Steel Awards 2016 winners announced The highlight of the structural steel industry calendar, the 35th Annual Steel Awards hosted by the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC) in partnership with BSi Steel, took place on 15 September 2016 in Johannesburg, Cape Town and Kwazulu Natal concurrently. This year’s event, under the theme of Versatility, […]
Light Steel Frame training courses making their mark The series of CPD-accredited training courses arranged by the Southern African Light Steel Frame Building Association (Sasfa) have made their mark in 2016. This is according to Sasfa director, John Barnard. “We are seeing a growing interest in these courses in line with the excellent growth in […]
Timber wins at ITC Awards A prominent highlight on the local timber construction calendar, The Annual Timber Engineered Product Awards, hosted by the Institute for Timber Construction (ITC-SA) at Nasrec Expo Centre in August, showcased and rewarded top class workmanship in the fields of decking, timber frame construction and roofing. As part of the ITC-SA’s ongoing […]
New ITC-SA Board of Directors elected At its Annual General Meeting held recently the Institute for Timber Construction (ITC-SA), whose vision is to create and maintain the highest standards in the engineered timber construction industry, elected its new Board of Directors. The following Directors were elected to serve a two-year tenure, ending in August 2018: […]
TRANSFORMATION – KEY TO THE FUTURE In my talk at Congress I indicated that one of my main priorities during my tenure as President will be to focus on escalating our attention to the embedding of meaningful transformation in our own organisations, as well as in our construction industry. A parallel priority focus which is as […]
At Master Builders South Africa Congress 2016 the newly elected President and Vice President were inaugurated The new President of Master Builders South Africa, Bafikile Bonke Simelane pledged his commitment to his new role: “Thank you to all for your trust and confidence in me over the last two years, in particular the Immediate Past President, […]
Winners of MBSA National Safety Awards 2016 announced at MBSA Congress 2016 in Durban Following months of judging at various construction sites around the country, each of the Master Builders Associations put forward their regional winners, to form the National Awards. Presented by the President of Master Builders South Africa and Itumeleng Leshoedi, Manager: […]
Uniting the concrete industry Small companies within the concrete industry should be incentivised to join relevant industry bodies in order to ensure that all people within the industry, as well as end-users interests are represented. Speaking on behalf of the anchor sponsor of the recent Readymix Conference presented by the South African Readymix Association (Sarma), […]
Crystal Lagoons makes idyllic beach paradises possible anywhere in South Africa Engineering technology makes it possible to bring waterfronts to inland areas, contributing to urban development on the continent, opening up previously unfeasible areas to development and increasing sales prices and sales velocity. South Africa has, on average, more than 250 days of sunshine a […]
Training course for small contracting firms A comprehensive training course to assist small building contractors to manage their businesses is being offered by the Master Builders Association (MBA) North. The 10-week Small Business Development Course has been developed by leading experts in both building and business management to give owners and managers a head start […]