The Cape Peninsula University of Technology held its graduate fair on 7 and 8 September at the major sports hall of the Bellville campus. Knowledge Base Software was one of the exhibitors and took the opportunity of promoting the multiple uses of civil engineering and CAD design to students and learners... read more

STUDENTS at CPUT recently had a chance to research the job markets and speak to representatives from over 30 employer- and professional organizations over two days at the Bellville campus.   ... read more

Buffalo City Municipality, which serves about 1-million clients and has a size of 2 500 km², is in the process of converting its extensive AllyCAD data into a comprehensive GIS model. AllyCAD has proven to be the ideal feeder to their GIS system.... read more

South African farmers are poised to receive a 40% allo-cation of a proposed 29 000 ha ethanol irrigation development in Mozambique for a period of 45 years. In exchange for the 45 years’ renewable lease, the farmers will share their business and agricul-tural skills with their Mozambican counterparts as part of a skills-transfer and job-creation initiative... read more

When it comes to sports complexes, there are many complications attached to the allocation of land and D.G. Naidoo & Associates is only too familiar with all the restrictions. This Durban based company looks at the entire layout for complexes, from sports fields, soccer fields and combo courts.... read more

When farmers in the Moamba/Sabie district of the province of Maputo visited the Nkomazi area in Mpumalanga, they were greatly impressed by the activities and success of these small-scale sugar cane farmers. From this visit an idea was born to work together to develop a similar project.... read more

The construction of the Habitat Research and Development Centre (HRDC) was requested by the Ministry of Local Government and Housing in response to a design competition that was won in 2002. The Centre is built with virtually zero cost low-grade material found in rural areas,.... read more

Althea Povey is Divisional Director of Waste and Wastewater Treatment at KweziV3 Engineers and has recently been elected President of the South African Association of Consulting Engineers (SAACE), the first woman to hold this vital post. The SAACE is a business support organisation.... read more

The strengthening of West Quay was necessitated by the increase in the draft of car carrier ships, and in anticipation of the increased import and export activity through the terminal. “The 14-metre high quay wall (from foundation to top of quay) required strengthening so that contractors.... read more

Harrismith is bustling with activity as the Phuthaditjhaba and Qwa Qwa regions are placed in the spotlight for development projects. The design and implementation of the venture was requested by the Maluti-a-Phofung Municipality in the beginning of 2003 ..... read more

For the people in the Insika Yethu Municipal area, collecting water is very hard work. Approximately 75% of the population relies on rivers, springs and small open dams for their water supply. This figure is likely to drop to 55% with the completion of the current water network projects.... read more

The Mayer Engineering office located in the heart of Paarl produces large amounts of intricate mechanical designs. One of their recent designs include plans for the development of a machine that will automate the process of wool removal from sheepskin.... read more

First Draughtsman Lappies Labuschagne and Senior Draughtsman Marius Strydom describe how the water and sanitisation division of the Mangaung Municipality has evolved over the last fourteen years to carry out tasks with the use of integrated software.... read more

A broad stretch of gently undulating land running more than 20kms from the foothills of Gauteng’s West Rand to Midrand in the east is said to be the fastest-developing area in South Africa. Formerly agricultural holdings, much of it is now being transformed into.... read more

The livery design for the new fleet of Airbus jets for South African Airways (SAA) has been done using computer-aided design (Cad), in the project design offices of SAA technical division, using the AllyCAD software system, which is an industrial-strength two-dimensional CAD.... read more

The new Campus for the Dimension Data group of companies is an integrated development and involves the construction of 18 buildings, comprising a total of 85 000 m2 of bulk office space, arranged in a huge ’D’ around a central full size cricket oval.... read more

A South African engineering software company, Knowledge Base Company (KBC), that supplies software and CDs to the Ethiopian market through its distributor, City Business Computer (CBC), looks forward to investing more in Ethiopia.... read more