Data centres rely on accurate and continuous cooling of their server rooms to ensure optimal uptime and performance from their core systems. Grundfos provides pumps and controller solutions to local data centres as part of its extensive offering for heating, ventilation and cooling (HVAC) applications.
Property developer Atterbury has completed the refurbishment of Trumali House, in Stellenbosch, into modern multitenant A-grade offices with 3 500 m2 of space. […]
The ongoing pessimism in the general building and civil engineering contractors’ sectors is being seen in the Construction Industry Development Board’s (CIDB’s) latest small and […]
The Afrimat Construction Index (ACI) declined marginally in the second quarter of 2017. The ACI is a composite index of the level of activity […]
A three-storey building under construction collapsed, yesterday, in Umuguma, Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State. An unspecified number of […]
State-owned Transnet National Ports Authority (TNPA) has unveiled a new R255-million administration building – eMendi – at the Eastern Cape Port of Ngqura,. TNPA CEO Richard Vallihu said the 10 […]
Foundations for the construction of about 5,000 houses with skill acquisition centres have been laid for the less privileged by […]
The First National Bank (FNB)/Bureau for Economic Research (BER) Building Confidence Index fell sharply to 32 for the second quarter, down […]
The value of the manufacturing sector is leveraged by its essential position in the economy, which sees it assisting with […]
The Greenovate Awards Programme is taking environmental innovation even further this year by introducing a new category for engineering students. […]
Chinese construction firm, China Civil Engineering Construction Corporation (CCECC) is constructing the tallest building in Djibouti which will act as its headquarters.
After falling to 34 in 2Q2016, the FNB/BER Building Confidence Index increased by 4 points to 38 in 3Q2016. This returns the […]
The momentum of decline in the South African constructionenvironment has finally shown signs of slowing, says construction company Group Five CEO Eric Vemer. Speaking at the […]
According to Engineering News, construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (M&R) has announced its intention to sell its infrastructure and building units, as well as manufacturing business Genrec as […]
Nedbank Corporate and Investment Banking (NCIB) and the Development Bank of Southern Africa‘s Green Fund (DBSA) has partnered to construct 400 green
With the drop of the oil price in the international market, Angola is taking measures to intensify the diversification of […]
New York City architect/contractor Adam Kushner has proposed something never seen before within the 3D printing space – to 3D […]
Verde Hotels, the group that brought Africa its first truly “green” hotel, Hotel Verde, in the industrial precinct of Cape […]
Concrete.TV spoke to Daniel van der Merwe about what he calls “the third revolution of the construction industry”. He predicts […]
WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff in Africa, one of the largest multi-disciplinary engineering consultancies on the continent, has announced that the […]
Dubai developer Nakheel is planning to undertake 23 million sq ft of new residential and leisure projects worth Dhs14 billion […]
The annual African Construction and Totally Concrete Expo will take place at the Sandton Convention Centre, from Tuesday, 12 May […]
The African Development Bank Group (AfDB) has approved a $123.77-million loan to Angola to finance the country’s Institutional and Sustainability […]
The Department of Labour’s commission of enquiry into the cause of the partial collapse of the Tongaat Mall has ended […]
Atterbury Property Development and Attacq Waterfall Investment Company will start development of premises for three major companies in Waterfall City. […]
The number of women in UK architecture firms is falling, and many urbanists are worried by the ‘very, very male-dominated’ […]
In recent years global companies supplying cement products, additives and equipment have pushed the boundaries to meet requirements for some […]
Africa has been included for the first time in the 36-year history of advisory firm PwC and nonprofit organisation Urban […]
Building materials supplier Iliad’s 2013 decision to cull several lossmaking divisions, this week saw it posting an 80% increase in […]
The boards of Lafarge and Holcim met separately on Tuesday in an attempt to salvage their merger to create the […]
