Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersAs we approach the end of 2017, it is with a sense of satisfaction that we can look back on a year that has in many respects been challenging, but positive. We know that too many of our members will be entering 2018 a...
Interest Group:Property Owners & Developers, Building Construction Professionals, Brick Manufacturers & MembersPresident Cyril Ramaphosa delivered the keynote address at the official opening of Corobrik’s Kwastina brick manufacturing factory in Driefontein,...
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersRod Taylor of First Bricks presented a workshop on clay brick to the Border Kei Institute of Architects in East London. Executive Officer Glynis Heger explains that the Association provides a professional support system...
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersExpanded polystyrene, or EPS, is a plastic material derived from crude oil used in a variety of applications, including thermal insulation in buildings, civil engineering applications and decorative mouldings and panels....
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersThe CBA's national roadshow was presented to members and construction professionals in 9 cities across South Africa. It provided facts and figures on sustainability and green building, recent changes to SABS standard...
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersSekela Mpekula is a rising starin the small informal clay brick settlement in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape. Sekela is an accounting graduate born and raised in Queenstown. In 1998 her parents started the business of...
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersMakana Brick in the Eastern Cape uses a solar microgrid to supplement and secure their power supply. The farm of photovoltaic (PV) panels is designed to produce 600 000 kW hours per annum — 356kWp DC and 300kWp AC. “The...
Interest Group:Property Owners & Developers, Building Construction Professionals, Brick Manufacturers & Members“A journey of a thousand miles starts with one step…” says the Chinese proverb.In May this year, Makana Brick and Khanya presented an extensive brick...
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & Members80 years on for EP Brick Brick by brick, Nelson Mandela Bay’s Martin family have been hard at work building one of Port Elizabeth’s longest-standing family businesses into the solid manufacturing concern it is today....
Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersDo you want to improve the energy efficiency of your clay brick production facility, but you don’t know how and where to get finance? Have a look at the Energy Efficiency Finance Guide. This guide has been developed to...