Housing and Human Settlements

Concrete and concrete products offer social, environmental, economic and other benefits in housing as well as in the development of infrastructure for human settlements. These benefits are set out in a leaflet entitled Sustainable Concrete for Human Settlements, published by the Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI).  Compared with new, sophisticated and relatively expensive alternative constru...

Legrand’s extensive range of electrical products and systems for the industrial sector includes control and signalling devices, cable marking systems, terminal blocks, enclosures and industrial sockets, as well as transformers and power supplies.  An important component in Legrand’s industrial product range are Colson cable ties, designed for use in areas where cables may be exposed to a...

Magnet, specialist in the supply, installation and support of electrical equipment and industrial instrumentation, has recently opened a training division.  Managing director Brian Howarth says, “This is an exciting development for the electrical sector where there is growing demand for practical training in product selection, energy efficiency, installation rules, repair and maintenance r...

South African company, Vela Steel Building Systems, played a part in enabling the fast-track construction of accommodation for athletes involved in the 10th All Africa Games, which were staged in Mozambique in September 2011.  Brent Harris, managing director of Vela, says, “The biggest challenge of this project – which was designed to house most of the 6 500 competing athletes from 48 co...