Projects

October 6, 2016

DBSA’s funded 21 renewable-energy projects online

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The 21 renewable-energy projects financed by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) since the Renewable EnergyIndependent Power Producer Procurement Programme was implemented are contributing some 2 512 MW to the national grid.

September 27, 2016

Solid Green offices awarded LEED Green Building Certification

Solid Green announced last week that its own office in Rosebank, Johannesburg, has been awarded LEED Platinum certification for commercial […]

September 26, 2016

Hima Cement to invest US$40 million in new cement plant

Hima Cement, a subsidiary of the French conglomerate Lafarge, has announced it will invest $40 million in a new plant […]

September 22, 2016

Menlyn Maine Central Square opens

Engineering News – Gauteng Premier David Makhura on Wednesday opened the Menlyn MaineCentral Square, in Pretoria, calling it a “very important development” for Gauteng. Speaking […]

September 22, 2016

Aveng Grinaker-LTA Civil Engineering wins SANRAL contract

Aveng Grinaker-LTA Civil Engineering has been awarded a R92 million contract for the South African National Roads Agency (SANRAL) to resurface […]

September 12, 2016

Water research institute launched at UCT

Engineering News, a water research institute that aims to generate new knowledge and come up with innovative ways to manage water in South Africa was […]

September 9, 2016

Student accommodation facility on schedule for 2017 academic year

According to Engineering News, the Hatfield Square redevelopment in Pretoria, currently under construction, is on track to open for reservations in January […]

September 6, 2016

R186 million road and infrastructure project making progress in the Western Cape

The Western Cape Department of Transport and Public Works is making progress with a R186-million project to rehabilitate a 7 km portion of […]

September 5, 2016

Rwanda signs $818m deal for new international airport

According to Engineering News, Rwanda has signed a deal with the African division of Portuguese construction firm Mota-Engil to build an international airport […]

August 17, 2016

Bridge City development nears completion

The end vision of agriculture and agro-processing group Tongaat Hulett and the eThekwini municipality’s Bridge Citymixed-use development, a JV public–private partnership north of Durban, is coming together, with […]

August 15, 2016

Construction of a million houses in Nigeria gains momentum

In line with its commitment to construct one million houses in Nigeria and to make them affordable, CMB Building Maintenance and Investment Company Limited […]

July 27, 2016

Ethiopia aims to build condominiums to boost housing

Ethiopia now seeks to leverage on condominiums to boost housing programme already up and running in the country. Since 2005, the Ethiopian government […]

July 22, 2016

Tanzania gets boost for construction of railway line

Plans for the construction of a 2,190-kilometre central railway line to standard gauge form are now up for implementation as […]

July 20, 2016

$100-million roofing tile factory to be constructed in Tanzania

Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa says a US$ 100m roofing tile factory in Tanzania is set to be constructed by Chinese investors. […]

June 22, 2016

Building Africa’s biggest data centre

In a build comprising 17,500-m2, Teraco, Africa’s only vendor-neutral data centre, will be adding to its existing colocation facility and […]

June 7, 2016

New SA green star rated shared services centre opens

The newly constructed Khayelitsha Shared Services Centre and commissioned by the Department of Transport and Public Works for the provincial departments of […]

June 7, 2016

Housing mega projects a bonanza for concrete products sector

The government’s launch of 101 ‘catalytic projects’ in terms of its Breaking New Ground housing policy is good news for […]

May 6, 2016

Sanral needs R197bn for roads, says CEO

South African National Roads Agency Limited CEO Nazir Alli on Wednesday said the backlog of maintenance and road networks was […]

April 29, 2016

Tanzania: building 10,000 housing units for defence forces launched

Tanzania has embarked on a housing construction programme that will see 10,000 housing units built specifically for the Defence Forces […]

April 22, 2016

Hulisani says it has R2.5bn project pipeline as it lists on JSE

Newly established renewable-energy special-purpose acquisition company (Spac) Hulisani listed on the main board of the JSE earlier this month, taking […]

March 11, 2016

Major Power Plant in Botswana to be constructed in expansion plan

Japanese’s Marubeni Corporation and South Korea’s Posco Energy have jointly won an $800 million tender to expand Morupile B power plant in Botswana to

March 8, 2016

Low-cost concrete wind foundation developed

Researchers from Spain’s Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya (UPC) have designed and patented a floating platform for offshore wind turbines that […]

February 29, 2016

Aveng’s work on tugboat contract progressing well

Construction and engineering group Aveng Grinaker-LTA says its mechanical and electrical contracts division is making good progress on the electrical […]

January 26, 2016

Kenya: City Hall sets aside Sh6.2 Billion for roads construction

The Nairobi County Government has set aside Sh6.2 billion during the 2016/2017 financial year for the construction, rehabilitation and maintenance […]