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2013
Cover story
Features
Regulars
4 Marketplace
14 Environment
27 Property
26 Projects & Contracts
42 Equipment
48 Products & Services
52 Diary & Appointments
The construction of Sephaku Cement’s
155 ton per hour cement milling plant,
located to the south west of Delmas in
Mpumalanga, is on track to begin cement
production early in 2014.
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4.
Sizing up the cement
market prospects for 2014
“There is no doubt that prospects for growth
in the SouthAfricanmarket in the foreseeable
future are neither as buoyant as we would
like, nor quite as positive as wewere forecast-
ing this time last year,” says Thierry Legrand,
Lafarge South Africa’s Country CEO.
10.
Construction company
awarded emerging
entrepreneur award
Founder of construction business Silverline
Group, Jonathan Pepler, has been recog-
nised for his remarkable accomplishments
during the early stages of a business life
cycle by being awarded the 2013 Emerging
Entrepreneur of the Year® title in the annual
Sanlam/Business Partners Entrepreneur of
the Year® Competition.
14.
Possessing ‘excellent
ecological profile’
Concrete and cement are often unfairly
blamed for unacceptably high carbon-
dioxide emissions, says Bryan Perrie, MD of
The Concrete Institute.
18.
High demand for
prestigious development
The R650-million AAA-grade Katherine &
West commercial development, rapidly tak-
ing shape in the heart of the Sandton CBD,
has sold all its sectional title offices since
launching to market in September 2011.
22.
SAISC Steel Awards 2013
Fifty entries of projects completed in 2012
were received this year and Spencer Erling,
SAISC education director and convener of
the Steel Awards judges, said that although
the number of entries this year was less than
those in the bumper years of 2009 and 2010,
it was still a significant amount considering
the industry has experienced a significant
slowdown since then.
26.
Individual project solution
with construction kit system
The Variokit modular construction system is
being used for the cost-effective realisation of
the steel composite bridge over the extended
Lanaye lock facility in Belgium.
29.
Greenest bottling plant in
Africa
Global consultancy firm SMEC South Africa
has played a fundamental role in ensuring
that Coca Cola has become the first company
in Africa to obtain internationally recognised
Leadership in Energy and Environmental De-
sign Gold and Silver certification at its Valpré
Water Bottling facility inHeidelberg, Gauteng.
30.
New passenger terminal
for Mauritius
The new passenger terminal at Sir
Seewoosagur Ramgoolam International
Airport – was inaugurated in an official cer-
emony on Friday 30 August 2013.
39.
Extensive range products
for Eastern Cape Hospital
project
Products supplied by the Chryso Southern
Africa Group are being extensively used for
the upgrading of the Cecilia Makiwane Hos-
pital in the Eastern Cape.
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