FEM commits to second year of MAD Leadership Foundation scholarship programme The Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company (RF) (PTY) LTD continues their successful effort in contributing towards education in South Africa for the second year running. The Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company (FEM) Scholarship Programme was launched last year through the partnership between Francois […]
KZN MBA elects Joyce Dolly Tembe for second term as President At its 116th Annual General Meeting held in Durban on 27 June 2017, KwaZulu-Natal Master Builders and Allied Industries Association elected Joyce Dolly Tembe of Sakhisizwe Development Training to a second term as President. Tembe is the Association’s first female President, bearing testimony to […]
Four construction workers pose for an epic picture recently atop the Wilshire Grand Tower in downtown Los Angeles, the tallest building west of the Mississippi River at 1, 099 feet (335 meters). The four men were on top of the spire that was added on completion of the building, making it the tallest west of […]
Third Vision 2030 Summit sparks conversation around the key role of ICT With the aim being to stimulate conversation around a roadmap for achieving the goals of the National Development Plan (NDP), around 300 decision makers from both the private and public sector came together at the third annual Vision 2030 Summit, to talk about […]
20 June 2017 Birchwood Hotel Johannesburg 21-22 June Vision 2030 sparks international interest in the NDP from Zimbabwe to Japan This week’s Vision 2030 Summit catalyses new business opportunities for investment, technical cooperation and participation around South Africa’s National Development Plan (NDP). International investors are demonstrating their interest in South Africa’s growth and transformation, even […]
Master Builders’ National Safety Competition – 2017 gets underway Promoting occupational health and safety in the South African building and construction industry. As the winners of the Master Builders Regional Safety Competitions are progressively announced and go through to the National competition, the excitement builds as the logistical planning and judging of these entries for […]
Plain sailing with Franki … The Yacht Club: a testament to Franki’s Foreshore experience AMDEC Property Development’s (AMDEC) The Yacht Club development is a picturesque, nautically inspired design, located on the Cape Town Foreshore in the Roggebaai Canal Tourism Precinct near to the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) and directly south of the new […]
SA clay brick industry bids farewell to Swisscontact EECB project team At a sparkling event in Freedom Park Pretoria, dignitaries from Switzerland and South Africa bid farewell to the team from Swisscontact. It was a fitting finale for the 8-year Energy Efficient Clay Brick (EECB) Project, a Swiss-funded environmental sustainability and climate change initiative for […]
FROM THE DESK OF THE PRESIDENT Time to embrace, streamline and accelerate the application of PPPs It was with great relief that we learned of the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee Meeting decision to keep interest rates unchanged despite concerns regarding the risk of further downgrades to local currency debt and the impact […]
De Marigny wins the 30th Corobrik Architectural Awards New and distinctive ideas, a high standard of technical skill, creative flair, a good grasp of sustainability issues and a clear understanding of the complex role of built structures within an evolving urban environment were just some of the reasons why Jean-Pierre Desvaux De Marigny from the […]