April 2007
A fully laden Volvo A40D articulated dump truck hauls a load of rock up a steep haul route on the way to the construction site of the spillway of the Mhlathuzane Dam in Swaziland. The work forms part of the R300m Lusip Dams project being carried out by the CGI Joint Centure. See pages 16 & 17
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Financial mechanisms for African development
Global funding leader, the World Bank, continues on its path to build a sustainable infrastructure for Africa's socio-economic prosperity. There are examples for South Africa and attractive opportunities for the local construction and corporate sector
Harnessing the Yangtze: China's Three Gorges Project
Scheduled for completion in 2009, some 17 years after construction first commenced, China's Three Gorges project will result in the commissioning of a hydro-electric facility capable of generating as much electricity as 18 nuclear power plants
The inclusionary housing debate
The South African Property Owners Association's response to government's draft Inclusionary Housing Policy calls for a balanced approach which focuses on free market policies, proposing that the Public Private Partnership model would be more effective in aiding the country's accommodation needs
Roadways of the future
Leading construction company, Group Five, is working with the South African National Agency and the Eastern Cape provincial government to unlock the economic potential of the region through transport infrastructure development
Founding OR Tambo's new central terminal building
Challenging conditions during the geotechnical works for the new central terminal building at Gauteng's international air hub requires Franki Africa to adopt complex geotechnical techniques to get the job done, including the use of the 'observational method'
SCREWSOL technology: a new piling era unfolds
The introduction of SCREWSOL into South Africa, an award winning proprietary rotary displacement piling system developed by French global geotechnical leader, Soletanche Bachy, is imminent
Grootvlei overhaul repels corrosion attack
Construction chemicals specialist, Sika, comes up with the optimum refurbishment solution at the 'demothballed' Grootvlei Power Station, reversing years of decay and protecting against carbonation attack
Solid paving, permeable result
The Ritz in Fairland, Johannesburg, becomes the first but certainly not the last project to adopt a permeable paving system using solid paving blocks
Process control BOOM market and desalination trends
The global trend towards outsourcing non-core assets by Blue Chip industrial clients is creating opportunities for Gauteng based firm, Thuthuka Group Limited (TGL) in the water and waste treatment process control markets, including a renewed focus on desalination plants
Born in SA for the global market
Bell Equipment unveils exciting new developments in its articulated dump truck rrange at the bauma 07 expo, being held this month in Munich
Infrastructure expansion needs risk strategy
The same contractors that built the Sydney stadium for the Australian Olympics failed to deliver on time for its project on the UK's Wembley stadium because of poor relationship risk management. Alexander Forbes Risk Services says there are lessons here for South Africa ahead of and beyond 2010
