THE development of Muungwe Royal Estate, an uptown housing scheme in Rusape is proceeding well despite attacks by former Norton legislator Mr Temba Mliswa following a fallout with his uncle and landowner Cde Didymus Mutasa. The project is being spearheaded by Brobondo (Pvt) Ltd under a contractual agreement with Muungwe Investments Pvt Ltd, a company […]
The Hilton Hotel was one of Nairobi’s first skyscrapers. The iconic cylindrical tower was opened in 1969 by President Jomo Kenyatta, six years after Kenya’s independence from Britain. The recent closure of the hotel after more than 50 years of operation comes at a time of vertical transformation in the city’s skyline. As Nairobi grows […]
Thupeyo Muleya — The construction and completion of 220 houses for Government workers, as part of the US$300 million Beitbridge Border modernisation, has brought relief to most border agencies that had faced accommodation challenges over the past decades. Before construction of the staff village, staff from the 22 Government agencies manning the Beitbridge Border Post […]
The stadium in Lindley has stood for over a year and has been vandalised Nketoane Local Municipality in Free State paid contractors nearly R15-million for a sports facility in Ntha, Lindley, that stands unused. The facility is unfinished and was left to be vandalised. Local sports teams say they are desperate for facilities and cannot […]
Albert Street fire tragedy sparks renewed attempt to evict hundreds of people living in derelict downtown buildings Owners of a number of “dark buildings” in downtown Johannesburg have been trying to evict hundreds of people occupying their properties for more than a decade. In the aftermath of the fire at 80 Albert Street that killed […]
Ethiopia’s construction industry and infrastructure development includes transport infrastructure, road construction, railway and energy projects, real estate and industrial parks. Small and medium construction companies operate in the informal market and local and foreign companies operate in the formal market. The involvement of foreign companies is dominated by Chinese companies which are undertaking large projects. […]
The Chairman of the Council of Registered Builders of Nigeria (CORBON), Dr Samson Opaluwah, has urged the president-elect, Bola Ahmed Tinubu, to boost the construction sector as a means of solving the unemployment problem in Nigeria. What are the expectations of the built industry as a new government is about to be formed in Nigeria? […]
The survey by the Institution of Engineers Rwanda (IER) recommended capacity-building and awareness to ensure that employers have an understanding of gender equality. The recommendation was made on Friday, April 28, 2023, during the stakeholders’ engagement meeting after presenting the findings of the survey on the challenges faced by women engineers in practice. The survey […]
There are quite many reasons as to why Rwanda chose to go green and they include the need to save the planet, and decrease building operation costs (energy and water), according to experts. Green building, a resource-efficient method of construction that produces healthier buildings which have less impact on the environment and cost less to […]