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Saint-Gobain’s YouthBuild Academy drives artisanal skills development

Saint-Gobain’s YouthBuild Academy drives artisanal skills development and aims to help reduce unemployment with South African youth Through its YouthBuild Academy, Saint-Gobain South Africa is addressing two key crises faced in South Africa: the rising numbers of unemployed youth as well as a decrease in the number of trained artisans within the construction industry. According […]

Tertiary institutions urged to embrace timber construction in engineering

Tertiary institutions urged to embrace timber construction in engineering The Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), SAQA-accredited professional body for the engineered timber construction industry, has noted a decline in familiarity with timber as a building material among graduates of local tertiary level engineering programmes, which has serious implications for the timber industry. As […]