As the impacts of climate change become more visible, the call for solid action on reduction of greenhouse gas emissions has become stronger. Transportation has a key role in the South African decarbonisation context. In ...

Government clients require that 30% of work be done by Exempt Micro Enterprise (EME) and Qualifying Small Enterprise (QSE) sub-consultants and can be difficult to achieve in high technology environments such as specialist ...

Drones are unique, yet immensely versatile, vehicles. Novel opportunities are being discovered almost on a weekly basis and operators are reinventing their businesses to accommodate these useful tools and employ them to ...

African cities have waited too long to deal with the existential threat of Climate change and thus have begun to suffer its effects. In most African cities, populations are increasing rapidly and the reliance on Non-motorized ...

In emerging economies, small businesses, especially those owned or led by women are critical to growth, employment and development. These businesses do face financial and operational difficulties due to various limitations ...

In parts of Namibia, Botswana and South Africa the only economically available road construction materials often contain excessive amounts of highly soluble salts such as NaCl (common table salt) and/or gypsum (CaSO4•2H2O) ...

This paper will review the South African PPP projects in Rail and Road that were rolled out in the past 15 years. Special attention will be given to the following parameters: • Choosing the best financing mechanisms; • ...

The changing climate is affecting infrastructure performance and service life all over the world. A key factor in assuring the resilience of transportation infrastructure in the future is the incorporation of climate change ...

With South Africa’s high incidence of serious road accidents there is a need to provide the country’s roads with effective skid resistance characteristics in all weather conditions. Currently there are no skid resistance ...

Tactical urbanism is a quick and affordable approach to piloting and practically demonstrating change in the built environment, led by either planning authorities or civil society. It identifies a current need, and then ...