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What will the cities of the future look like?
What will the cities of the future look like?
[Jamie Matroos] The UN predicts that around 70% of the world's population will live in cities by... read
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What's trending in BizTrends2017?
What's trending in BizTrends2017?

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Architecture & Design
Homes of the future
Homes of the future
How does one create a home across all sectors that provides the optimum use of space for a convenient modern lifestyle... read
Doing more with less room
Doing more with less room
Globally, the demand for urban living in cities has increased faster than the supply of urban spaces. Cape Town has not been exempt from this trend... read
Building Materials & Equipment
Imperial builds pharmaceutical warehouse with ground-breaking passive cooling approach
Imperial builds pharmaceutical warehouse with ground-breaking passive cooling approach
The Imperial Logistics group faced the challenge of establishing a pharmaceutical regulatory compliant, temperature controlled storage facility that would not require a consistent supply of electricity... read
Struggling metal sector mum on details
Struggling metal sector mum on details

Mark Allix

Amid paroxysms in the South African steel industry, Afrox said last week that it had reached agreement with ArcelorMittal SA regarding the early termination of a gas supply contract dispute... read
PwC report: SA's construction industry still under pressure
PwC report: SA's construction industry still under pressure
2016 has been a challenging year and South Africa's construction industry was not immune, with ongoing pressure on margins, lower revenue and lower order books... read
Laminated timber can be used for structural applications
Laminated timber can be used for structural applications
The South African construction trade can benefit from making use of laminated timber beams for structural applications, says Abe Stears, managing director of the South Africa Technical Auditing Services (SATAS)... read
Construction & Engineering
Upgraded N14 freeway officially opened
Upgraded N14 freeway officially opened
Gauteng MEC for Roads and Transport Ismail Vadi on Thursday, 1 December, officially opened an upgraded portion of the N14 freeway between Krugersdorp and Diepsloot... read
Nigeria, Morocco mull gas pipeline mega-project
Nigeria, Morocco mull gas pipeline mega-project
Nigeria and Morocco are in talks over a huge project to extend a West African gas pipeline to stretch up towards Europe, officials say... read
Software frees quantity surveyors to add (yet more) value
Software frees quantity surveyors to add (yet more) value

Larry Feinberg

Enthusiasts are seeing improvements in software as a sign that the days of the quantity surveyor are numbered. Nothing could be further from the truth... read
Property Development
Phase two of Lourensia Park starts January 2017
Phase two of Lourensia Park starts January 2017
Phase two of the Lourensia Park housing project in Somerset West is due to start in January 2017. The City of Cape Town turned the first sod this week on the R28.5m project... read
Smart Buildings & Cities
Green lightbulbs set to spark at innovation awards
Green lightbulbs set to spark at innovation awards

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The built environment is the biggest contributor to climate change, but thanks to exciting developments in how we re-imagine the future, African cities of the future could become resilient, energy independent, carbon neutral systems... read
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Local supporters set to push the green transport agenda in Cape Town
Swisatec, architect and project managers behind Africa's first green village, Blue Rock Village in the Cape has collaborated with The Green Cab to push the green transport innovation agenda in Cape Town. Swisatec plans to integrate electric vehicle infrastructure as part of its green initiative... read
Sustainable Development
Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report
Megatrends pose defence, security challenges - PwC report
The five megatrends that are widely believed to be shaping the future of our world are... read
We can cut emissions in half by 2040 if we build smarter cities
We can cut emissions in half by 2040 if we build smarter cities

Shobhakar Dhakal

As a planet, we have some serious climate targets to meet in the coming years... read
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Our cities need to go on a resource diet

André Stephan et al.

Cities are the epicentres of human activity. They cover less than 2% of the earth's land surface but generate about 70% of GDP... read
Quantity surveyors assist green building revolution
Quantity surveyors assist green building revolution
Climate change is no longer a speculation but a reality in our lives... read
How to encourage affordable housing in CT's CBD
How to encourage affordable housing in CT's CBD
According to a new paper produced by UCT's Department of Construction Economics and Management, both realistic economic factors and policy changes have a part to play in increasing the viability of affordable housing... read
Utilities
Max Edkins, climate change and communications expert at the World Bank's Connect4Climate programme
Time to tell SA's renewable energy story
With South Africa's energy mix currently being decided and debated, experts and leaders in this space believe the time to champion renewable energy is now... read
South Africa's water sector: a case study in state capture
South Africa's water sector: a case study in state capture

Mike Muller

A lot of what is being presented as radical economic transformation initiatives in South Africa is simply state capture by a corrupt elite... read
Minister announces new Eskom Acting CEO
Minister announces new Eskom Acting CEO
Public Enterprises Minister Lynne Brown says she has approved Eskom Board's recommendation to appoint the current Group Executive: Generation, Matshela Koko, as acting Group Chief Executive of Eskom... read
SA's new energy plan sparks strong emotions. Here's why...
SA's new energy plan sparks strong emotions. Here's why...

Hartmut Winkler

The much awaited updated South African Integrated Resource Plan for electricity has been released for comment... read
Business
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#Influencerchange: Crucial moments and vital behaviours

Leigh Andrews

The majority of businesses today would say they're customer-centric, or at least that 'the customer comes first'. But HumanEdge's Influencer: Power to change workshop warns that many of us forget the most important customers of all - our own employees, who can quickly identify a flaw in our processes before it snowballs through a bad customer experience... read
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