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25 Oct 2024

Healthcare beyond carbon: Exploring healthcare systems' journeys to net-zero in Africa

By Staff Writer

Iphendule Ndzipho, Sustainability Consultant – Built Environment, WSP in Africa One of the biggest challenges for healthcare facilities is how to reduce their carbon emissions and transition to net zero, especially as the demand for health services grows. Healthcare buildings perform a critical role in communities around the world. But they are also among the...
23 Jul 2024

Space Fanatics: Excellence in every detail of property development

By Staff Writer

Space Fanatics, the newly established property turnkey project management firm, is revolutionising the design and built environment. Spearheaded by a dynamic duo: Tlalane Ntuli and Tumi Matsau, this cutting-edge company brings superior expertise and passion to every project; managing all aspects from space design to construction in order to produce seamless masterpieces. It’s no wonder...
15 Sep 2023

BIM CODESA: Advancing Building Information Modelling in South Africa

By Staff Writer

The Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) has commenced work to develop a national BIM Policy for South Africa, aiming to have the policy gazetted by end 2025. The development of the policy will be supported by the BCA’s network of stakeholders.
17 Jun 2022

SAIA continues to champion a quality built environment

By Staff Writer

The nearly 100-year-old South African Institute of Architects (SAIA) continues to champion the need for a constant pipeline of projects in both the public and private sectors, according to SAIA President Ruben Reddy, who will be officially inaugurated by the Institute on Friday 10 June.
21 Sep 2020

Built environment practitioners are key drivers of public health

By Staff Writer

Practitioners of the built environment should consider themselves as public health practitioners as well. This is because the work that they do has both an immediate and long-lasting impact on the health and wellbeing of the people in the communities, settlements and urban areas within which they work.” This is the view of the world’s only public health...
07 May 2020

What Should Architecture Be Beyond Covid-19?

By Staff Writer

ARCHITECTURE BEYOND COVID-19 invites all architects, urban designers and interior designers (student also welcome) to submit projects that provide possible solutions to how the built environment should be re-designed to prevent future pandemics.

20 Apr 2020

Construction Covid-19 Rapid Response Task Team

By Staff Writer

CONSTRUCTION COVID-19 RAPID RESPONSE TASK TEAM
20 Mar 2020

COVID-19 in SA construction and built environment

By Staff Writer

On the 15th of March 2020, President Cyril Ramaphosa addressed the nation with regards to the Covid-19 outbreak, this comes shortly after the declaration of the coronavirus as a global pandemic by the World Health Organization. The President has declared the National State of Disaster, subsequently outlining a number of emergency measures to be implemented...
18 Mar 2020

Best Practices for Minimising COVID-19 Transmission in the Built Environment

By Staff Writer

Courtesy Biology and the Built Environment Center at the University of Oregon This article first appeared in ARCHITECT. Researchers from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s online pathogen identification database MicrobeNet and the Biology and the Built Environment (BioBE) Center at the University of Oregon in Eugene, Ore., have expediently published a paper outlining transmission pathways of COVID-19 in...
24 Oct 2019

Call For Entries: Saiat - Cemteq Awards

By Staff Writer

Entry into the 2020 SAIAT – CemteQ Awards for Inclusive Architecture has officially opened. The opportunity to showcase South African projects and innovation is available to all registered Architectural Professionals including SAIAT registered Architectural Professionals and Architectural Students. Entries close on 30 March 2020 and the awards will be presented at a gala event in...
19 Feb 2018

‘Timber Roof Truss Designer’ awarded professional designation status

By Staff Writer

‘Timber Roof Truss Designer’, a working category of the Institute for Timber Construction South Africa (ITC-SA), has been registered by the South African Qualifications Authority (SAQA) as a professional designation on the National Qualifications Framework (NQF).
03 Jan 2018

UCT triumphs in environmental innovation at South Africa’s third Greenovate Awards

By Staff Writer

Young environmental game-changers from the University of Cape Town (UCT) took first place in the Greenovate Awards for the third year running. UCT scooped up the very first Greenovate Engineering Award too.
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