Infrastructure development

Lighting Structures, a business unit within Jasco Carrier Infrastructure and a jointly owned venture between Jasco and the LeBlanc group, secured the contract valued at more than R12 million to design, manufacture, supply and install a range of Hi Masts along with civil works and electrics at Eskom's ground-breaking Medupi Power Station in Lephalale, Limpopo.  Medupi is the first power stati...

Incledon, a leading supplier of pipes, fittings, pumps and related systems, has introduced the Tekflo range of ductile iron manhole covers and frames to the South African market. The Tekflo products meet key local requirements and offer a number of benefits for municipalities.  Incledon national product manager for civils, Kelly Wilson, notes that the Tekflo range of ductile iron manhole cov...

Pump manufacturer Wilo South Africa is upgrading the professional skills levels of its technical teams to meet the twin challenges posed by advances in pump technology and energy conservation. A mechanical engineering degree is now a key to gaining a place on the company’s support staff. Driving this advance in customer care is a severe shortage of engineering skills in the infrastructur...

Water conservation was a headline topic on the periphery of the COP17 United Nations climate change conference in Durban in December last year. But “all the planning and good intentions in the world will fail without accurate water metering,” says Basil Bold, managing director of Sensus South Africa.  “Uncountable litres of water are being lost in South Africa through inefficient meter...