Monthly Archives: June 2019
HIGH ANXIETY
HIGH ANXIETY As an indicator of how statistics can create either joy or despair and be wrong either way, take the first three months of 2019 when, the record shows, South Africa’s economy shrank by 3.2% – the largest drop since the notorious 2008 market crash. But as a reliable gauge of whether our country’s […]
Franki pulls out all stops to unravel brewing challenges at Mozambican project
Franki pulls out all stops to unravel brewing challenges at Mozambican project An ambitious project timeline for the construction of Cervejas de Mozambique’s new brewery, compounded by a late start to the project due to external constraints, saw geotechnical specialist Franki pull out all the stops to ensure partial handovers of the foundations and lateral […]
2019 – Another Tough Year
2019 – Another Tough Year By Greg Steele, Executive Director of East Cape MBA Master Builders South Africa President John Matthews, referred to the “Hard Times” in his opening comment in the April edition of SA Builder. In addition, our National Executive Director of Master Builders South Africa (MBSA), Roy Mnisi, has called on Government […]
Mashaba Appeals To Private Construction Sector To Partner With The City Of Johannesburg To Rebuild The City
Mashaba Appeals To Private Construction Sector To Partner With The City Of Johannesburg To Rebuild The City In his keynote address at the African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo 2019 held in Midrand in June– Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand, Executive Mayor the City of Johannesburg, Cllr Herman Mashaba, called on the private construction sector […]
Carrot And Stick Approach To Cut Carbon Emissions
Carrot And Stick Approach To Cut Carbon Emissions Carbon Tax has taken a long time to come to fruition, but it is here in South Africa from 1 June 2019. The clay brick sector is committed to playing their part in meeting Government’s targets to reduce carbon emissions. The Clay Brick Association of South Africa […]
Hope for SA economy: Thinking ahead to Fourth Industrial Automation technologies
Hope for SA economy: Thinking ahead to Fourth Industrial Automation technologies After years of slow grow, South Africa may be over the worst, and could start seeing growth by 2021/22. This is according to leading economist Mike Schüssler, who was addressing a VIP breakfast briefing in Johannesburg recently, ahead of Africa Automation Fair and the […]
GBCSA, ASAQS and UP launch the 2019 edition of Green Building in South Africa: Guide to Costs & Trends
GBCSA, ASAQS and UP launch the 2019 edition of Green Building in South Africa: Guide to Costs & Trends The Green Building Council of South Africa (GBCSA), the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS), and the University of Pretoria’s (UP) Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology recently launched the 2019 edition of […]
Build It Pinetown Makes Repeat FAW Purchases
Build It Pinetown Makes Repeat FAW Purchases Build It Pinetown, one of 350 retail stores in the SPAR Group Ltd South Africa stable, supplies and delivers construction materials to its clients. In addition the company mixes paint, cuts glass and boards and reads business plans. These deliveries are currently being performed by two FAW trucks, […]
Integrated Construction Business Software Is A Must-Have
Integrated Construction Business Software Is A Must-Have By Kenny Ingram, Global Industry Director, Engineering, Construction & Infrastructure at IFS The engineering, construction and infrastructure industry is facing huge disruptive changes. We are at a stress point and need wholesale change. While global construction productivity has improved about a quarter of the rate of manufacturing productivity […]