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| How does one create a home across all sectors that provides the optimum use of space for a convenient modern lifestyle... read |
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| Globally, the demand for urban living in cities has increased faster than the supply of urban spaces. Cape Town has not been exempt from this trend... read |
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| The Imperial Logistics group faced the challenge of establishing a pharmaceutical regulatory compliant, temperature controlled storage facility that would not require a consistent supply of electricity... read |
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| Mark Allix Amid paroxysms in the South African steel industry, Afrox said last week that it had reached agreement with ArcelorMittal SA regarding the early termination of a gas supply contract dispute... read |
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| 2016 has been a challenging year and South Africa's construction industry was not immune, with ongoing pressure on margins, lower revenue and lower order books... read |
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| The South African construction trade can benefit from making use of laminated timber beams for structural applications, says Abe Stears, managing director of the South Africa Technical Auditing Services (SATAS)... read |
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| Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi on Thursday, 1 December, officially opened an upgraded portion of the N14 freeway between Krugersdorp and Diepsloot... read |
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| Nigeria and Morocco are in talks over a huge project to extend a West African gas pipeline to stretch up towards Europe, officials say... read |
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| Larry Feinberg Enthusiasts are seeing improvements in software as a sign that the days of the quantity surveyor are numbered. Nothing could be further from the truth... read |
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| Phase two of the Lourensia Park housing project in Somerset West is due to start in January 2017. The City of Cape Town turned the first sod this week on the R28.5m project... read |
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| Issued by Change Agent Collective The built environment is the biggest contributor to climate change, but thanks to exciting developments in how we re-imagine the future, African cities of the future could become resilient, energy independent, carbon neutral systems... read |
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| Swisatec, architect and project managers behind Africa's first green village, Blue Rock Village in the Cape has collaborated with The Green Cab to push the green transport innovation agenda in Cape Town. Swisatec plans to integrate electric vehicle infrastructure as part of its green initiative... read |
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| The five megatrends that are widely believed to be shaping the future of our world are... read |
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| Shobhakar Dhakal As a planet, we have some serious climate targets to meet in the coming years... read |
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| André Stephan et al. Cities are the epicentres of human activity. They cover less than 2% of the earth's land surface but generate about 70% of GDP... read |
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| Climate change is no longer a speculation but a reality in our lives... read |
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| According to a new paper produced by UCT's Department of Construction Economics and Management, both realistic economic factors and policy changes have a part to play in increasing the viability of affordable housing... read |
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| With South Africa's energy mix currently being decided and debated, experts and leaders in this space believe the time to champion renewable energy is now... read |
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| Mike Muller A lot of what is being presented as radical economic transformation initiatives in South Africa is simply state capture by a corrupt elite... read |
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| Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says she has approved Eskom Board's recommendation to appoint the current Group Executive: Generation, Matshela Koko, as acting Group Chief Executive of Eskom... read |
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| Hartmut Winkler The much awaited updated South African Integrated Resource Plan for electricity has been released for comment... read |
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| Leigh Andrews The majority of businesses today would say they're customer-centric, or at least that 'the customer comes first'. But HumanEdge's Influencer: Power to change workshop warns that many of us forget the most important customers of all - our own employees, who can quickly identify a flaw in our processes before it snowballs through a bad customer experience... read |
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