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Construction industry invests in converting waste products
An increasing number of Pilot Crushtec International's products have been bought specifically for recycling purposes... read more>>



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DEA opens doors of new head office to public
Members of the public recently had an opportunity to see the Department of Environmental Affairs' (DEA) R653m head office in Pretoria in action... read more>>
Construction & Engineering
Portion of Northern Aqueduct Augmentation nearing completion
The newly appointed head of eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS), Ednick Msweli, has confirmed that the two multi-million rand contracts that make up a portion of the Northern Aqueduct Augmentation (NAA), are expected to be complete in the last quarter this year... read more>>
Project financing picture in Africa is mixed

Kingsley Ighobor and Busani Bafana

It is an audacious $4.8bn project undertaken by one of the world's poorest countries. At the construction site in the Benishangul region of Ethiopia near the Sudanese border, some 8,500 workers are labouring tirelessly every day to build the gigantic Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam... read more>>
Sustainable Development
SRK assists Western Cape schools to use groundwater
The Cape Town office of engineering consultants, SRK Consulting, has been involved in a provincial Department of Transport and Public Works programme to supply and monitor usage of groundwater for new and upgraded schools in the Western Cape... read more>>
Government news
Port Ngqura creates jobs
The Port of Ngqura has managed to create over 800 permanent jobs in the Eastern Cape, Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown said on Monday... read more>>
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