Interest Group: Brick Manufacturers & Members CBA Associate Member ENVASS, an environmental consultancy providing a comprehensive range of environmental assessment services, has provided the following information for CBA Members. The South African...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers Buildings should be built to last and as such the life cycle value of a building derived from long term durability, low maintenance and energy savings should be the key determining factor to be taken into account....
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers Architecture collective Frankie Pappas has hidden the 3.3-metres-wide House of the Big Arch within the Bushveld nature reserve in the north of South Africa.As the house was located an hour-and-a-half drive to the...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers Few things irritate us more than exposure to excessive noise. It is difficult enough to concentrate with the distractions of nearby cell phones and loud conversations, without adding noise from other rooms or...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers Sitting aside Kings Park Stadium and near the iconic Moses Mabhida Stadium, Durban’s Lion Match Factory holds its own as one of the warm city’s memorable architectural landmarks. Property development and...
Interest Group: Building Construction Professionals The Minister of Human Settlements, Lindiwe Sisulu, MP, hosted the National Human Settlements Indaba and Exhibition on 16-17 October 2014 at Sandton Convention Centre. The Clay Brick Association not only...
Interest Group: Building Construction Professionals Our challenge as brick manufacturers in pursuit of a significant share of the Low Cost Housing market has been to provide clay brick products in formats that were more cost effective and afforded greater speed...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers Archaeologists have unearthed bricks dating back 5,000 to 7,000 years in northwest Chinas Shaanxi Province, adding between 1,000 to 2,000 years onto Chinese brick-making history. The five calcined bricks were...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers A green building is energy efficient, resource efficient and environmentally responsible. But starting the process of change need not be an overly complex or expensive endeavour and you can start with any one of...
Interest Group: Building Construction Professionals Clay bricks have a very convincing image in Europe as one of the most sustainable façade products. These are some of the conclusions of the European Architectural Barometer report, a quarterly survey of...