With exceptionally heavy summer rains still expected for an already drenched country, municipalities should expect massive claims for vehicular and personal damage caused by potholes. “There is already a proliferation of dangerous potholes all over South Africa. This could have been prevented were there more concrete roads,” says Bryan Perrie, CEO of Cement & Concrete SA (CCSA).

A local clay brick manufacturer has upgraded its brickmaking plant with the assistance of drive and control technology specialist SEW-EURODRIVE. Using advanced digital solutions based on Maxolution for factory automation, a new and optimised plant for making high quality rustic face bricks has been installed.

By Rhys Evans, MD at ALCO-Safe

With its reputation as one of the most dangerous industries in the world, it’s important that mining enterprises keep pushing to increase workplace safety. One of the most critical aspects of safety to address is the consumption of alcohol in the workplace.

The construction industry’s New Year resolution for 2022 should be to budget for staff training to gain a competitive edge when, hopefully, work volumes increase again in line with the Government’s infrastructural development plans, and the disruptive effects of the pandemic subside, John Roxburgh, senior lecturer at the School of Concrete Technology (SCT), has urged.

Ralf Hennecke has been appointed as the MD of BME, a division of the Omnia Group, with effect from 1 December 2021.