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National Building Specifications

NBS Construction Knowledge- A resource that provides online access to over 800 construction related SANS documents.

Your information source online - Reference to South African National Standards is important to all buildings specifiers, but it can be expensive buying individual documents and difficult to predict in advance exactly what you need. There is also the issue of currency, and with the SANS 10400 documents due for revision later this year, construction professionals may be understandably reluctant to purchase at present. A new product development is set to resolve these issues. NBS Constructio… Continue

Posted by National Building Specifications on March 8, 2010 at 12:14pm

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DesignMind Forty|Forty - your weekly aggregator of the valuable news, industry insights, events and reviews. 08 March


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Business confidence on the up
Business confidence improved in February, according to the Business Confidence Index (BCI) released by the SA Chamber of Commerce and Industry (Sacci) on Wednesday.
http://www.fin24.com/articles/default/display_article.aspx?Channel=News_Business&ArticleId=1518-1786_2574346&IsColumnistStory=FalseContinue

Posted by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:44am

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Hôtel-Musée Premières nations / LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design

Architect: LEMAYMICHAUD Architecture Design

Location: Wendake, Québec, Canada

Program: Hotel and Museum
Site area: 15,400 sqm
Building area: 2,000 sqm
Total floor area: 4,850 sqm
Project Year: 2007–2008
Photographs: Pierre Bélanger

This project is a unique alliance between 4-star accommodations and a museum experience that takes visitors on an exceptional voyage through the traditions and contemporary culture of the First Nations and Inuit. Located in an enchanting setting on the Akiawenrahk… Continue

Posted by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:40am

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Hospitality Bidair Premier Lounges – comfort guaranteed

Hospitality
Bidair Premier Lounges – comfort guaranteed
By Clare Matthes

Airport lounges are now an integral part of a business traveller’s comfort and convenience. Once places where you'd rarely want to linger, airlines have stepped up to the challenge and are designing comfortable, fully-equipped, convenient, sometimes even spectacular airport lounges to cater to their best clients. Bidair Hospitality, a subsidiary of the Bidvest Group, has done exactly that. As a provider of the support serv… Continue

Posted by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:36am

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Artreehouse

Artreehouse
New Fairfield, Connecticut
Della Valle Bernheimer
By David Sokol
With perhaps the exception of the architecture of the Machine Age, buildings across history have collaborated with nature. Tara and its southern kin wouldn’t sport generous porches if their makers hadn’t recognized the need to deflect direct sunlight from interiors. For a savvy contemporary example, consider the Harare, Zimbabwe, Eastgate Building, whose architecture is based on self-cooling termite mounds to reduce ven… Continue

Posted by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:30am

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Construction to lag behind SA economy in recovery – Fitch

The credit profiles of South African construction companies were likely to remain under pressure this year, as local market conditions were not expected to significantly improve until the middle of next year, Fitch Ratings said on Wednesday.

With the release of the ratings agency’s ‘South African Construction Sector Outlook 2010’ report, Fitch South African corporates director Roelof Steenkamp noted that while there were early signs of a gradual recovery in the local economy, construction compa… Continue

Posted by FortyForty on March 8, 2010 at 10:28am

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