Author:Nice, Jako ADate:Nov 2020The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has embarked on an innovation investigation through a ministerial initiative brought by the Department of Science and Technology Innovation (DSI). The Cofimvaba Science Centre was ...Read more
Author:Clinton, DD; Cleland, A; Botha, D; Nagussey, D; Lewis, S; Day, P; Wall, KDate:Feb 2010Sustainable engineering infrastructure and services are the basic cornerstones of life, civilization and economic wellbeing of communities. Across the world, there is a huge deficiency in capacity to understand the need for, how to develop, ...Read more
Author:Bredenhann, SJ; Paige-Green, P; Jenkins, KJDate:Aug 2012In South Africa extensive use is made of cement stabilized materials in the structural layers of both new road and construction works and pavement rehabilitation. The construction process plays a role in the ultimate strength obtained for the ...Read more
Author:Cooper, Antony K; Kruger, Tinus; Godfrey, Linda K; Napier, MarkDate:Jan 2024The linear economy is where resources (including energy and space) move through the economy in one direction, from being harvested, collected or mined, through refining and processing to create products and services, to uses and consumption, ...Read more
Author:Ampofo-Anti, NLDate:Jul 2012Environmental labelling enables consumers to use their purchasing choices to protect the environment. The concluding declarations of the first three Earth Summits however caution that to truly serve this purpose, environmental labelling should ...Read more
Author:O'Connell, Johannes S; Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Marais, HDate:Aug 2010In South Africa, crumb tyre-modified bitumen commnly known as bitumen-rubber binder has viscosity limits specified by the current edition of TG1: The Use of Modified Bituminous Binders in Road Construction. As the crumb rubber is 'digested', ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn V; Chege, LDate:Nov 2004A defining characteristic of globalisation is the ease of trade. This characteristic has exposed a high degree of diversity and inconsistency in global business practices. As these inconsistencies increase risk, investors are identifying ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn V; Chege, LDate:Nov 2004A defining characteristic of globalisation is the ease of trade. This characteristic has exposed a high degree of diversity and inconsistency in global business practices. As these inconsistencies increase risk, investors are identifying ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Nov 2010The pursuit of sustainable development brings the construction industry, and specifically the building industry component thereof, into sharp relief. The built environment is a major component of contemporary life. Over half the world’s ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Nov 2010Infrastructure is one of the key foundations of economic growth. South African cities have grown on the back of infrastructure investments like water, energy, transportation and increasingly telecommunications. Ultimately infrastructure ...Read more
Author:Council for Scientific and Industrial Research, CSIRDate:2000This document provides performance-based guidelines for informed decision-making. The purpose is essentially to indicate the qualities that should be sought in South African settlements, and to provide practical guidance on how these qualities ...Read more
Author:De Villiers, GDTDate:1986This study represents a quantitative survey of the impact of the climate and weather on the activities of the building and construction industry in South Africa. Seasonal productivity problems, the seasonal provision of special facilities and ...Read more
Author:Paige-Green, P; Leyland, R; Maharaj, ADate:Aug 2010The development of stiffness of stabilized materials with time is critical to the construction process, particularly in the case of recycling, where traffic is often required to return to the recycled road soon after construction. However, ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Feb 2009The construction industry is a multi-billion dollar industry, and the production and harvesting of raw materials for building purposes occurs on a world-wide scale. Environmental issues are becoming a major world topic, and the construction ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Aug 2010The building envelope plays a significant role in the performance of a building, especially with regard to the green building components. This chapter will focus on the external building envelope only, i.e., sub-structure, super structure, ...Read more
Author:Van Wyk, Llewellyn VDate:Nov 2010The super-structure consists predominantly of the load- and no-load-bearing walls-including all doors and windows and suspended floor slabs. The building envelope plays a significant role in the performance of a building, especially with ...Read more
Author:Anochie-Boateng, Joseph; Komba, Julius J; Mvelase, Gculisile MDate:Jun 2013There is a need to improve the measurements of shape characteristics of aggregates and ballast materials used in the construction of road, airfield, and railway track infrastructures. The fundamental shape properties of aggregate and ballast, ...Read more