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| As Africa increasingly becomes a desired destination for millions of local and international travellers, hotel owners have incorporated innovative ways of staying afloat the industry, by using distinctive building styles and architecture that by themselves are an attraction... read |
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| Devon Koen Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University's school of architecture has been busy at work for the first few months of this year with yet another exhibition of student work under way, this time at the Alliance Française in Richmond Hill... read |
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| Kate Walker Harvard University engineers have developed an origami-based material that has the ability to change its shape, size and volume on demand... read |
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| Helmo Preuss The 7.7% increase in cement sales volumes in 2015 to 13-million tons after a 0.8% drop in 2014 suggest a booming construction sector... read |
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| Flowcrete South Africa recently opened a new resin flooring business in Nairobi, Kenya... read |
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| The new single-phase shopping centre development, the Mall of Africa, situated in Waterfall City, with excellent access from Pretoria, Sandton and Joburg, is to open on 28 April 2016. Road access is a key feature of the project... read |
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| The third Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT)-Corobrik Construction Week was held at the end of 2015 on the Bellville Campus of CPUT... read |
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| Monday, 18 April 2016, marked the official start of construction of the Delft Early Childhood Development (ECD) Centre of Excellence... read |
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| Alvin Dye Large engineering projects are characterised by substantial irreversible commitments, skewed reward structures when succesful, and high probabilities of failure... read |
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| Mary Anne Constable Of more than twenty different types of earth construction techniques, rammed earth has been lauded for its durability, sophisticated environmental performance and striking earthen beauty... read |
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| The Master Builders Association of the Western Cape (MBAWC) is offering a free Certificate in Construction Supervision to those who have passed maths at Grade 12 level... read |
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| Cormac Farrell In nature, failures become fossils and survivors are the pinnacle of proven patterns and sustainable strategies for success... read |
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| Growing urbanisation could be a big opportunity for Africa... read |
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| Kingsley Ighobor An oft-told tale of Lagos's once-notorious traffic jams is that of a taxi passenger stuck in a snarl-up who left the vehicle, wandered into a roadside restaurant to eat, drank a beer, took a nap and returned to the vehicle that had not moved an inch... read |
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| The Heideveld all-female roads repair team is the fourth to be appointed by the City of Cape Town and is part of the Women at Work Programme... read |
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| Robin Hayes Mid-2016 is the target date for the release of South Africa's regulation for the energy performance certificates for buildings, which will move the country forward in line with international best practice in energy conservation and monitoring... read |
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| Approximately 80% of South African engineering professionals do not think that the government will allocate sufficient funds towards projects aimed at addressing the country's electricity and water crises... read |
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FIDICAlusani Skills & Training Network® - 30 May 2016 to 31 May 2016, Johannesburg |
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