Steyn City gas infrastructure
DURING this cold winter’s continuous load shedding the fortunate residence of Steyn City had continuous hot water, hot cooked meals and warm gas heating,...
Impressive start for Cement & Concrete SA
CEMENT & Concrete South Africa (CCSA), which was launched in March 2021, has had an impressive and eventful journey during its first 17 months...
The story of SA’s procurement crisis
How the frogs and canaries have long since died and Rome continues to burn
By Deon van Zyl, Chairperson, Western Cape Property Development Forum
While a...
May 2022 Residential Building Statistics by Province – Is the Western Cape becoming the...
One of the most interesting features of the StatsSA residential building statistics during 2022 has been the meteoric rise of the Western Cape to...
Council fails to act on eyesore
The editor asks why?
PICTURED above is an unfinished project in Stadler Road, Bloubergstrand, that started life as either luxury apartments/and or an upmarket guesthouse.
This...
Guidelines concerning the Asbestos Inventory and Workplan
According to the Asbestos Abatement Regulations 2020, employers and property owners had until the end of May 2022 to compile asbestos inventories if it...
Concor at the forefront of “Green” construction
When it comes to care for the environment, there can be few contractors around with the track record of Concor, which has shown its...
SANRAL appoints DBSA to deliver on cancelled tenders
The Minister of Transport, Fikile Mbalula, and the Board of the South African National Roads Agency SOC Limited (SANRAL) has announced that an agreement...
ESG considerations for construction and design companies
AS well as the ‘embodied carbon’ of buildings, which are the emissions associated with their overall construction and its supply chain, the built environment...
Is the construction industry ready for 3D printing?
WITH around 20 per cent of South Africa’s urban households living in informal settlements, President Cyril Ramaphosa’s recent announcement that government is to pilot...
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