The Competition Commission’s head of advocacy and stakeholder relations, Trudi Makhaya, says they expect to reach settlements with most applicants who partook in the fast-track settlement project for the construction industry by the end of this year. If so, the process, launched in February 2011, would have taken almost three years, leaving scores more industry players who did not partic...
The latest FNB/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Building Confidence Index Survey, indicates confidence in the building sector rose from 26 index points in the third quarter of 2012 to 32 in the fourth. Commenting on this Richard Williams, CEO of the Gordon Verhoef and Krause (GVK) group of companies, says, “The rise in the confidence index seems to be driven by suppliers rather than other...
Catherine Houska, a leading international expert on the use of stainless steel in architecture, will be in South Africa in February to present a series of workshops. Add a comment...
University of Cape Town graduate Phillippa Anne Hedley recently carried home the Corobrik award for the ‘Most Innovative Final Year Landscape Architecture Project’ plus a cash prize. Add a comment...
The Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI) is driving a campaign - and leading a special task group - to promote the concept of prefabricated construction which has to date been under-utilised in South Africa. Add a comment...
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