Egypt’s minister of housing, Mustafa Madbouly, has unveiled government’s plan to construct a new city to extend the current capital […]
A developer in China has built an entire 57-story building in just 19 days. Mini Sky City building was put […]
In recognition of its commitment to sustainable investment in green buildings, Portside, an Old Mutual co-owned building in the Cape […]
Captains of Construction is a special forum for high-level decision makers and stakeholders, in the public and private sector, to […]
Ethiopian Airport Enterprise (EAE) is planning to build a US$ 2.4bn airport 70 km South East of Addis Ababa in […]
An MOU has been signed between the Anambra State Government in Nigeria and the Nigerian Bukham Group to construct 20,000 […]
The National Environment Management Council (NEMC) yesterday suspended indefinitely Tanzania Portland Cement Company’s (TPCC) operations, ordering it to pay a […]
The Dangote Group has selected two sites in Mahadevstahan of Dhading and Makawanpur as possible locations for its proposed cement […]
Builders Skanska and Loughborough University in the UK have signed a collaboration agreement to develop the use of 3D concrete […]
Coatings for Africa Symposium and Expo is set out to advance the production and use of paints and coatings in […]
West Africa is building! We interview Bethwell Mnyamana who is currently at the Totally Concrete West Africa event in Lagos, Nigeria […]
Teams from Thailand and New York have received top honors in the 2014 regional Holcim Awards for Asia Pacific, an […]
Skanska and Loughborough University have signed a deal to develop the world’s first commercial concrete printing robot.The contractor hopes to […]
International experts expect to see more organisations in Saudi Arabia take action to make existing buildings more efficient was the […]
‘Building a Sustainable South Africa’ is the theme of the 109th annual Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) Congress, taking place […]
President Zuma has appealed to builders and project managers to apply the necessary protection measures as well as comply with […]
Buildings collapsing in Nigeria continue, with another in Benin City, Urora community in the Edo State capital, where three children […]
The conference centre, which is being built to meet burgeoning demand for conferencing in the Century City precinct and to […]
Dokadek 30 is a beamless, hand-set formwork system designed as a lightweight steel construction with powder-coated frames faced with a […]
Public Works Minister Thulas Nxesi on Thursday said he would initiate a forum through which organised labour could meet with […]
Anyone visiting International Young Architects in Africa Competition winner Urko Sanchez’s offices in the plush Links Plaza, Nyali, would be […]
US $43.45m has been set aside by the North West Provincial Government to cater for construction of houses in the […]
Nigeria’s President Goodluck Jonathan inaugurated the construction of the ($18b) Centenary City in Abuja to mark Nigeria’s 100 years of […]
A week after reporting a drop in confidence in South Africa’s building industry, the First National Bank Bureau for Economic […]
The Women in Construction Excellence Award winner in the category: Emerging Excellence is Ms Adele Lombard, a Structural Engineer with […]
A number of innovative alternative construction methods have come to the fore following government’s implementation of its ambitious N$45-billion mass […]
The Egyptian government’s push to increase petroleum prices may increase the costs of building materials says Arabian Group Chairman Tarek […]
Africa has gotten a bad rap for corruption, but there is, in fact, a lot of investment opportunity on the […]
Tanzania is proposing that government should step out of its agreement with other East African countries and re-introduce the 35% […]
Corobrik has secured the Diamond Arrow Award for the fourth consecutive year after survey respondents in the construction industry rated […]
In PPC Cement’s Building Better Homes challenge four construction teams compete in a series of demanding building challenges. One team […]
A construction business which has achieved substantial international sales, and an academic who has helped hundreds of women to start […]
Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday downgraded South Africa-based building materials group Aveng’s national long-term rating to ‘BBB(zaf)’ from ‘A(zaf)’ and […]
Ratings agency Fitch on Wednesday downgraded South Africa-based building materials group Aveng’s national long-term rating to ‘BBB(zaf)’ from ‘A(zaf)’ and […]
