Interest Group:Brick Manufacturers & MembersAfter a long and extensive search, it is a great pleasure to introduce our new Executive Director, Mariana Lamont. Mariana Lamont brings a wealth of experience in the industry. As an active member of the CBA Marketing...
Claytile, one of the Western Cape’s respected clay brick manufacturers is supplying over a million bricks to Hotel Verde, cited as Africa’s Greenest hotel. This 45 room hotel is pursuing green certification through a stringent programme called ‘Leadership in...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers At the 2015 Master Builders Award ceremony, Rods Construction won the “Excellence in Construction” award in the health care facilities category for the construction of an extension to the victorian Church of...
Schooling for thousands of Free State pupils is being drastically improved through the construction and rebuilding of school facilities by the Kagiso Shanduka Trust in partnership with the Free State Department of Education. To provide both sustainable and superior...
Interest Group: Building Construction Professionals First Published by BUSINESS DAY, Home FrontDate: 08 May 2015Journalist: David Steynberg The use of alternative building systems like light steel frames is growing on South African consumers but does this new...
The use of alternative building systems like light steel frames is growing on South African consumers but does this new method really deliver the goods? Since about 2005 the concept of using light steel frames (LSF) instead of traditional masonry walls has slowly...
Interest Group: Brick Manufacturers & Members Following requests from within the brick making community for more information on the Habla Zig-Zag kiln, The EECB project established communications with the Australian based team. Some early discussions have...
Interest Group: Brick Manufacturers & Members A few weeks ago, the project suffered a delay when a fan and motor burnt out. This problem has been resolved and the new components were installed in mid-November. The kiln was then tested, and airflow is...
The value of building plans passed and buildings completed are two indicators that can be used to gauge the state of the building industry. The infographic outlines some key findings from Stats SA’s latest Selected building statistics of the private sector as reported...
Interest Group: Brick Manufacturers & Members On Friday 1st February 2013, ClayBrick.org and the University of Pretoria made history through the signing of the agreement to pursue the industry 'Life Cycle Assessment for Clay Brick Walling in South Africa'....