Stefanutti Stocks – Basil Read JV takes top honours at MBA North Safety awards Months of intense effort by Master Builders Association North (MBA North) Construction Health and Safety team, site audits and stiff competition amongst members for the coveted awards, culminated in the prestigious MBA North 2017 Regional Construction Health and Safety Awards presentation […]
Register now for the Concrete Conference 17-18 August It’s all systems go for the first ever Concrete Conference, a joint initiative of South Africa’s concrete industry associations to bring concrete professionals together in the interest of developing the industry. Concrete is the most important building block in the development of our country and the conference […]
Concor Buildings brings agility to built environment Conditions remain challenging within the built environment, and the sector needs a company that can offer agility and flexibility underpinned by the ability to deliver quality projects safely and within the expected time-frame. Rui Santos, managing director of Concor Buildings, recently told South African Builder that this is […]
Is LSFB the greenest building solution? “Sustainability”, “energy efficiency”, “green building” and “carbon footprint”, are words that are often used in the construction industry. “It is clear that sustainability is a fundamental consideration and design requirement in most construction today,” says John Barnard director of the Southern African Light Steel Frame Building Association (SASFA). According […]
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 […]
Gloomy socio-economic outlook dampens spirits The past month was a tough and difficult month for South Africa and its economic sector. We had hardly finished breathing our collective sigh of relief from the South African Reserve Bank’s Monetary Policy Committee Meeting decision to keep interest rates unchanged; when Statistics South Africa released data showing that […]
Farquharson Construction – 20 years of quality construction Since its establishment two decades ago Farquharson Construction (Pty) Ltd has developed a reputation as a high quality construction company. The company was founded in 1997 by James Coutts, a civil engineer by profession. From the outset it focused on executing each project, irrespective of size, with […]
Building confidence dives sharply in Q2 The FNB/BER Building Confidence Index fell sharply to 32 in 2Q2017, this after reaching its highest level in more than a year of 43 points in 1Q2017. Furthermore, all of the sub-sectors measured registered a drop in confidence. This has only happened in five other instances since the index […]
What to expect from your CHSA By Neil Enslin, Health and Safety Manager, Pr. CHSA, Master Builders Association KwaZulu-Natal With the Construction Regulations requiring projects over R40 million to have a construction work permit, an increasing number of our members find themselves having to work alongside a Construction Health and Safety Agent (CHSA) who are […]
Tackling climate change using “best of breed” technology Not that long ago the term “climate change” was viewed with scepticism by most of the world. Steadily, as scientists assembled more and more evidence relating to the causes and potentially drastic effects of climate change, it steadily sunk in – becoming the harsh reality we now […]