The first major soccer stadium for 2010 has been completed. The Orlando Stadium in Soweto is a 40 000 seater and because of its relatively small size can offer fans a unique sporting experience.

The Golden Ears bridge in Vancouver crosses the Fraser River and was commissioned with the Winter Olympic Games in 2010 in mind but also to relieve traffic congestion.

With all the talk of the downturn in the economy, two companies, the Echo Group and Technicrete give their perspectives of the year ahead and reveal that despite more difficult times, all is not doom and gloom.

The Peermont Group recently opened two three star hotels: Peermont Metcourt at Emperor’s Palace and the Rio in Klerksdorp.

The Cornubia development, a R20-billion mixed-used development in KwaZulu-Natal, is becoming a reality with the Environmental Impact Assessment having been awarded.

The new 22 mm aggregate that AfriSam is producing is catering for the increased demand for aggregate. It also offers reduced shrinkage and better dimensional stability.

The increase in traffic volumes has necessitated the need for a durable and rut-resistant asphalt. High Modulus Asphalt seems to be the answer.

At the end of 2008 a wooden bridge was positioned over a national road near Akkerwinde in Sneek, The Netherlands.

An approach to improve the durability of reinforced concrete construction has developed in South Africa. Now there are new ways of testing the in situ properties of the concrete.