competition
- Ramaphosa announces nationwide lockdown
- Kangnas’ turbines in place ahead of schedule
- AI could propel the construction industry forward
- Massive African infrastructure projects often hurt, rather than help, local people
- New facility for Aramex
- Waterfront project goes green with ecobricks
- Heavy haul conference to play critical role in building sustainable economy
- Ergonomics Regulations launched
- R9m offloading zone set to drive efficiency in coastal cement operations
- Roads projects offer opportunities for SMMEs
- UK-China alliance plans to build African infrastructure
- Between care and neglect: Pretoria’s grand architectural legacy
- Vodacom’s Cape Town HQ awarded 5-star Green Star certification
- How architect Yona Friedman used math to design utopian cities of the future
- Want instant branded content? – Bizcommunity.com
- Pablo Muñoz Payá Arquitectos converts old industrial building into bridal store
- New twist in Noordhoek wetland road controversy
- Coronavirus factory closures in China may swell demand for SA-made products
- R60bn allocated for Gauteng infrastructure
- 4 major digital trends in construction for 2020
- Sidewalk Labs releases its mass timber proto-model for high-rise buildings
- African Construction, Totally Concrete Expo to focus on Africa’s 4IR readiness
- UK Prosperity Fund, Future Cities SA launch local programme
- A sanitation game changer for Africa and the world
- Heritage Western Cape slams River Club development plan
- David Adjaye, Cai Guo-Qiang to receive 2020 Isamu Noguchi Award
- Province raps city’s knuckles over state of rivers
- SA’s average dam levels increase
- SANEDI rolling out low-tech cooling solution in SA communities
- SDG7 under the spotlight at Africa Energy Forum 2020
- #Sona20: Grinaker-LTA welcomes infrastructure initiatives
- Upskilling vital to construction industry
- Landmark investment secured for 60MW Djibouti Wind Farm Project
- Counterspace to design London’s 2020 Serpentine Pavilion
- AfDB provides multi-million-dollar grant to boost renewable energy access in Liberia
- Coronavirus hits construction sector with indefinitely delayed shipments
- 2020 SAPOA Property Development Awards open for entries
- Togo breaks ground on West Africa’s largest solar PV project
- 3 local projects in contention for ArchDaily’s Building of the Year Awards
- Balwin Properties to develop R9bn Munyaka in Waterfall
- Construction body calls for urgent meeting after CETA placed under administration
- 2020 Schneider Go Green student competition open for entries
- Saint-Gobain reiterates commitment to continent at Africa Forum
- AECOM appoints new MD for Africa
- Entries open for 2019/2020 AfriSam-SAIA Sustainable Design Award
- Bringing critical power distribution out of the dark
- Germany, Namibia cooperate on desalination feasibility study
- Brights Hardware expands into industrial and wholesale market
- Government non-payment culture driving construction job losses
- Time for SA to join the smart cities revolution
- 2020 competition to design emergency operations centre in Africa launched
- Making data management do the ‘heavy lifting’ for the construction industry
- Abu Dhabi to host 10th World Urban Forum
- Laduma Hardware Group’s retail expansion
- AfDB signs 5-year agreement to use FIDIC standard contracts
- Afro-disruption: 6 reasons to book for BizTrendsLIVE!2020
- Unbuilding cities as high-rises reach their use-by date
- Digitisation and data key to transforming construction industry
- 5 key architectural and sustainable initiative trends
- How politics and poverty affect electricity provision in Zimbabwe
- Heavy rains improve dam levels
- How to know if you are getting the best building bricks price
- How smart building automation will drive security market growth
- Final call to enter $2m LafargeHolcim Awards
- Afro-optimism in focus at BizTrendsLIVE!2020
- 5 key focus areas for the concrete sector
- SA’s transition to a cleaner, greener economy
- #BizTrends2020: Pioneering immersive design
- #BizTrends2020: Africa’s new wave architecture
- The future of waste management in SA is innovation
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- #BizTrends2020: Route to water prosperity
- Woods Bagot unveils design for Adelaide Central Market
- Atelier Tao+C converts old building into capsule hotel in China
- Why the outlook for fixing Nigeria’s energy crisis isn’t good
- Mexico builds world’s first 3D-printed community houses
- Dangote Cement CEO announces retirement
- Naruse Inokuma Architects reinvents capsule hotel experience
- Malawi solar energy project to add 46MW to local power supply
- AfDB provides €345m in road construction support to Tanzania and Kenya
- #BestofBiz 2019: Construction & Engineering
- COBE creates giant rhomboid roof for new Adidas’ HQ in Germany
- New OxGlen buildings target Green Star design rating
- San Sereno takes second place in international architecture design competition
- AfDB lends $272m for construction of Tanzania’s Msalato International Airport
- Investing in implementation models for water security and resilience
- Huge West Coast wind project generates strongly opposing views
- Wishing you all the Best of Biz
- UFS student wins Corobrik Regional Architecture Award
- Annemie Vermeulen wins Corobrik Regional Architecture Award
- Wellington’s 1871 Old Tannery gets ‘artisanal’ make-over
- Still time to address SA’s water infrastructural woes, says SAPPMA
- Motheo Construction Group appoints new CEO
- R320m Millroad Industrial Park set for completion
- FNB/BER Civil Confidence Index 7 points up in 4Q2019
- UCT’s Sebastian Hitchcock wins Corobrik Regional Architecture Award
- Wits’ Ian McBride wins regional Corobrik Architecture Award
- FNB/BER Building Confidence Index shows uptick in building activity in 4Q2019
- Build-to-rent (BTR) – an investment model to watch
- New SAICE president calls for return to ethical leadership
- Van Dyck Floors restructures and shifts product focus
- Saint-Gobain Gyproc Brakpan plant self-supplying 30% of its water requirements
- First phase of Dimbaza Industrial Park revitalisation project nearing completion
- How a good property facelift can do wonders
- Harvard GSD’s 2020 Wheelwright Prize competition open for entries
- UKZN’s Siyabonga Khuzwayo wins Corobrik Regional Architecture Award
- Barloworld HQ in Irene Link precinct awarded 5-star Green Star rating
- De Jager Booysen a regional winner in Corobrik Architecture Awards
- Upward trend in African mixed-use developments presents challenges, opportunities
- Green cement a step closer to being a game-changer for construction emissions
- In consulting on development risk, it’s nose in, fingers out
- Picket at Saldanha Steel over plant closure
- UJ’s Senzo Mamba wins Corobrik Regional Architecture Award
- Construction begins at new Durban cruise terminal
- Catalysing a new sanitation paradigm for South Africa
- How a ‘brown revolution’ can secure our water future
- Dams empty in Eastern Cape
- 5-point plan set for governments to address African housing finance shortage
- NMU’s Gideon Greyvenstein wins Corobrik Regional Architecture Award
- 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
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