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A Changing World: New trends in emerging market infrastructure finance
Baker Mckenzie a law firm recently released a report on new trends in emerging infrastructure finance. The Hard Hat Professional (THHP) spoke to Jen Stolp...
Incident Management: Is your Project doing the right Thing?
We all want to have successful incident free projects, free from harm to personnel, environment, plant and equipment but nothing is guaranteed, the best we...
Architecture and Human rights; Is it important for the Built Environment?
This past festive season, I had a privilege to visit New York City on a sponsored scholarly visit by my university. One thing that caught...
How much water is enough for Concrete workability?
Take two buckets with a capacity of about 10 ℓ each. Fill one bucket to the top with marbles with a diameter of approximately 10...
Built Environment Consultants should stand up for themselves to earn respect
During the past year, I was asked to give my opinion in a matter where several contractors in the Western Cape had taken umbrage at...
Why Should Hardhat Professionals Care about Sustainability In South Africa
Sustainability inspires me to get going in the morning. It’s what I think about when I look at my young daughters and when I think...
Facts about African Infrastructure
There are a lot of challenges involved in delivering infrastructure projects in Africa, but the continent also presents opportunities for both investors and professionals involved...
Construction Premier League in Distress; Here is Why We Should Worry
The Cream of South Africa’s once great construction industry is all but gone, or so it would seem
Possible cause for the partial dam wall collapse at the Benoni CBD
Being asked to diagnose concrete failure from photographs is an inexact science but is a growing tendency. Over lunch today Thami challenged me to write...
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