Two South African entries walked away with the Holcim 2005 Silver and Bronze awards respectively in this year's competition, run by the Swiss Holcim Foundation for Sustainable Construction

CIOB Africa president, Rob Newberry, and regional director, Clive Parker, share their views on SA's pioneering work in the fields of Construction Project Management (CPM) and Construction Management (CM) registration and report back on the recent CIOB International Board meeting held in Malaysia

In 2005, the UK achieved a major milestone in the renewable energy sector with the achievement of more than 1 000MW of wind capacity. Now further expansion phases have been approved, with more than 800MW of new wind projects, both on and offshore, currently under construction

Johannesburg International Airport's (JIA's) new Central Terminal Building will form the keystone of JIA's multifaceted expansion programme

The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) has compiled an innovative training video and booklet on the CMA Roofing System, which is being exclusively marketed as a complete roofing package by CMA roof tile manufacturers

Internationally, SAP's Engineering Construction & Opeartions (EC&O) management suite has revolutionised the way companies manage their risk through real-time, integrated access and interpretation of business information

Transnet subsidiary, Protekon, is playing an important technical consulting role in the rollout of an East AFrican rail concession granted to a South African consortium

Hitachi Construction Machinery Southern Africa's sales director, Brian Kelly, expands on the local and international success of the ZAXIS excavator range, a 'futuristic' machine series providing class-leading performance