Aug 15, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
KONECRANES recently introduced the innovative CXT Explorer to South Africa, a combination of a 6.3-ton mobile overhead crane, travelling on a gantry, supported by two containers which the company says, “make for fully equipped workshop that can literally be set up in...
Jul 18, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling
THE new vessel repair facilities in the Port of PE were not only developed as a positive step towards a thriving vessel maintenance and marine engineering hub, but also to boost the local economy in the long term. That’s according to Project Manager Pieter-Ben van...
Jul 4, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Projects
EAST Coast Asphalt is supplying various hot mix asphalt products for the 28.5 km SANRAL Special Maintenance Project now under way on the N2 between Toleni and Ibika. The company is working with main contractor Raubex KwaZulu-Natal and consulting engineers Bosch...
Jun 6, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal
QUANTITY surveyors are aiming to play a crucial role in getting “frozen” infrastructure development projects back on track. That’s according to Larry Feinberg, Executive Director of the Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS), who said municipal...
May 30, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Water & Effluent Management
A metal spray coating solution has extended the life span of a Labyrinth casing, thereby avoiding the need for costly replacement, leading to significant cost savings for Eskom, at its Palmiet Hydro installation. The power station is located near Grabouw in the...
May 16, 2018 | Automotive, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Electrical & Electronics, Environmental Management & Control, Green Industries & Renewable Energy, Instrumentation, Measurement & Control, KZN Industrial & Business News, Manufacturing, Metals & Alloys
WHEN water specialist company NuWater developed a two megalitre desalination plant at a smelter plant in KwaZulu-Natal, Rockwell Automation Sub-Saharan Africa supplied automation products and conducted programming and Human-Machine Interface (HMI) development for use...
May 6, 2018 | Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Government & Municipal, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Packaging, SMME Development & Support, Social Development, Special Economic Zones
THE national Department of Public Works (DPW) has teamed up with the Coega Development Corporation (CDC) on the rollout of the first phase of an upgrade of small harbours in the Western Cape (WC). The R400-million project, spearheaded by the department and implemented...
May 4, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, KZN Industrial & Business News, Materials Handling & Bulk Handling, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
AFTER more than two decades of planning and several false starts, Richards Bay finally looks set to receive a badly-needed floating dock and ship repair facility. First mooted in 1996, the development has failed to get off the ground despite the backing of Transnet...
Apr 25, 2018 | Construction, Civil & Structural Engineering, Consulting Engineers & Project Management, EC Industrial & Business News, Food & Beverage, Harbour Infrastructure & Shipping, Heating, Cooling & Ventilation, Packaging, Property – Commercial & Industrial, Special Economic Zones, Transport & Logistics
THE Port Elizabeth (PE) Cold Storage plant located in the Coega Special Economic Zone (SEZ), one of the very first exports orientated investors to locate their facility at the SEZ, is once again expanding its facility. The investment worth R10 million is the second...
