Western Cape Construction And Built Environment Industry In The Spotlight This September Next month Cape Town will showcase at the 7th Cape Construction Expo why it is a global investment and tourism destination with great potential for further economic development through which to increase employment, income and overcome the major socio-economic challenges facing our city, […]
TRENCH BOX SYSTEMS OVERVIEW The RMD Kwikform Trench Box Systems have been developed to provide a revolutionary panel design, offering a market leading strength to weight ratio when compared with any like for like system. The lightweight Backhoe Trench Box has been designed specifically to cater for small to medium sized excavators which have limited […]
Master Builders Congress 2019 Poised To Address The Destruction Of The Construction Sector President Cyril Ramaphosa has slammed the conduct of the so-called construction mafia and called for consequences in situations where individuals “disrupt work projects demanding a 30% stake”. Moneyweb has reported that the so-called construction mafia has been disrupting construction projects countrywide, demanding […]
Form-Scaff & Doka – A New African Partnership Form-Scaff – a Division of Waco Africa (Pty) Ltd – has signed an exclusive agreement with Doka GmbH for sole distribution rights across sub-Saharan Africa and the Indian Ocean Islands. This is according to Waco Africa CEO, Mike Els. The agreement, which came into effect on 1 […]
CAMERA OBSCURA This time last year, as we once again gathered to examine and discuss the state of our industry, I wrote that we lived in interesting times – not an original pronouncement, but certainly accurate for the time. And it holds true to this day 12 months later. However, we can’t say that there […]
BREAKING NEWS Just days after the above announcement the Department of Public Works issued the following statement: Progress Made Into Finalising Payment Of Service Providers Almost 70% of service providers have been paid, following an investigation launched by Minister of Public Works and Infrastructure, Ms Patricia de Lille, into the non-payment of invoices within the […]
South African Cement Producers Apply For Protection Against Imports The Concrete Institute (TCI) has on behalf of the South African cement producers applied to the International Trade Administration Commission (ITAC) of South Africa to investigate the surge of imports of low-priced cement. TCI has lodged the application on behalf of AfriSam, Dangote Cement SA, Lafarge […]
Women in South African Construction – Recognising Women’s Day, 9 August 2019 By Shakira Agherdien and Professor John Smallwood, Department of Construction Management, Nelson Mandela University Construction is still largely regarded as a male domain, and women are not taken seriously as professionals in construction. Society, tradition, organisation culture, and sexist attitudes play a key […]
Quality Formwork – The Key To Exceptional Finishes In Concrete In order to achieve an exceptional finish in cast concrete surfaces one must seek out a company with the appropriate skills, expertise and equipment to undertake the task at hand. One such company is Formacon, a leading professional formwork company based in Pretoria, which has […]
Construction Of Innovative Showroom On Track Barloworld Equipment’s Showroom for CAT Earthmoving Equipment – A First For SA Paragon Architects South Africa (PASA) was tasked to design an aesthetically-appealing corporate head office and showroom for Barloworld Equipment, the Southern African dealer for Caterpillar earthmoving equipment, that fits in with the industrial environment of Isando in […]