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Business Leader Zulch Lötter

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Full Name: Johannes Bernard Zulch Lötter Position: President, Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) and MD, UWP Consulting  Main Activity of the Company: Cesa aims to create a healthy business environment for its members, while...

By: Eleanor Seggie

12 Feb 10

Civil engineering and construction

Emergency programmes under way to assist municipalities

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Engineering and environmental consultants SSI has devised a number of emergency projects to assist the municipalities of the southern Cape coastal belt, in light of the severe drought that the area is experiencing. SSI communications manager...

By: Eleanor Seggie

12 Feb 10

Civil engineering and construction

Engineering  contractor reduces  lost-time injury frequency rate

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Civil engineering contractor Concor Civils MD Graham Browne says that the company’s lost-time injury frequency rate is currently more than five times lower than industry averages five years ago.  He says that achieving such statistics in the...

By: Eleanor Seggie

12 Feb 10

Civil engineering and construction

Further contraction of civils industry expected in 2010

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The South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors (Safcec) reports that the civils industry is expected to contract by about 10% in real terms this year, with possible mitigation from existing projects. Safcec senior economist Pierre...

By: Eleanor Seggie

12 Feb 10

Civil engineering and construction

Improving SA's maintenance programmes critical

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Fears are that, if maintenance programmes are not properly implemented in provincial and municipal infrastructure - particularly in the roads and the water and sanitation sectors, South Africa's maintenance issues will turn into reconstruction...

By: Eleanor Seggie

12 Feb 10

Civil engineering and construction

International  report points to water shortages in SA by 2030

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A recent global water report released in Washington states that South Africa is heading for a significant water shortfall of between 17% and 30% by 2030. The country will need to invest at least R2,8-billion a year, in real terms, over a...

By: Eleanor Seggie

12 Feb 10

Civil engineering and construction

Precast sewerage pipes supplied to wastewater project

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Manufacturer of precast concrete infrastructural products Rocla, which is part of the Murray & Roberts group, is manufacturing precast concrete sewer- age pipes for the second phase of the Paarl wastewater project, in Cape Town.

By: Eleanor Seggie

12 Feb 10

Civil engineering and construction

SA’s development model reliance may put natural resources at risk

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South Africa’s development model, which relies heavily on new municipal infrastructure development to fuel economic growth and boost service delivery, risks being unsustainable and putting the country’s natural resources at risk, said...

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