January 2009
Barleda Plant & Civils acquired a number of Komatsu motor graders and backhoe loaders over the past 15 months. Pictured on the cover is one of the motor graders carrying out road maintenance. See pages 16 and 17.
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Why Professional Indemnity is vital
Professional Indemnity will protect contractors when things go wrong. It covers professionals that are being sued by their clients for negligence, error or omission in the course of their professional duties.
Johannesburg’s new business hub
The Constantia Kloof Node is being developed in phases by a national development company called Abland. They are busy with the third and fourth phase of the development for Standard Bank.
Building a safer highway
Despite the fact that the 48 km of the N17 highway between Springs and Leandra does not carry the same amount of traffic as other highway does, the bad condition of the road made an upgrade necessary.
Green momentum is building
There is an increased awareness of energy efficient buildings in the local construction industry. Lee-Zane Greyling from Arup explains just how and why this is happening.
A first requires the biggest
The Medupi power station will be the biggest dry-cooled power station in the world. It required the biggest tower crane ever sold on the African continent. SA French supplied this massive crane.
Plan for intelligent real estate buildings
Bradley Hemphill feels that there is a misconception in the building fraternity that intelligent infrastructure can be added to a project once the main construction is over. It must, however, be planned before construction takes place.
Dealing with a mole
A mole was discovered on the site where the new Marine Bay Sands Project is to be built. To overcome this, Bachy Soletanche Singapore came up with a solution.
Diminishing resources revolutionise bitumen practices
With the current global economic slump resulting in business and government tightening their belts, together with a growing focus towards sustainability – economically viable and environmentally friendly technologies and policies have become extremely important to the bitumen industry.
Access platform with a difference
UpRight Powered Access products recently introduced their UpRight Boom Lift which has many unique features and can be used in various industries.