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Construction

BIM technology uptake increasing in SA

Gauteng-based Autodesk Gold Partner and software solutions company the CAD Corporation have noted a significant increase in the adoption of building information modelling (BIM) and the software that drives it, in the South African architecture,...

By: Chantelle Kotzé

14 Jun 13

BUSINESS ACTIVITY

SA fire-suppression solutions provider opens first African franchise

Africa’s largest fire-suppression solutions company, Fire and Security Techniques (FST), will expand its intracontinental footprint as it establishes its first franchise, in Tanzania, this month. The Gauteng-based manufacturer and supplier...

By: Samantha Moolman

14 Jun 13

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Alice Lane mixed-use development project, South Africa

The project involves the demolition of the current Standard Bank building and the construction of three office towers.

By: Sheila Barradas

07 Jun 13

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Department of Environmental Affairs new head office, South Africa

The Department of Environmental Affairs' new head office has become the first government building and the first in Tshwane to be awarded a six-star Green Star rating.

By: Creamer Media Reporter

07 Jun 13

Enterprise Development

Local tooling industry launches enterprise development programme

The National Tooling Initiative Programme (NTIP), supported by the Gauteng Tooling Initiative (GTI), in conjunction with the Toolmaking Association of South Africa (Tasa) and the Gauteng Department of Economic Development (GDED), has launched an...

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Roof-mounted photovoltaic plant project, South Africa

The project entails the construction of a roof-mounted photovolatic plant for Bosco’s Edenvale factory, in Gauteng.

By: Sheila Barradas

07 Jun 13

SKILLS DEVELOPMENT

Academy accredited to offer instrumentation, rigging training

Level 1 broad-based black economic-empowerment training academy the Artisan Training Institute (ATI), formerly the Ikhaya Fundisa Techniskills Academy, can now offer training in instrumentation and rigging to potential candidates, after finalising...

By: Samantha Moolman

31 May 13

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Rea Vaya bus rapid transit system Phase 1B, South Africa

Mercedes-Benz South Africa’s Sandown Motor Holdings has won the tender to provide the 134 buses necessary for the roll-out of the 18 km Phase 1B of the Rea Vaya bus rapid transit system.

By: Creamer Media Reporter

31 May 13

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Truck, coach and bus assembly plant project, South Africa

The assembly plant will undertake completely knocked-down assembly of Iveco trucks, coaches and buses.

By: Sheila Barradas

31 May 13

ICT INFRASTRUCTURE

Infraco advances Northern Ring, signs MoU with Limpopo

Mpumalanga and Limpopo were expected to get a broadband boost as State-owned Broadband Infraco neared the completion of its Northern Ring capacity upgrade project. Infraco was upgrading its Northern Ring telecommunications infrastructure to 40...

By: Natasha Odendaal

17 May 13

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Bronkhorstspruit biogas plant project, South Africa

Bio2Watt aims to build, own and operate the first commercially viable biogas project in South Africa.

By: Sheila Barradas

17 May 13

Electricity

Manufacturer undertakes several Medupi projects

Gauteng-based structural steel product manufacturer Structa Group has undertaken three projects for State-owned power utility Eskom’s coal-fired Medupi power station, in Limpopo.

By: Sashnee Moodley

17 May 13

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Gauteng Dar Es Salaam Pretoria Tshwane Johannesburg Northern Cape Roodepoort Coronationville Dobsonville Johannesburg Rea Vaya Melville Parktown Pennyville Belfast Cape Town DURBAN Hoedspruit Nelspruit Polokwane Soekmekaar Tzaneen	Autodesk Autodesk Gold Partner Bentley Systems CAD Corporation WSP Fire FST Tanzania Security Techniques Green Star SA Standard Bank Education GTI Eskom Soventix South Africa African Rainbow Minerals Assmang Harmony Gold Lonmin Mining Weekly Natal Portland Cement Northam Platinum REA Sandown Motor Holdings Scania Larimar Group Witbank ComBigaS CIS Engineering Lesedi Nuclear Services Structa Group Structa Technology Turnmill Proquip Engineering	South Africa Angola Democratic Republic Of Congo Kenya Mauritius Nigeria Rwanda Tanzania Uganda United Kingdom United States Zambia Brazil Zimbabwe	Infrastructure Software Developer Mobile Operating Systems Mobile Technology Software Developer Software Solutions Technology Hardware Manufacturing Division Specialised High-pressure Equipment Air-conditioning Systems Bank Convenience-food Outlets Energy Efficient Lighting Green Building Service Retail Energy Overall Energy Consumption Electricity Cement Forklift Satellite Training Centres Steel Steel Erection Feeder Services Telecommunications Infrastructure Balance Comprising Food Waste Targeted Electricity-generation Capacity Angle Steel Galvanised Steel Galvanised Structural Steel Manufacturing Structural Steel Product Manufacturer
Operating System	Person	Technology	Continent
Android Windows Mobile	Justin Taylor Neil Hughes Alice Lane None Blade Nzimande Henk Snyman Sean Jones Dirk Ansorge Ellis Park Jacques Van Zijl Mercedes-Benz South Nthatisi Modingoane Christophe Longuet Truck Piet Coetzer	Android BIM Technology CAD Operating Systems Simulation Smartphones 40 Gb/s Technology Broadband Broadband Network Fibre Optic Corrosion Protection	Africa
Facility	Region	Product
Standard Bank Building Edenvale Factory PV Plant Artisan Training Institute Port Shepstone Chris Hani Baragwanath Hospital East London Plant Medupi Power Station	South Africa Golden Triangle	Johannesburg Leaks M-16 Pipe Connections