Master Builders South Africa Congress 2016 – Durban – 1 September 2016 We need all hands on deck Keynote speaker at Master Builders South Africa Congress 2016 held in Durban in September, the Honourable Minister Jeff Radebe, Minister in the Presidency, unpacked aspects of the National Development Plan and highlighted the impact of infrastructure development […]
The City of Cape Town, South Africa – together with the Institute of Plumbing of South Africa (IOPSA) and and the World Plumbing Council (WPC) – are hosting the World Plumbing Conference (WPC 2016) at the Cape Town International Conference Centre on the 15th and 16th September 2016. People from around the world will come together and […]
The 5th Association of Construction Health & Safety Management (ACHASM) annual conference will be held this year at the Westville Country Club, Durban, on 10 and 11 October 2016 and will take the form of a summit under the theme: “PRE-MORTEMS VERSUS POST-MORTEMS” Assuring Health and Safety throughout each stage of a project Vs. Learning […]
FEM, MBSA, MBAs and SAFCEC stand together for Safety In July South African Builder spoke to Thelma Pugh, Managing Director of The Federated Employer’s Mutual Assurance Company (FEM), about the company’s SAFEtember safety campaign for the construction industry. “SAFEtember was launched at the Master Builders South Africa Congress in September last year,” said Pugh. “We […]
In the FNB/BER Building confidence Index for the second quarter of 2016 (2Q2016) John Loos, property economist at First National Bank reports a drop for the second consecutive quarter of five points from 39 to 34. This is despite a rebound in residential activity in Q2. Retail is down nine points and contractor confidence […]
The quantity surveying profession faces formidable challenges into the future, warns Dr Stephan Ramabodu, the new President of the Association of SA Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS). Speaking at the recent ASAQS annual congress in Midrand, Dr Ramabodu said excessive fee discounting coupled with a drop in service standards from unscrupulous quantity […]
Build A Better World Now ! With the overarching theme of Build A Better World Now the pervasive thread of discussion throughout the 9th Green Building Convention 2016 was the clear and immediate need to focus on change in order to achieve global sustainability goals. Staged in Johannesburg in July by the Green Building Council […]
Extended building time and public holidays By Uwe Putlitz, CEO of the Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC). Building and engineering contracts define the period in which the contractor must complete the works or be liable for penalties, if specified. However, there may be good reasons why the contractor cannot finish on time ranging from extreme […]
SARMA’s game-changing readymix concrete conference takes place at Misty Hills Conference Centre, Mulderdrift on 25-26 August To Register now click here Whether you are a concrete technologist, a readymix plant owner or high flying construction executive it pays to attend this year’s instalment of the Readymix Conference by Sarma and be part of the change that […]
Lightweight steel frame construction gains impetus with Marley Building Systems The quality, cost and time efficiencies of light steel frame construction outweigh any and all of the traditional brick and mortar values. This said however, it is a method of building that is taking time to become entrenched in the South African building industry. What […]