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BIM adoption is crucial to ensure construction industry sustainability
25th November 2021 As a major source of global CO2 emissions, the construction industry needs to take heed of digital solutions like 6D BIM to drive sustainability efforts and build a net-zero world for future generations. According to the World Economic Forum, the infrastructure, construction and urban development... →
Construction industry a potential flywheel for economic recovery in SA
18th November 2021 The construction industry can play a critical role in helping address the recent hard knocks to the South African economy, but it needs the willingness and, more importantly, the action of all stakeholders to succeed, writes Andrew Skudder, RIB CCS CEO. This was the overwhelming sentiment at a... →
CASA, industry participants highlight construction’s crucial role in economic development
1st October 2021 Construction and infrastructure development can play a direct role in stimulating an economic turnaround and providing employment, while also being one of the most effective ways of stimulating growth, various construction sector experts said at a virtual conference hosted by Construction... →
Business confidence in construction at its lowest point
13th September 2021 Business confidence in the construction industry has reached record low levels as the combined effect of the sector’s general state of decline and the unexpected shock of mass riots knocked business confidence hard in the third quarter of 2021. This is according to Craig Lemboe, a Senior... →
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Opinion: Is green hydrogen the fuel to drive South Africa’s future?
In this opinion article, Royal HaskoningDHV advisory group for energy transition director Gladys Nabagala writes that South Africa has significant potential to stimulate its economy by building a hydrogen export economy. →
Indigenous plant biofilters effectively remove pollutants from stormwater, researchers say
Biofilters with indigenous South African plants, such as palmiet, mat sedge, soft rush, cobra lily and vleibiesie, are significantly more efficient than unvegetated soils in removing nutrients and metals pollutants from urban stormwater, Stellenbosch University (SU) researchers say. The team... →