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Sasol needs more time to meet air pollution laws
South African petrochemicals group Sasol plans to apply to postpone a 2020 deadline for meeting stricter air pollution laws. The company, which announced this at the beginning of June, said […]

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Construction industry has moderate outlook until 2021
The outlook for South Africa’s construction industry over the next four years will be moderate, compared to the industry’s performance between 2012 and 2016, says data analysis company Timetric. Contributing […]

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Infrastructural damage assessment underway in Knysna
After wildfires plagued the coastal town of Knysna, authorities have spent the last week assessing the extent of damage to infrastructure, public works minister Nathi Nhleko said. The fires completely […]

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Cape’s new approach to water management
The City of Cape Town is taking a new resilience approach to water management in the city, mayor Patricia de Lille said on Sunday. After experiencing one of the worst […]

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Contractors shouldn’t have ‘knee-jerk’ reaction to junk status
There has been highly publicised, widespread concern about how South Africa’s downgraded status by international agencies will affect the local construction sector. Fears of non-payment, rising credit costs and a […]

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Building confidence takes a dive

Posted By Danielle Petterson on June 22, 2017 in economics, News

After reaching its highest level in more than a year of 43 points in 1Q2017, the FNB/BER Building Confidence Index fell sharply to 32 in 2Q2017. All of the sub-subsectors […]

Kubayi wants youth to be global nuclear leaders

Posted By Riante Naidoo on June 20, 2017 in Energy, News

Energy minister Mmamaloko Kubayi has a vision for young South Africans to be “global nuclear leaders”. Speaking to media at a recent expo in Moscow on Monday, Kubayi said the […]

What is “sick concrete syndrome”? Every engineer’s nightmare!

Posted By Frances on June 5, 2017 in Technical papers

Submitted by Hyson Cells After about thirty years the concrete structures that we assumed as being unbreakable suddenly disintegrate and collapse as a result of corrosion of the reinforcing steel. […]

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Meet PETCO’s top woman in recycling

Posted By Danielle Petterson on June 22, 2017 in Multimedia

Charlotte Lamprecht, owner of Henque Waste in Riversdale, Western Cape has won the 2017 PETCO Top Woman in Recycling award. The award recognises a female in the South African recycling sector […]

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