18 Dec 2012

Building & Construction

 


Thank you for your support in 2012

Today sees our last newsletters for 2012, with the first of our new industry newsletters to be published on 15 January 2013, but we will keep on updating the new industry portals over the festive season.

We'd like to take this opportunity to thank you all for your continued support; our subscribers across all our portals continue to grow; in fact, in our new industries alone, we are now closing in on 70,000 subscribers, and for that we thank you.

We want to wish all of you a very enjoyable end-of-year break and - assuming the world doesn't end on Friday (You've heard about the predictions around the Mayan calendar, right?) - we wish you a highly successful 2013.

All the best from the Bizcommunity team!

Rod Baker: Content Director

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SA engineers are losing confidence in promised infrastructure spend
BDLive reports that a survey conducted by financial services provider PPS showed that South African engineers are losing confidence that the government will deliver on its proposed multi-trillion-rand infrastructure spend. Read more >>

Supersonic car project may inspire SA maths & science students
If South Africa wants to inspire its children to study mathematics and science, it should consider strapping a rocket to someone's back and blasting him at 1600km/h across a salt pan, TimesLIVE says. Read more >>

WorleyParsons to do PetroSA's Mossel Bay LNG feasibility study
According to Allafrica.com, WorleyParsons has been contracted by South Africa's National Oil Company (PetroSA) to conduct both the feasibility study and Front-End Engineering Design (FEED) of PetroSA's new Liquid Natural Gas (LNG) import facility in Mossel Bay. Read more >>

Passenger train upgrades for Prasa
Plans for a makeover of South African trains that include installing air conditioning systems, security cameras and bigger seats for all passengers were unveiled by the Passenger Rail Agency of SA (Prasa) on Tuesday (11 December). Read more >>

SA hands over rail wagons to Botswana
Public Enterprises Minister Malusi Gigaba handed over 100 South African-made freight wagons to Botswana Rail on Tuesday (11 December). Read more >>

Building Materials


Austro Woods' Jacobs chopped
Austro Group‚ a provider of industrial power and woodworking equipment‚ says Charles Jacobs‚ a director of Austro and the chief executive of Austro Wood‚ a subsidiary‚ has been dismissed‚ effective immediately‚ following the outcome of a disciplinary inquiry. Read more >>

PPC buys Rwanda cement producer
PPC has bought a 51% stake in cement producer Cimerwa Limited of Rwanda for US$69.4m. Cimerwa‚ in south-western Rwanda‚ has been the country's only cement producer for 28 years‚ PPC said on Wednesday (12 December). Read more >>

Construction


Building plans up 2,5%
The real value of building plans passed (at constant 2010 prices) increased year-on-year by 2.3% to R1,192.9m between January and October this year. Read more >>

V&A's R35m revamp may spur growth
[Bekezela Phakathi] The Victoria & Alfred (V&A) Waterfront is set to grow after its new owners spent R35m on refuribshing the food court - by adding 15 new outlets - and the amphitheatre, V&A retail executive Alex Kabalin said on Tuesday (11 December). Read more >>

Cape Town to get cruise terminal
Transnet has given the go-ahead for a dedicated berthing terminal for cruise liners in Table Bay Harbour‚ in Cape Town‚ it was reported on Tuesday (11 December). Read more >>

Scaffolding structures must adhere to strict standards
A recent scaffolding accident, which left one person dead and 19 injured after heavy winds overturned the structure, has highlighted the need for strict adherence to standards regarding correct scaffolding design and construction. Read more >>

Project Management


National School Build Programme launched
PRETORIA: The National School Build Programme, one of the Strategic Integrated Projects (SIP), was launched on Monday, 10 December 2012. Read more >>


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