Cement & concrete

Revitalisation of South Africa’s readymix concrete industry is one step closer with a generous sponsorship agreement that will fund the expansion of the South African Readymix Association’s (Sarma) services, with the aim of raising quality standards and ensuring the future sustainability of the industry.  Add a comment...

After 75 years of serving the construction industry in South Africa, the Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) closed down at the end of April this year following the resignation of the Institute’s main funding members: the SA cement producers. Add a comment...

Concrete has been around for hundreds of years, giving builders endless possibilities to design strong and attractive structures that are able to last several lifetimes.  In practice concrete is the perfect building material. It is cheap and readily available, can be formed into nearly limitless shapes, sets as hard as stone and has the structural strength to support high rise buildings. In...

The training of South Africa’s emerging contractors is vital to ensure that construction standards are maintained, says Petrus Jooste, education and training manager at the Cement and Concrete Institute (C&CI).  Jooste was commenting on the recent appeal by the Minister of Public Works, Thulas Nxesi, at the Master Builders SA Congress, for the established construction sector to help develo...