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 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: Property Owners & Developers A recent United States study shows that consumers prefer genuine clay brick exteriors on a national scale. Scoring highest nationally among all ages, races, income levels and household types, brick ranked No.1...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers Brick may not be the first thing that springs to mind when we talk about green building. But there are qualities that bricks possess that make them one of the greenest walling materials around. Let’s take a look...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers The solid all round performance and investment value that clay brick brings to residential housing remains unparalleled. Local and international comparative research continues to compound demonstrating why clay...
We are all well aware of the responsibilities of scholars, teachers and parents in the education process. But a huge responsibility also lies with government to provide infrastructure conducive to learning. Education infrastructure is the government’s investment in...
Clay brick has always been the material of choice for sustainable, low maintenance and long lasting infrastructure. Schools, clinics and houses built over the past 100 years all across South Africa, offer a proven track record of lowest lifetime cost. It is expected...
Interest Group: Property Owners & Developers A firewall constructed of clay face bricks protected a warehouse from being consumed by a devastating industrial fire.In the early hours of 26 March, a fire broke out at the Sun Oil warehouse in Mobeni, south of...
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...