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CONSTRUCTION WORLD
SEPTEMBER
2016
Environment and Sustainability
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CONTENTS
ON THE COVER
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AFRICA: A MAJOR GROWTH NODE
For AECOM the continent remains a
strategic objective.
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OFFICES IN KENYA
Growth in East
Africa led to Turner & Townsend
opening shop.
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MAJOR STRIDES ANNOUNCED
Attacq has a refreshed brand and
significant new transactions.
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GREEN BUILDING: 5% MORE
Dispelling the myth that green building
is expensive.
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BOUTIQUE OFFICE DEVELOPMENT
SANDTON
Number 4 Stan Road is the
new home of MDS Architecture
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COMPLEX ‘QUIET’ CONTRACT
Tight planning for Life Groenkloof
Hospital.
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PRESTRESSED SLABS SPECIFIED FOR
SECURITY WALL
Some 3 400 pre-
stressed hollow-core slabs for wall.
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MORE FLOOR SPACE FOR SA
TOURIST HOTSPOT
A 22 storey hotel is
rising in Cape Town.
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ECONOMICAL SOLUTION TO ROCK-
FALL PROTECTION
Innovative products
to mitigate rockfalls at mines.
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LATERAL SUPPORT IN WINDHOEK
Environmentally friendly piling for prime
minister’s offices.
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NOUPOORT WIND FARM
The first
round three REIPPP wind farm to go
into operation.
REGULARS
Marketplace
Property
Project & Contracts
Equipment
Products & Services
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CAPPING PRESTIGIOUS REDDFORD
HOUSE SCHOOL
An impressive
8 820 m
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of timber roof trusses.
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SA PROPERTY MARKET GROWS TO
R5,8-TRILLION
Research shows a more
accurate overview of SA’s economy.
Geotechnical icon, Franki Africa,
famous for the Frankipile and
the ‘Franki Blue Book’, amongst
other things, is 70 years old this
year and going strong.
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