WORLD DAY FOR SAFETY AND HEALTH AT WORK – 28 APRIL 2016 Today, World Day for Safety and Health at Work, is intended to focus international attention on promoting and creating a safety and health culture at work and to help reduce the number of occupational-related fatalities,injuries, and diseases. It is significant that the 28 […]
South African Builder talks to Angus Ryan, Brett Meadway and Xavier Destrée about their leading edge technology in steel-fibre reinforced, super-stable and super-flat seamless concrete flooring produced through the symbiotic relationship between three companies: Concrete Laser Flooring (CLF), AfriSam and Primekss PrimeComposite. “CLF is the exclusive agency in Southern Africa for Primekss,” says Ryan, manager […]
Master builders at their best: Garden Cities developers is a member of Master Builders Association – Western Cape. The new suburb in the Fisantekraal district near Durbanville, Western Cape – Greenville Garden City – was officially launched in March by the Premier of the Western Cape, Helen Zille, with the delivery of the first of […]
The latest generation Cat D6R2 track-type tractor builds on the reputation of the legendary R-Series and features a new cab, an updated transmission, pilot hydraulic controls and a single twist tiller bar for all directional and speed control. Speaking to SA Builder, Desigen Naicker, Barloworld Equipment’s product marketing manager tells us: “This model is designed […]
Not only will Dr Pixley ka Isaka Seme Memorial Hospital bolster state health care services in the northern areas of Durban, but the building programme is also transferring skills to communities in KwaZulu-Natal that are in dire need of upliftment. AfriSam is supplying all of the concrete requirements for the build. This massive build is […]
New MD For Liviero Civil Engineering Martijn Groot has been appointed managing director of Liviero Civil Engineering. Groot was previously the business unit’s acting managing director and prior to that, he was the Liviero Civil Engineering operations executive. “Since joining Liviero Civils more than 10 years ago, Martijn has been involved in many of our […]
Green Building Council South Africa (GBCSA) has announced that its ninth Green Building Convention will also be its first to take place in Johannesburg. South Africa’s flagship green building and sustainability event is set for 26-29 July 2016 at Sandton Convention Centre, in the heart of the country’s highest concentration of green building developments. Commenting […]
JBCC SEMINARS 2016 SECOND SEMESTER (August – November 2016) Wednesday 17 August 2016 – Garden Court, East London – 1.0 CPD Credit Principal Building Agreement and Nominated/Selected Subcontract Agreement – (8:00 – 16:30) Thursday 18 August 2016 – The Beach Hotel, Marine Drive, Port Elizabeth – 1.0 CPD credit Principal Building Agreement and Nominated/Selected […]
The SAISC is running its popular full day“Basics of Steel” Course during May. The course is aimed at anyone who needs a basic introduction to the manufacture of steel, how we make steel products useful for so many applications, what is the availability of and details of the basic range of hot formed products. […]
February 2016: Eskom’s Kusile management congratulated ABB South Africa for its successful completion of factory acceptance tests (FATs) of the Balance-of-Plant (BOP) on Unit 1, which forms part of their execution of the Control and Instrumentation (C&I) project at Kusile Power Station. The Group Executive for Group Capital, Abram Masango said, “We are […]