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SA gets set to launch rating tool, but supply-side gaps persist
SA gets set to launch rating tool, but supply-side gaps persist - The creeping realisation among South Africans that energy saving is an economic imperative, together with government’s signal that it would like to see the country’s carbon dioxide emissions peak by 2030, is providing impetus to what is still a relatively underdeveloped theme domestically, that of green building.
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Stefanutti Stocks expects interim earnings to surge
Stefanutti Stocks expects interim earnings to surge - Civil engineering, construction and building group Stefanutti Stocks, formerly Stefanutti & Bressan, said on Thursday that earnings and headline earnings a share could more than double.
In a trading update to the JSE, the company said that its interim earnings a share and headline earnings a share for the six months ended August 31 were expected to rise by between 85% and 105%. [Engineering News]
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Murray & Roberts CEO Bruce’s R99m highest – Mabili
Murray & Roberts CEO Bruce’s R99m highest – Mabili - The R99,181-million that Murray & Roberts CEO Brian Bruce received in executive remuneration last year was South Africa’s highest for 2007, executive pay company Mabili said on Tuesday.
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Mass housing builder Sea Kay boosts profit, says outlook buoyant
Mass housing builder Sea Kay boosts profit, says outlook buoyant - Mass housing construction firm Sea Kay on Tuesday asserted that there was potential for significant growth for the group in infrastructure and housing construction, in its in-house material supply-chain and in property development.
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New cement mix said to have time- and cost-saving edge
New cement mix said to have time- and cost-saving edge - Building materials supplier Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete has introduced to Gauteng ‘Agilia’, a self-compacting and self-leveling cement mix that provides fluidity, performance and finish on concrete applications. [Engineering News]
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Busiest freeways in southern hemisphere
Busiest freeways in southern hemisphere - Gauteng has some of the busiest freeways in the southern hemisphere. More than 400 km long, they serve 1,4-million people who travel 40-million vehicle kilometres and spend 600 000 person hours a day on the road. [Engineering News]
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South African company to supply 71 water purification plants to Angola
South African company to supply 71 water purification plants to Angola - South African water and gas technology company, Intaka Tech, is to supply the Angolan government with 71 water purification plants. Together, the plants will produce 78-million litres of drinking water daily. [Engineering News]
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KZN govt projects promote heritage
By Proffesor Ndawonde
Stanger - KwaZulu-Natal Premier Sibusiso Ndebele has highlighted provincial projects that promote the province's heritage and praised King Shaka Zulu as an important historical figure during his Heritage Day address.
Speaking at celebrations in KwaDukuza Sports-grounds, Stanger, Premier Ndebele said the provincial government would later this year be recognizing the bequest of King Dingiswayo and the legacy of the then Zulus' king, King Dingane.
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Cape Town memorial a tribute to slaves
By Vivian Warby
Cape Town - The slavery memorial unveiled in Church Square, Cape Town today, is intended to preserve the memory of those who were enslaved, to prevent their history from being lost, Executive Mayor Helene Zille said.
Speaking at the unveiling, Mayor Zille said the memorial is intended to draw attention to the under-acknowledged contribution that enslaved individuals made to the physical, cultural and economic development of Cape Town and that was one of the reasons the memorial was unveiled on Heritage Day.
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Workplace safety a joint responsibility - Labour Minister
Workplace safety a joint responsibility - Labour Minister - Workers' unions should play an active role in preventing the high-rate of workplace accidents and fatalities that are plaguing the construction industry, Labour Minister Membathisi Mdladlana urged, at the launch of government's week-long occupational health and safety inspection of the construction sector which kicked off in August. [Engineering News]
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Sanral issues bonds worth R850m to help fund new roads
Sanral issues bonds worth R850m to help fund new roads - The South African National Roads Agency (Sanral) issued six bonds totalling R850-million, financial services firm Rand Merchant Bank (RMB) said on Friday.
The issuing of six bonds, which would be settled on September 22, was expected to raise up to R1-billion, but had received bids for R1,5-billion, RMB reported. [Engineering News]
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May 2010 new deadline for Gautrain's phase one, as costs rise
May 2010 new deadline for Gautrain's phase one, as costs rise - The Gauteng government will negotiate with the Bombela consortium - responsible for building the Gautrain rapid-rail link - to accelerate completion of the first phase of the project to May 27, 2010, says Gautrain Management Agency CEO, and Gauteng government Gautrain project leader Jack van der Merwe. [Engineering News]
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Nu Citi to turn old mine hostel into modern R700m housing development
Nu Citi to turn old mine hostel into modern R700m housing development - With a shortage of about 650 000 houses in the South African gap-housing market, residential housing developer Nu Citi Developments will transform an old mine hostel, in Germiston, into a modern housing development worth R700-million.
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OR Tambo station on track for 2010
OR Tambo station on track for 2010 - The OR Tambo International Airport station of the Gautrain rapid-rail project will be completed before South Africa hosts the Fifa World Cup Soccer in 2010, asserts Gautrain stations and depot manager Dr Herman Joubert. [Engineering News]
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Cape Town approves R1,2bn high-rise building
Cape Town approves R1,2bn high-rise building - Cape Town has given the go-ahead for a new addition to the city's skyline – a R1,2-billion,150-m-tall mixed use development, which, once completed, will hold the accolade of being of the city's tallest building.
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Environmental report released for R4bn PPC cement factory
Environmental report released for R4bn PPC cement factory - Cement producer PPC has released the final 1 200-page environmental-impact report for its planned R4-billion expansion and upgrade of the aging Riebeeck cement factory in the Western Cape.
The new plant would have a capacity of around 1,3-million tons a year, the company said on Monday.
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Engineers to be deployed to flood-hit Cape
By Nthambeleni Gabara
Johannesburg - A team of experienced engineers are to be deployed to the flood-hit low lying areas of the Western Cape.
Lindiwe Msengana-Ndlela, Director General at the Department of Provincial and Local Government said the National Disaster Management Centre would deploy the team to support and advise the provincial and local government leadership.
According to reports prepared by the Western Cape Provincial Government and the City of Cape Town, about 40 000 dwellings and 18 000 people have been affected by the recent heavy rains.
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FIFA 'confident' about SA 2010
By Ndaba Dlamini
Johannesburg - FIFA is confident that South Africa's preparations for the 2010 FIFA World Cup are adequate and there is no plan to take the tournament to another country.
This was said by the Secretary-General of the world football governing body, Jerome Valcke, after a 2010 Local Organising Committee (LOC) board meeting in Johannesburg on Tuesday, according to the official website for the City of Johannesburg.
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Affordable-housing programme is maturing, but the delivery pressures are mounting
Affordable-housing programme is maturing, but the delivery pressures are mounting - The areas which were engulfed by violence and attacks on foreign nationals were in informal settlements and in hostels. These areas often experience a lack of service delivery and are where the poorest people reside. Characteristic of the violence in some areas is a lack of development, while in others there is a suspicion among some residents that they will be left out of the delivery of houses and services.”
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New Opera House plans cause uproar
New Opera House plans cause uproar - Mixed reviews about Ken Woolley's vision for a new opera theatre in Sydney Harbour [World Architecture News]
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