Submitting building plans is set to become easier, faster and paperless, with the City of Cape Town’s overhaul of the […]
Submitting building plans is set to become easier, faster and paperless, with the City of Cape Town’s overhaul of the […]
Honda Power Equipment is debuting the all-new EU7000iS portable generator – adding greater power performance to its popular Super Quiet […]
A multi-million dollar quarry, for West Africa Quarry’s Limited, a subsidiary of the Ghana Cement Company, Ghacem and the Heidelberg […]
Gauteng Road and Transport MEC, Dr Ismail Vadi, announced on Thursday that The Gautrain Management Agency (GMA) would start feasibility […]
BASF’s North American Construction Chemicals division has announced a breakthrough technology for freeze-thaw durability that eliminates the need for air-entrained […]
Bamburi Cement has recorded a 19% decline in its 2013 pre-tax profit. Commenting on the company’s results, Managing Director Hussein […]
To celebrate International Womens’ Day on 8 March 2014, Concrete.TV found this great video targetting future women engineers. Fewer than […]
South Africa’s construction industry is not out of the woods yet, despite data pointing to an upward trend. Construction confidence […]
The newly appointed SAICE president Stanford Mkhacane is on a mission to take civil engineering to remote and marginalised areas […]
LYT director, Abimbola Pariola discusses the company’s approach to architecture, clients and future projects, with a focus on technology to […]
Basil Read has announced that it had secured two significant projects collectively worth more than R400-million, Engineering News reports. The first, […]
Freight and logistics service provider Grindrod had a R10-billion project pipeline planned for sub-Saharan Africa, said Grindrod CEO Alan Olivier […]
Nigeria and Africa’s richest business mogul, Aliko Dangote, announced on Tuesday that his conglomerate, Dangote Group, plans to build a […]
The CreteRod was developed in 2009 by Jim Deetjen in response to his ability to deliver contracted work on time, […]
Shoprite Holdings is opening 101 new stores in South Africa before June as part of an aggressive expansion plan to […]
A consortium led by European contractors resumed work this week on expanding the Panama Canal following a two-week stoppage caused […]
Labour disruptions cost construction group Aveng (JSE:AEG) R140m in the six months to December 31 2013, up from R115m in […]
PPC CEO Ketso Gordhan says the group’s management is looking at concluding one or two big deals in Africa in […]
The real value of recorded building plans passed increased by 10.2%, or R6.73-billion, during 2013, Statistics South Africa (Stats SA) […]
The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) yesterday (18 Feb) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Palestinian Engineering […]
JSE-listed Murray & Roberts (M&R) on Wednesday said it expected its financial results for the six months ended December 31 […]
The African Construction Expo and Conference is the only forum that brings together construction professionals from the entire African continent. […]
Cement production in Zambia is expected to reach above 2.5 million tonnes per annum when Dangote Limited commissions its cement […]
The Steel and Engineering Industries Federation of South Africa (Seifsa) has, as part of its ongoing growth strategy, approved amendments […]
There was an 8.8% year-on-year (y/y) rise in cement sales volume in the third quarter of last year along with […]
Government spending had been rolling out in a number of focused pockets, such as water, healthcare and power, but there […]
Not only does 2014 mark a time of growth for Africa, but also a time of distinct development for the […]
Atlas Copco held a spectacular off-road rally to thank its customers and staff for a profitable 2013. It sponsored 3 […]
In 2010 a.b.e. was formally acquired by the CHRYSO Group of South Africa. CHRYSO brings technology and experience to a.b.e. […]
Amsteele showcases an optimum method of constructing internal and external industrial concrete pavements. This system provides a joint-free and crack-free […]
Concrete.TV attended the 108th annual Master Builders South Africa Congress in Johannesburg at the end of September. This congress brings […]
Concrete.TV attended the 108th annual Master Builders South Africa Congress in Johannesburg at the end of September. This congress brings […]
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