SAISC calls for entries for the AVENG Trident Steel Awards 2017 The Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) has called for entries for the AVENG Trident Steel Awards 2017 and CADEX Systems SA Photo Competition. SAISC CEO Paolo Trinchero says that after the high standard of the 2016 Awards there has been extraordinary expectation […]
COURAGE AND RESILIENCE IN THE FACE OF ADVERSITY The Festive Season is now a distant memory as citizens and businesses alike in South Africa brace themselves and hunker down for what promises to be yet another long and difficult year especially exacerbated by the low-growth macro-economic environment that virtually the whole world finds itself in […]
BEPEC launches extended membership platform Master Builders South Africa welcomes the initiative by the Built Environment Professions Export Council (BEPEC) to extend its membership platform to take in the construction services sector. This is with the aim to establish a united South Africa Inc to lead expansion into the rest of Africa. The council’s widened […]
FEM’s legendary MD retires 2017 sees a change in leadership at The Federated Employers Mutual Assurance Company (RF) (PTY) Ltd. Thelma Pugh, a legend in the construction industry and stalwart driver of innovations in Construction Health and Safety, will leave office on 31March 2017, after 48 years with the company and 15 years as Managing […]
Supplier synergy: PPC / Calgro – Fleurhof case study South African Builder visits Fleurhof with Adrian Ford, contract manager for main contractor Calgro M3 Holdings and Rajesh Harripersadh, key account manager for cement supplier PPC. When two or more professional companies work together to achieve a common goal – in so doing deploying their combined […]
When Denzel Maduray advises learners about choosing a career path in project and construction management, he does not mince his words. “Plans are important but planning is everything. This was from Eisenhower. My advice is if you are not passionate about communication, integrating teams and engaging stakeholders then stay out of project and construction management. […]
Sika cures ailing Durban apartment block February 2016 marked the start of an estimated fifteen-month restoration project on one of the largest apartment blocks in the Southern Hemisphere. The site was the T-shaped Bencorrum Towers in Durban’s beach-front precinct, comprising 334 units and housing over a thousand people. Built in the early 1930s, the once […]
When bigger isn’t better The STIHL TSA 230 cordless cut-off machine is a multi-purpose, impressively powerful machine that will transform on-site working conditions. Compact and lightweight at 3.9kg (without the battery), the TSA 230 is able to slice effortlessly through roof and wall tiles, granite counter tops, bricks, pipes, paving stones and metal. Its mobility […]
Johannesburg, Tuesday, 21 February 2017 Lack of leadership at country level impedes roll out of Africa’s energy The opening dialogue panel discussion at the Africa Energy Indaba in Sandton set a brisk pace as the panelists – each highly respected heavyweights in the energy arena – outlined their views on “Securing the energy future for […]