Construction innovation played an important role, particularly in terms of readymix supply, at the Old Cape Quarter Project in De Waterkant. Here contractor, GVK Siya Zama Construction had to... 

Raubex Building is nearing completion of a high-security block in the Jewellery Manufacturing Precinct (JMP) close to OR Tambo International Airport, east of Johannesburg. The Covid-19 national... 

Tlhabane Square, a new mixed-use precinct being developed by the Public Investment Corporation in Rustenburg, is being constructed using a significant percentage of local labour and locally-sourced... 

Concrete remains one of the preferred building materials for the construction of grandstands for sports and recreational facilities in previously marginalised areas of Limpopo. This is considering... 

Although many working-at-height training providers claim to be accredited with the sector education and training authority (Seta), the professional body for Working at Height (IWH) warns that... 

Lee-Ann Dippenaar, an up-and-coming young woman engineer, is among the members of the Tango’s Consulting team that participated in the design and is now overseeing the construction of a unique... 

Hempcrete provides several advantages when used for the construction of a building, says Cape Town-based architecture firm Wolf and Wolf Architecture founder and principal Wolf Wolf. Hempcrete is a... 

CHRYSO’s significant contribution to the successful execution of the award-winning Battery Park project highlights its commitment to provide a comprehensive range of products which optimise the... 

Formwork is recognised as a crucial aspect of the production of quality concrete, and moulds are similarly key in the manufacture of precast elements. To achieve the desired aesthetics of concrete... 

CHRYSO Southern Africa’s commitment to provide quality solutions for the built environment, is evident in the CHRYSO® DEM range of application driven release agents. Understanding the crucial role... 

An ambitious project at Kariba dam will see the building of a temporary coffer dam downstream of the main wall, allowing the deep plunge pool at the base of the Kariba dam to be drained, reshaped... 

CoreSlab, a leading South African precast-concrete specialist, manufactured and installed a total of 260 hollow-core slabs (HCS) in only four days to assist Rokkon Development accelerate the... 

Formwork solution provider Moladi not only offers a fast and effective housing solution to African and South African mines but also uses mining slag as construction material sustainably. The... 

Proudly South African JSE-listed integrated forestry company York Timbers, which holds almost 80% of the softwood plywood market in South Africa, has invested R400-million over the past four years... 

The multi-million Euro engineering project to reshape the plunge pool at the base of the Kariba Dam wall incorporates the use of CHRYSO concrete admixtures. Working closely with main contractor... 

Proudly South African JSE-listed integrated forestry company York Timbers, which holds almost 80% of the softwood plywood market in South Africa, has invested R400-million over the past four years... 

Internal vibrators are used in the construction industry to help process concrete as quickly as possible and to make concrete stronger and more resistant. A battery-powered internal vibrator system... 

Wacker Neuson launches the world's first internal vibrator with replaceable battery as a backpack system. The battery-internal vibrator system from Wacker Neuson, presented at Bauma 2019 for the... 

Corestruc was one of the joint winners in the Specialist Contractor and Suppliers category of Construction World’s Best Projects of the Year Awards 2019. The company received the award for its... 

GoIndustry DoveBid has a very busy November calendar coming up, with auctions spanning multiple industries, from Property, to Agriculture, to Mining.  

BKV Holdings completed the lining of six newly-built phosphoric acid-storage tanks in record time to enable Bidvest Tank Terminals to receive already-confirmed shipments of Phosphoric acid at its... 

The Concrete Institute’s School of Concrete Technology will present one of its most important training courses for experienced construction personnel in Midrand, Cape Town and Durban in October and... 

Icy weather’s effects on concrete is covered in detail in The Concrete Institute’s SCT30 “Concrete Technology” training – an intensive five-day course that deals with, among many other subjects,... 

Icy weather’s effects on concrete is covered in detail in The Concrete Institute’s SCT30 “Concrete Technology” training – an intensive five-day course that deals with, among many other subjects,... 

Due for completion in March 2020, the elegant Illovo Central mixed-use block near Sandton, being constructed by Concor Buildings, has topped out at 15 floors.   The elegant Illovo Central mixed-use... 

Construction of the Illovo Central mixed-use development, near Sandton, is on track for completion by March 2020. The 15-floor building, which is being built by Concor Buildings, will offer a... 

Geosynthetics solutions company Fibertex encompasses controlled permeability formwork (CPF) liners – Formtex CPF liners – designed for concrete surface enhancement in harbour infrastructure projects. 

Form-Scaff (a Division of Waco Africa Pty Ltd) – Africa’s market leader in Formwork and Scaffolding – will, from the 1st of August 2019 become the exclusive distribution partner for Doka products... 

  M&D Construction Group, a leading South African contractor, is strategically positioned to continue its aggressive diversification into the demanding industrial infrastructure market. 

The new Christian Revival Church (CRC) on the corner of Witkoppen and Riverbend Roads in Fourways is an architectural and structural-engineering feat that showcases excellence in the design and... 

As one of South Africa’s largest storage and construction equipment manufacturers, Acrow has pioneered reliable and efficient storage, materials handling and construction solutions since 1946.... 

CATEGORY: BUILDINGS UP TO 3-STOREY Commendation – 37 Commerce Crescent 

Copper ore company Nevada Copper has confirmed that its Pumpkin Hollow underground copper project remains on target to start production in the fourth quarter this year. Pumpkin Hollow is located in... 

The Concrete Institute’s School of Concrete Technology will this year again present a basic - but “absolutely essential” - training course in concrete technology for diverse operational levels in... 

The Qiti bridge forms part of a roads safety upgrade project that is expected to be complete in July next year. The project’s purpose is to improve vehicular and pedestrian safety, says global... 

Innovation in the field of post-tensioning (PT) concrete has kept pace with the growth in global demand for the technology by both public-sector client bodies and private sector property... 

Aesthetically-pleasing architectural shapes are particularly difficult to cast. This requires a close collaboration between the formwork supplier, architect, engineer, and contractor in terms of... 

The construction industry is in need of change so as to boost productivity, minimise project overruns, and reduce rework due to lagging or slow information flow. As a supplier of a key service to... 

While key stakeholders have refused to take responsibility for the October collapse of the Grayston drive pedestrian bridge on Gauteng’s M1 highway – which killed two people and injured 19 – the...