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Protection of locally produced structural steel paramount

By: Bruce Montiea 14th August 2015 Local designation is industry’s most effective tool when protecting the local steel construction industry against imported fabricated structural steel, says steel construction industry body the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction (Saisc). Saisc industry development executive Kobus de... →

Awareness of steel building method growing

By: Pimani Baloyi 15th August 2014 The South African construction community is becoming more aware of the advantages associated with the innovative construction method of light-steel- frame building (LSFB), which has led to a 21% growth in the sector, says Southern African Light Steel Frame Building Association (Sasfa) director... →

JOHN BARNARD Builders are becoming more aware of the advantages of light-steel-frame building

Powerline association growing steadily

By: Pimani Baloyi 15th August 2014 Steel construction industry body the Southern African Institute of Steel Construction’s (Saisc’s) newly launched Powerline Association of South Africa (Polasa) has grown exponentially and registered more than 30 members since formation in August last year, says Polasa chairperson Gary Whalley.... →

POWERLINES Saisc founded a powerline association last year to consolidate the sector’s voice

Industrial gas company focuses on cost savings for steel sector

15th August 2014 Johannesburg-based industrial gas company Air Products South Africa states that in its 45 years of existence it has maintained a close relationship with the steel and metals sectors and has implemented several measures to ensure cost saving in the steel combustion process. Company national bulk... →

First black-owned steel mill starts production

15th August 2014 Agni Steel South Africa started production at its R400-million, state-of-the-art steel mill in the Coega industrial development zone (IDZ) in Port Elizabeth, in the Eastern Cape, in April. The company is a joint venture between Agni Steel India and Afro Asia Empowerment Holdings and its founding... →

Study reveals steel’s low environmental impact

15th August 2014 UK-based organisation that offers advice, technical information, consultancy services and membership for manufacturers, engineers, designers and specifiers for steel construction, the Steel Construction Institute (SCI), in February conducted an on-site study that found that steel construction has... →

Mining plant designer constructs steel bridge

15th August 2014 Johannesburg-based mining, infrastructure and mineral process plant design and construction company DRA has constructed a steel footbridge that links its campus, split on either side of Leeuwkop road in Sunninghill, Johannesburg. The company also entered the bridge in this year’s Southern African... →

Awards honour innovative steel construction

15th August 2014 Steel construction industry body, the American Institute of Steel Construction (AISC), has recognised the innovation and creativity of 12 structural steel building projects at the 2014 Innovative Design in Engineering and Architecture with Structural Steel awards program (IDEAS2). The IDEAS2... →

STEEL BUILDING Steel continues to provide excellent solutions for the entire design and construction of buildings

NDP boosts steel construction sector

By: Pimani Baloyi 15th August 2014 The implementation of the National Development Plan (NDP) – government’s long-term strategy for building infrastructure, creating employment opportunities and developing the country – will create ample business opportunities for the local steel construction industry, says steel construction... →

PAOLO TRINCHERO The National Development Plan provides ample opportunity for the steel construction industry

LSFB method adds to skills set

By: Pimani Baloyi 15th August 2014 Light-steel-frame (LSF) franchised construction company and engineering service provider Silverline Group has had to prioritise workforce training to ensure the transfer of quality LSF building skills in a country that has a long history of brick and mortar construction. Silverline project... →

Silverline Group project manager and co-owner of the Silverline Group franchise Robbie Meyer discusses the ‘green’ benefits of light steel frame building.

Company constructs light-steel-frame home in Hout Bay

15th August 2014 Light-steel-frame building (LSFB) specialist the Silverline Group has constructed one of the very few LSFB homes in the country for a Hout Bay resident, in the Western Cape. Home-owner Dieter Losskarn says he was inspired by a similar building on a smaller plot in the area. →

Structural steel manufacturer constructs timber treatment plants

15th August 2014 Johannesburg-based structural steel construction company SpecPipe has over the years collaborated with wood preservative company Dolphin Bay to construct timber treatment plants. Together the companies have constructed six treatment plants this year. SpecPipe MD Bertus Coetzee believes that the... →

