Monday, 28 March 2011 10:38
Vague promises remain as the construction industry suffers
Despite promises made a year ago about more than R800 billion to be spent on infrastructure, the construction industry is still in decline. Consulting engineers are blaming the lack of technical staff and inadequate procurement procedures in the government and municipal departments for the trickle of projects that are coming through.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011 08:10
Senior management support was key to mastering the complexity of High Speed 1
The High Speed 1 is the United Kingdom’s first ever high-speed rail line linking London to the European network. Furthermore, it is the first new British railway in more than a century, and is the UK’s largest single construction project to date.
The programme had 80 work streams at its peak, but the real complexity came from the delicate balances of political, and corporate and environment; moving services across London; building and moving to a new depot; and, not least, a non-negotiable, very public end date.
Tuesday, 18 January 2011 07:57
Tantalisingly close to completion, the Gautrain is already boosting business
With expectations that the entire project should be complete and ready for operation by June or July 2011, the civil engineering work on the Gautrain is very close to completion.
Wednesday, 29 September 2010 10:37
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