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:Property Owners & DevelopersBrick is inexhaustible natural, durable and eco-friendly building material which offers permanence, stability, security, style and design integrity. ''BrickArchitecture.com is the website entirely devoted to brick...
Interest Group:Property Owners & DevelopersThis month's top project is the story of Fred, Ben, D&S Planning Studio, an aging Victorian and a long, sloping site with development potential located on the corner of Upper Buitengracht and Carisbrook Streets....
Interest Group:Building Construction ProfessionalsBeautiful clay brick:Social InfrastructureHundreds of families in the Westgate Grange area of Pietermaritzburg will soon have access to affordable housing with the completion of Aloe Ridge, the largest social housing...
Interest Group:Building Construction ProfessionalsCorobrik’s face brick range was carefully selected as the ideal product for the construction of the Thengwe Secondary School maths centre in Mutale, Limpopo - a creative structure designed to inspire the youth. The...
Interest Group:Property Owners & DevelopersClay bricks last for centuries! Some structures built with clay bricks have been recorded to have been around since 4400 BC, question is - if builders in ancient times put their trust in clay bricks, why aren’t you?...
Interest Group:Building Construction ProfessionalsBy Tim Harford Presenter, 50 Things That Made the Modern Economy Bricks have been with us since the very dawn of civilisation. The oldest were found in Jericho, in Jordan, by the archaeologist Kathleen Kenyon in 1952....
Interest Group:Property Owners & DevelopersIn a tranquil setting in the heart of South Africa’s capital city of Pretoria, a new hub of scientific discovery and innovation for Africa is breaking ground and taking shape. Defined by a brick envelop exterior, the...
Interest Group:Property Owners & DevelopersIn a tranquil setting in the heart of South Africa’s capital city of Pretoria, a new hub of scientific discovery and innovation for Africa is breaking ground and taking shape. Defined by a brick envelop exterior, the...