CITY OF JOBURG IN TALKS WITH UNIVERSITIES TO ASSIST WITH THE PROVISION OF AFFORDABLE STUDENT HOUSING
City of Joburg in talks with universities to assist with the provision of affordable student housing Last week Monday, 11 […]
AFRICA REQUIRES FOUR MILLION HOUSING UNITS PER ANNUM
The Pan-African housing development financier, Shelter Afrique, has said that African continent requires four million housing units per year to […]
SANDTON’S LEONARDO AN EXAMPLE OF SOUTH AFRICA’S ARCHITECTURAL FUTURE, SAYS CO-ARC
The nascent Fourth Industrial and information revolution will affect South African architecture “quite markedly” and architecture is uniquely placed to add value says […]
CONCRETE TECHNOLOGY COURSES WITH HUGE CAREER POTENTIAL
There is an alarming shortage of concrete technologists in South Africa with only 79 School of Concrete Technology-educated students having […]
ORGANISATIONS CALL FOR RESPONSIBLE TRANSFORMATION IN CONSTRUCTION SECTOR
The Black Business Council (BBC), the BBC in the Built Environment and the Forum for Radical Economic Transformation (FRET) on Thursday condemned the disruption by […]
LAFARGE AFRICA REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO SAFETY ENVIRONMENT
Lafarge Africa has reaffirmed its commitment to ensuring the health and safety of stake-holders within its operations and to consistently abiding […]
CEMENT BOARD PLANT FOR NIGERIA
Sinoria FABCOM, a Chinese building materials and structural engineering firm, has announced plans to open a fibre cement board manufacturing […]
TANZANIA’S NIT TO RECEIVE US $83.5M FOR TRANSFORMATION INTO A UNIVERSITY
The National Institute of Transport (NIT) in Tanzania is set to receive US $ 83.5m from the World Bank and the Chinese government to […]
SAICE REQUESTS RAMAPHOSA’S INTERVENTION TO ADDRESS CONSTRUCTION SITE ATTACKS
The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (Saice) has joined other industry bodies in strongly condemning the recent spate of alleged “mafia-style” […]
NUM MEMBERS ON STRIKE AT PPC CEMENT IN PRETORIA
The National Union of Mineworkers (NUM) on Wednesday confirmed a strike by workers at cement producing company PPC, at Hercules, in Pretoria, over wage […]
MALUTI MOUNTAIN CEMENT BRAND LAUNCHED IN LESOTHO
The highly regarded Lephema family from Lesotho partnered with international cement company and Boomtown client, Lafarge, to launch Maluti Mountain […]
INTERNATIONAL RECOGNITION FOR ENTREPRENEUR JULIA PETLA
Nkgomeleng Julia Petla is the founder and MD of Amedzo Trading and Projects, a 100% black-women-owned construction company which turns 10 […]
POOR AGGREGATES NO PROBLEM
Contractors seeking consistent quality concrete in situations where poor or variable quality aggregates are the norm can dramatically improve results […]
DAMAGE TO PORT OF BEIRA AND CORRIDOR IN MOZAMBIQUE REPAIRED
Construction of US $211m port of Beira and transport corridor in Mozambique is complete and fully operating. Business development officer […]
SA TO CONSTRUCT $26 MILLION CAMPUS IN MITCHELL’S PLAIN, CAPE TOWN
South Africa is set to construct US $26m campus in Mitchell’s Plain, Cape Town. The Minister of Higher Education and […]
EAST AFRICAN PORTLAND CEMENT COMPLETES LAND SALE
Government majority-owned East Africa Portland Cement Company (EAPCC) is selling land to the government after making KES1.26bn (US$12.4bn) losses in […]
GOVERNMENT TO INTRODUCE PERMIT PROCESS SYSTEM FORCONSTRUCTION
The government has automated the processing and issuance of construction and building permits. Known as the Permit Process System (PPS) […]
BRPS INITIATE GROUP FIVE DISPOSALS
Rescue practitioners (BRPs) for embattled construction company Group Five on Friday announced that they would start with a series of disposals to […]
TRIBUNAL DISMISSES COLLUSIVE TENDERING COMPLAINT AGAINST WBHO
The Competition Tribunal this week dismissed the Competition Commission’s complaint referral against construction company WBHO Construction in which it was alleged to have […]
OVER R20 BILLION INVESTMENT AWAITS WITH RELEASE OF MORE PROPERTIES FOR DEVELOPMENT
On Monday, 1 April 2019, the City of Joburg, through the Joburg Property Company (JPC), released the prospectus of yet […]
DEMAND FOR CONCRETE FLOORING CONTINUES TO INCREASE
The demand for concrete flooring continues to grow at a robust rate, as more commercial, retail and residential customers opt […]
LACK OF KNOWLEDGE A CONCERN IN FLOORING INDUSTRY
A lack of knowledge, specifically among structural engineers on specifications for concrete floors, poses a challenge to the industry, says concrete technical services provider The Concrete Institute […]
NEW COATED PERLITE INSULATION FOR CAVITY WALLS OFFERS THE SIMPLE, COST-EFFECTIVE SOLUTION
Designed to provide greater comfort at a lower cost, CemteQ has introduced a new surface-treated perlite for the insulation of […]
BARLOWORLD OFFERS EMPLOYEES, GENERAL PUBLIC STAKE IN R3.5BN BEE PROPERTY SCHEME
Industrial conglomerate group Barloworld Limited on Wednesday launched its public offer for Khula Sizwe Property Holdings, a black-owned property company, in a bid to enable black […]
ZAMBIA SET TO LAUNCH 95KM LILONGWE- KASIYA-SANTHE ROAD
The 95km launch Lilongwe- Kasiya-Santhe road in Zambia is scheduled to be launched by the President Peter Mutharika in April. […]
ARM CEMENT EXPECTED TO SELL SHARES IN MAFIKENG CEMENT
ARM Cement is expected to sell its 70% stake in South African subsidiary Mafikeng Cement (Pty) Ltd. PriceWaterhouseCoopers, which is […]
PILOT CRUSHTEC PARTNERS WITH SANRAL TO HELP SMALLER CONTRACTORS
The South African National Roads Agency Limited (Sanral) on Monday signed an MoU with rock crushing equipment supplier Pilot Crushtec to engender relationships with smaller […]
DMG EVENTS LAUNCHING NEW TRANSPORT EVENT IN MOZAMBIQUE
New event consolidates firm’s growth in Africa dmg events, a leading international events company, continues to expand its reach in Africa, with […]
MODEST ECONOMIC GROWTH PREDICTED FOR SOUTH AFRICA
South Africa is relatively stable at present, with modest economic growth predicted, owing to a number of economic, public and political […]
SME BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN THE DOLDRUMS – CIDB SURVEY
The 2019 first quarter Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) small and medium-sized enterprise (SME) Business Conditions Survey, released on Tuesday, suggests that the […]
CHINA HARBOUR NAMED INVESTOR FOR NEW NIGERIAN PORT
China’s champion international port builder, China Harbour Engineering Co, has been named as core investor in a major new deepwater […]
EAST AFRICA DEPICTS STRONG ECONOMIC GROWTH SAYS AFDB REPORT
Economic growth in East Africa is soaring ahead of other regions on the continent at close to 7% while the […]
