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African development presents host of opportunities

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 Infrastructure development in Africa, particularly power generation, presents significant work opportunities for the consulting engineering industry, as reaching the projected growth rates in Africa depends on large infrastructure development, says natural resources and development solutions... →

Effects of globalisation hamper industry growth – MD

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 The effects of globalisation on the consulting engineering industry in South Africa have not been properly considered and the long term implications for the country could be negative, says international consulting company Knight Piésold MD Leon Furstenburg. “Rather than the primary driver being... →

Florida campus brownfield project completed

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 A brownfield project for Africa’s largest correspondence institution, the University of South Africa (Unisa), was handed over in July by international consulting engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV. The project, with an estimated construction value of R427-million, involved the expansion of... →

Company delivers 3Mt of project cargo

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 Multidisciplinary engineering consultancy company Hatch Goba, in collaboration with third-party service providers, has successfully executed the delivery of project cargo in excess of three-million freight tons in the last five years, to a variety of challenging destinations. Delivery to sites in... →

Carbon footprint measurement tool to aid emissions reduction in SA

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 International consulting engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV has developed a tool that can measure an organisation’s carbon footprint to help reduce its emissions, says Royal HaskoningDHV’s principal engineer Siva Chetty. The tool measures three different scopes of carbon emissions. Scope 1... →

Plant-specific software solution developed

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 Gauteng-based engineering consultancy Carab Tekniva engineering manager Erik van der Linde notes that the company's in-house information technology development, testing and implementation team provides it with the ability to tailor industry- and plant-specific software and hardware solutions for... →

World’s first solar powered off-grid toll plaza in Zim

By: Nomvelo Buthelezi 2nd August 2013 As part of the Zimbabwe National Road Agency’s (Zinara’s) roads rehabilitation project, the Zinara toll plaza near Bulawayo, in Zimbabwe, has been designed and commissioned by consulting engineers, Arup, making it the world’s first Solar powered off-grid toll plaza. The project is part of Arup’s... →

Company looks to expand into West and North Africa

2nd August 2013 Having already established a strong foothold in Southern and East Africa, internationally recognised consultancy firm SMEC is looking to further expand its presence in West and North Africa, says SMEC South Africa CEO Thomas Marshall. With main market indices in countries such as Nigeria and... →

Phase 1 of R10m Polokwane nonmotorised transport system under way

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 Polokwane’s R30-million nonmotorised transport system (NMT) project, in Limpopo, which runs on Nelson Mandela drive, from the central business district (CBD), to the Seshego township, is in the first phase of construction, says international consulting engineering company Royal HaskoningDHV... →

Multidisciplinary engineering company successfully completes KZN projects

2nd August 2013 Recent successes for multidisciplinary consulting engineering and project management, as well as construction and operations management company Bosch Holdings include the Mhlabatshane bulk water supply scheme in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) that will provide 100 000 people with potable water and the Mvoti... →

Political contention over 18 Sips hampering progress

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 The 18 Strategic Integrated Projects (Sips) under the National Infrastructure Plan have become a point of political contention, which is hampering progress, says former voluntary association Consulting Engineers South Africa (Cesa) CEO Graham Pirie. “Like the 2010 FIFA World Cup, the 18 Sips are... →

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GRAHAM PIRIEHe is retiring after 17 years as CESA’s CEO

Construction of CSP plant to start in Northern Cape

By: David Oliveira 2nd August 2013 Construction of developer, owner and operator of independent water and power projects ACWA Power’s 50 MW Bokpoort concentrated solar power (CSP) independent power project (IPP) is proposed to start in the third quarter of 2013 on the Bokpoort farm, near Upington, in the Northern Cape. The CSP IPP... →

MELISSA NAIDOO The Bokpoort concentrated solar power independent power project plant is based on a Spanish design and will be installed by an engineering, procurement and construction consortium lead by Spanish contractors

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