Building systems and materials

"Light is not only an amount of energy," says Marilyne Andersen of MIT’s Department of Architecture. "It also provides us with the means to reveal spaces and volumes and interact with our environment."  Andersen and others in the Building Technology Program have been working on how to better incorporate natural light into building design, recognising that natural light has many positive ef...

Arch Wood Protection (SA) (Pty) Ltd, a Lonza Company, has recently completed the installation of the largest CCA treatment plant in Zimbabwe for The Wattle Company. The plant, with a minimum capacity of about 110m³ per shift, falls in line with The Wattle Company’s decision to expand into the treatment sector and establish a state-of-the-art treatment plant.  The Wattle Company project di...

For the first phase of the upgrade of the Adcock Ingram factory in Aeroton, Gauteng, Vitrex was called on to supply change room cubicles and benches, and Bitcon Industries, a division of Vitrex, was contracted to provide fire doors.  Cristian Cottino, sales and marketing director of Vitrex, says Vitraflex change room cubicles and Bitcon Rubidor fire door and frame assemblies were supplied an...

In February this year Robor celebrated a new addition to its stable with the introduction of Robor Baldwins to the construction sector.  Having acquired the carbon steel division from KMG Steel Service Centres in 2011, Robor is now able to offer a wide range of hot rolled, cold rolled, galvanised and pre-painted, sheet, coil and plate as well as structural steel profiles to the construction...