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June 23, 2020

Leading infrastructure specialist mobilises in Western Cape

M&D Construction Group, a leading diversified South African contractor, will assist Breede Valley Local Municipality augment water-supply capacity in the Langerug reservoir reticulation zone. Financed by the Municipal Infrastructure Grant, […]

June 3, 2020

Establishing the benchmark in specialised lining applications

BKV Holdings devised a novel means of installing a Polyurea waterproofing over a Perlite cement fire-rated screed to wall system at a newly-built power station, and this approach has since […]

May 29, 2020

Cutting-edge IoT and ICT solutions help eliminate carbon headaches

Enterprising South African companies are harnessing the power of the internet of things (IoT) and information communications technologies (ICT) to significantly improve the measurement and management of their carbon (CO2) […]

May 28, 2020

Surviving Cape Town’s “Drought of the Century” and water management beyond

Cape Town’s ‘Drought of the Century’ forever changed the City’s urban water management landscape. The Western Cape was declared a disaster area in May 2017 and the City of Cape […]

May 27, 2020

A strategy to help South African municipalities reduce green-house gas emission

JG Afrika, RWA (UK) and Pegasys Capital developed a strategy to help South African municipalities reduce green-house gas emissions by diverting organic and certain packaging waste from landfills. The project […]

May 26, 2020

JG Afrika designs and implements one of the largest greywater reuse systems in Africa

JG Afrika, a leading consulting firm of engineers and environmental scientists, has designed and is implementing one of the largest greywater reuse systems in Africa at Stellenbosch University’s (SUN) main […]

May 25, 2020

Local precast-concrete innovation helps South African municipalities accelerate service delivery

CoreSlab’s unique precast-concrete system is assisting South African municipalities significantly accelerate the delivery of drinking water to rapidly-expanding rural and urban areas. Two 10 Ml reservoirs were constructed in only […]

May 19, 2020

Specialist contractor makes light work of complex storage tank lining project

BKV Holdings completed the lining of six newly-built phosphoric acid-storage tanks in record time to enable Bidvest Tank Terminals to receive already-confirmed shipments of Phosphoric acid at its state-of-the-art tank […]