https://www.bizcommunity.com/416/494.html Southern Africa Construction news 15 Construction & Engineering news - Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/res/img/logo.gif https://www.bizcommunity.com/416/494.html en-us Tue, 07 Apr 2026 03:08:24 +0200 https://www.bizcommunity.com/article/south-africa-and-zimbabwe-enter-landmark-water-sharing-deal-349568a Water and Sanitation Minister Senzo Mchunu and the Zimbabwean Minister of Lands, Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Development, Dr Anxious Jongwe Masuka, have signed an agreement for the transfer of treated water from Beitbridge Water Treatment Works to Musina. 1-246893 Mon, 18 Mar 2024 11:43:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/640/243578.html Namibia began construction on Monday of Africa's first decarbonised iron plant, to be powered exclusively by green hydrogen, the country's investment promotion body said. 1-243578 Tue, 07 Nov 2023 16:10:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/494/239961.html South Africa's Edmund Wessels and Uganda's Anatoli Kirigwajjo have jointly won the Royal Academy of Engineering's 2023 Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation. 1-239961 Fri, 07 Jul 2023 10:40:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/834/239439.html Karen McKee, president of ExxonMobil Product Solutions, has been awarded 2023 ICIS CEO of the Year. McKee will receive the award in a video Q&A interview with ICIS later this year. 1-239439 Wed, 21 Jun 2023 10:31:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/494/239214.html Selected from a shortlist of 15 African innovators, four finalists for the Africa Prize for Engineering Innovation 2023 have been announced. 1-239214 Mon, 12 Jun 2023 13:32:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/494/238262.html Growth in the global construction industry is forecast to remain sluggish in 2023, expanding by just 0.8%, according to GlobalData's latest report, Construction market size, trends and growth forecasts by key regions and countries, 2023-2027. 1-238262 Wed, 10 May 2023 10:56:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/494/237460.html The earthquakes in Turkey and Syria on 6 February 2023 damaged over 100,000 buildings, caused more than 10,000 collapses and killed more than 50,000 people. These earthquakes also put to the test advanced building technologies that can minimise damage and keep buildings functioning after a quake. 1-237460 Wed, 05 Apr 2023 11:11:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.africa/Article/410/494/235814.html The 2023 BIM Africa Innovation Awards, which recognises exceptional individuals, projects, teams, and institutions in the African construction sector, is now open for nominations. Awards winners will be unveiled in Marrakech, Morocco, at the BIM Africa Summit (BAS) 2023 on 19 May. 1-235814 Thu, 09 Feb 2023 10:46:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/196/640/235611.html The saturation of environmental journalism - focused on the Paris Agreement, COP27 and associated topics - is resulting in construction professionals' apparent boredom when sustainability is raised. However, the vigorous campaigning, according to recent reports, is warranted, substantiated by increasing extreme weather events. 1-235611 Fri, 03 Feb 2023 09:07:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa https://www.bizcommunity.com/Article/1/494/234167.html In June 2022, a fire outbreak at a hospital construction site in Istanbul, Turkey, destroyed most of the newly installed medical and security devices, and injured three people. A few days later, firefighters from West Fargo in North Dakota attended a flaming construction site behind the town's Costco. And a month after that, a blaze broke out at a railway development in Stuttgart, Germany. 1-234167 Mon, 05 Dec 2022 12:17:00 +0200 Bizcommunity Construction & Engineering Southern Africa