SA vitreous enamel steel cladding panels used internationally

By: Ilan Solomons 16th August 2013 South African-based vitreous enamel-product manufacturer Vitrex is supplying projects in the Sultanate of Oman, in Asia, and in the UK, with its Vitraclad panels. The company’s most recent local project was in April 2012, when it supplied Vitraclad vitreous enamel steel cladding panels for the... →

CLADDING FOR CAPE TOWNThe Cape Town Civic Centre project required the installation of about 400 m2 of Vitraclad cladding around the entrances and across the lower levels of the building

Steel used to uplift local communal infrastructure

By: Ilan Solomons 16th August 2013 Steel and aluminium building products supplier and manufacturer Duro has supplied many hospitals and schools with steel windows and doors in support of the South African government’s development projects, in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN), during the past year. The most prominent developments in which Duro... →

STRENGTHENING COMMUNAL STEELThe most prominent developments in which Duro has been involved, is the supply of steel to the Empangeni and Emmanus hospitals, in KwaZulu-Nata

Company expands South African steel operations

By: Ilan Solomons 16th August 2013 In the last two years JSE-listed steel distributor BSi Steel has opened a total of six branches in Gauteng and the North-West pronince, and has enjoyed strong support from its respective markets to date, BSi Steel South African stockists division CE Ross Teichmann tells Engineering News. “By... →

POSITIVE RESPONSEBSi Steel’s range of carbon-steel products include sections, sheet and plate, tubing, cold-formed sections, roofing and selected mining products

LSFB continues to gain popularity in SA

By: Ilan Solomons 16th August 2013 Restaurant group McDonald’s South Africa is changing the way it builds its restaurants and has, according to McDonald’s South Africa MD Greg Solomon, embarked on rolling out sustainable light steel frame building (LSFB) restaurants across the country. In June 2013, McDonald’s opened its LSFB... →

LIGHT-STEEL FRAME BUILDINGNew McDonald’s South Africa restaurants will be built using the light-steel frame building method and energy efficient cladding and insulation systems

Industry tough for newcomers, shortage of black engineers

By: Ilan Solomons 16th August 2013 The South African steel construction industry is monopolised by the larger companies, which possess significant customer bases, making it extremely difficult for new smaller companies to break into the industry, says Boksburg-based steel solutions provider SPM Engineering MD Sejako Morejwane. She... →

STEEL CONVEYER SPM Engineering is supplying a steel conveyer structure to a coal mine in Mpumalanga and hopes to complete the contract by the end of the year

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STEEL CONVEYER SPM Engineering is supplying a steel conveyer structure to a coal mine in Mpumalanga and hopes to complete the contract by the end of the year

SA fasteners safe and meet global standards

16th August 2013 The bolt and fastener industry is in excellent shape, in South Africa with the product easily meeting international safety standards, Krugersdorp-based fastener manufacturer CBC Fasteners MD Robert Pietersma. “By way of example, the manufacturing process at CBC Fasteners is monitored by a... →

Difficult choices ahead for institute’s Steel Awards judges

By: Ilan Solomons 16th August 2013 A workers accommodation project, which used the light-steel frame building (LSFB) method on Saint Helena island, in the South Atlantic Ocean, about 1 770.2 km west of Luanda, Angola, and the new office building of banking firm Standard Bank in Rosebank, Johannesburg, are among the 50 entries for... →

LIGHT-STEEL-FRAME HOUSINGLight-steel-frame building offered the best solution for creating a village on Saint Helena islan

US rust-protection system now in South Africa

By: Jade Davenport 3rd June 2005 Durban-based Epure Coatings has been specialising in rust-prevention in the automotive industry for the past seven years and has recently introduced a new rust-protection system into the South African market called CarWell Rust Protection System. →

Stainless-steel initiative makes headway

By: nkolola halwindi 1st August 2003 Re-established two years ago, the Mpumalanga Stainless Initiative (MSI) is making strides in the stainless-steel industry with a number of projects in the pipeline and several success stories from completed and existing projects. →

Foundry with rare flair wins world recognition

By: Martin Creamer 19th April 2002 Thos Begbie is a company with rare expertise. The historic South African foundry, which turns 115 years old this year, is one of only two in the world – the other being in the US – that has the ability to produce high-tonnage copper castings, while still retaining optimum levels of... →

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