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What developers and contractors need to know about their rights when it comes to building outside South Africa
What developers and contractors need to know about their rights when it comes to building outside South Africa
With the present economic growth and extensive opportunity in Africa, many developers, contractors and consultants are finding work north of the Limpopo.
The importance of an informed client in helping to deliver infrastructure on time and in budget. How do we Bridge the skills Gap?
The importance of an informed client in helping to deliver infrastructure on time and in budget. How do we Bridge the skills Gap?
When considering the plethora of unhappy contracts currently under construction and how they came to be in this situation, it is apparent that poor decisions
South Africa’s ability to compete effectively in cross border public sector jobs.
South Africa’s ability to compete effectively in cross border public sector jobs.
There has been a major change in the past twenty or so years in the attitude of South African construction workers to working across border and up into Africa.
How to prevent strikes from happening too frequently
How to prevent strikes from happening too frequently
A decent living wage for your staff must be the objective for any responsible employer. However, what happened to workers responsibility to produce
Putting together the right suite of training courses for a project.
Putting together the right suite of training courses for a project.
The Engineering and Construction industries are very reliant on short (usually two days duration) public training courses to supplement commercial skills.
Articles for the contractor
Articles for the contractor
The trend in modern construction contracts is to reimburse contractors for additional expenditure via the payment of the actual cost incurred.
Best strategy for getting projects completed on time and within budget.
Best strategy for getting projects completed on time and within budget.
A commonly asked question is, 15 or so years ago, how many contracts finished late? How many of those contracts had delay damages applied?
