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A smooth operator, even in tough conditions

HPE Africa’s new Hyundai R215 crawler excavators, launched locally in October 2023, are set to lead the way with many ‘best in class’ features...

Tackling the transport infrastructure conundrum

By Chris Campbell, CEO of Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) BLOATED state employment with low levels of output would not be tolerated in the private...

Industry bodies react to Sanral’s preferential procurement policy move

BOTH the South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) and Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA) reacted favourably to the South African National Roads Agency’s...

Sanral backtracks on new preferential procurement policy after taking legal advice

THE board of the South African National Roads Agency announced yesterday that it was withdrawing its new preferential procurement policy adopted by the board...

New heavy earth-moving equipment branch opens in RB

A LEADER in southern Africa’s heavy-duty earthmoving machinery market, SANY, has opened a new branch in Richard’s Bay. The expansion into KwaZulu-Natal is motivated...

‘City of the West’ welcomes partners as roads, developments take shape

PILING, earthworks, retaining structures and columns of Westown Square are virtually all complete and the walls of the 50,000 sqm retail experience, the first...

Umlaas quarry supplies N3 project’s massive demand for aggregates

TO keep up with the massive aggregates demand for the N3 national road upgrade project, AfriSam’s Umlaas Road Quarry has doubled its volumes using...

Industry bodies’ focus on concrete pavements results in resolutions

CONPAVSTRUC 2023, the recent first national conference on Concrete Roads and Allied Structures, was a collaborative event between Cement & Concrete SA (CCSA), the...

Supplier relationship helps South Coast blaster grow its fleet and footprint

BASED near Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal south coast, Brauteseth Blasting’s success has evolved into a national footprint – and beyond – with multiple...

Extraordinary commitment gets Cornubia DC re-built ahead of schedule

SOUTH African retail group, Retailability describes the reconstruction of its 13 000 sqm apparel distribution centre at the Cornubia Ridge Logistics Park as a “massive...

Policy changes in the pipeline as DPWI addresses multiple challenges

MINISTER of Public Works and Infrastructure (PWI) Sihle Zikalala (pictured), recently issued an extensive update on the department’s policies and plans to deliver infrastructure,...

New R1.9bn industrial park breaks ground at Giba Gorge

THE R1.9-billion Giba Business Estate, the largest light industrial and logistics development to break ground within Durban’s Outer West in more than three years,...

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Third time lucky: Transnet re-issues RFP for DCT’s North Quay upgrade

TRANSNET National Ports Authority has issued a Request for Proposals for a contractor to reconstruct, deepen and lengthen berths at Durban Container Terminal’s (DCT)...

‘Smart’ all-season tyres to launch next year

SUMITOMO Rubber Industries (SRI), the Japan-based parent company of Sumitomo Rubber South Africa, which manufactures Dunlop tyres, will release next-generation all-season tyres in late...

Gas specialist announces new GM

The Board of Air Products South Africa is pleased to announce that effective February 1, 2024, Charles Dos Santos will succeed Rob Richardson as...

SEIFSA questions support for the Steel Master Plan as the industry faces disintegration and collapse

OPINION | THE steel industry is the backbone of any economy, it forms the foundation of any modern economy and is essential to every...