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Project aids community development

By: Marleny Arnoldi 18th August 2017 With 70% of the R370-million Cornubia Interchange project complete, construction design and engineering services provider Royal HaskoningDHV and the eThekwini roads provision department say the project is likely to be completed in January next year. →

Upscaled infrastructure and regional integration needed in Africa

10th June 2016 Africa is urbanising at a rapid pace, which means infrastructure such as bypasses, bridges, new highways and new technologies needs to be deployed in congested areas where traditional methods cannot work, notes Africa-focused consultancy Africa House director Duncan Bonnett. →

Improved project implementation will drive infrastructure growth

By: Robyn Wilkinson 10th June 2016 Infrastructure construction specialist Inyatsi Construction Group Holdings chairperson Frans Pienaar says a willingness from government to transfer the responsibility for the implementation of infrastructure projects to the private sector will help to drive growth in the industry. →

Wireless connectivity fundamental to infrastructure development

By: Nadine James 10th June 2016 Multinational networking equipment manufacturer Ruckus Wireless sub-Saharan Africa sales director Riaan Graham says Wi-Fi and connectivity will play an integral role in infrastructure and socioeconomic development. Connectivity broadly refers to the ability to access what is required – whether it... →

Collaboration on infrastructure projects can yield economic growth

By: Zandile Mavuso 10th June 2016 South Africa is facing demand for economic growth; it is therefore critical that government considers collaborating with the private sector in primary infrastructure megaprojects that will yield almost immediate gross domestic product growth, says professional services firm WSP∣Parsons... →

B2B programme geared to empower municipalities

By: Donna Slater 12th June 2015 The Ministry for Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs (Cogta) voiced its proposal last month that the government-initiated Back to Basics (B2B) programme be geared to assist local municipalities in various ways. →

MITIGATING MUNICIPAL BACKLOGS Under the ambit of the Back-to-Basics programme, government aims to improve municipal procurement and infrastructure delivery, among other competency requirements

Open-access fibre-optic network key to smart city success

By: Donna Slater 12th June 2015 Implementing open-access fibre-optic networks is integral to helping municipal services transfer data quicker in a smart city, says fibre network provider Dark Fibre Africa (DFA). →

DARK FIBRE NETWORK Dark Fibre Africa’s network has the capacity to handle bandwidths far larger than South Africa’s expected broadband traffic requirements over the next 20 years

Municipality’s smart water meters reduce leaks, improve readings

By: Donna Slater 12th June 2015 The installation of smart water meters in Jansenville, in the Eastern Cape, has contributed significantly to a reduction in water leaks and to the municipality’s accurate capturing of water-meter readings, says Johannesburg-based metering solutions company Elster Kent Metering. →

DETERRING THEFT The smart water meters have no metal components, thereby mitigating theft for metal recycling

Stable municipalities require long-term foresight

By: Donna Slater 12th June 2015 The ability to plan the development of a municipality several years in advance is key to ensure long-term success, says auditing and advisory firm KPMG. →

DEVELOPING INFRASTRUCTURE Strategic long-term planning is essential to ensure the completion of long-term infrastructure developments

Second project wins housing award

By: Mia Breytenbach 13th June 2014 Multidisciplinary engineering consultancy Bigen Africa reports that the Second Creek integrated development project in the Buffalo City metropolitan municipality, in East London, which it is involved in, has won the Govan Mbeki Housing Award. The project is the company’s second integrated... →

LUFHERENG INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT Bigen Africa will service the housing stands with municipal infrastructure and construct the housing units

Business plan to improve services at multipurpose centre

By: Mia Breytenbach 13th June 2014 Multi-disciplinary engineering consulting firm GIBB has compiled a business plan, aimed at identifying challenges that exist at the multi-purpose Thusong Centres, in the Eastern Cape, to support the effective functioning of the centres. GIBB has been tasked by the Eastern Cape Transport... →

BUSINESS PLAN Service level agreements will ensure services at the Tombo Thusong Centre

Engineers need to lead municipal departments

By: Mia Breytenbach 13th June 2014 To enhance and monitor the quality of municipal infrastructure and services, engineers should head the various departments of South Africa’s municipalities as they have the necessary skills and expertise to understand the engineering aspects of the services in question, voluntary association... →

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MUNICIPAL PROFICIENCY Cesa suggests that engineers head municipal infrastructure departments

Roads, infrastructure restoration key focus

By: Mia Breytenbach 13th June 2014 Roads infrastructure management agency Johannesburg Roads Agency (JRA) plans to complete the repairs of nine rain-damaged bridges in Johannesburg as soon as possible to continue with its key focus of restoring the asset value of roads infrastructure in the City of Johannesburg, in line with its... →

ROADS UPGRADE
The Johannesburg Roads Agency received a budget injection of about R6-billion for investment in the city’s road infrastructure

Johannesburg Roads Agency MD Skhumbuzo Macozoma discusses the core programmes comprising the agency’s response plan.

Durban pipeline project still on track for completion in 2017

By: Mia Breytenbach 13th June 2014 Municipal water and sanitation services eThekwini Water and Sanitation (EWS) says construction of the Northern Aqueduct Augmentation, which forms part of the eThekwini strategic master plan to deal with the increasing demand for water in the northern regions of Durban, in KwaZulu-Natal, is still... →

WATER WAY The R150-million first phase of the Northern Aqueduct project is scheduled for completion in the third quarter of 2015

Substation upgrade on track

By: Mia Breytenbach 13th June 2014 The estimated R140-million upgrades to Mogale City local municipality’s Condale substation, in Gauteng, are on track and due for completion in early 2015, consulting engineering firm Royal HaskoningDHV says. The Condale substation, which is the only main infeed substation for the entire Mogale... →

NECCESARY UPGRADE Upgrades to the Mogale City Condale substation will ensure stable electricity supply capacity for the community

Group Five completes Sasol projects

26th May 2004 Broad-based construction and infrastructural company Group Five recently completed three large-scale contracts for Sasol, involving work on the world’s largest air separation unit (ASU), a gas pipe and housing units. →

SA building system for world's houses

6th July 2001 One of the South Africa’s best-kept construction secrets is making inroads in building sectors around the world, reports Cortec David Anderson. →

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