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Gauteng starts rehabilitation programme for seven Tshwane bridges
Repairs will address joints, cracked and spalled concrete, parapets, decks, approaches and safety barriers across provincial rout…
Gauteng desk
Gauteng
Construction reporting from Gauteng.
Investigations
Housing signed off without services: inside the audit trail of incomplete settlements
A national audit sample found delays, defects and commissioning failures across housing projects, including homes recorded as com…
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R192m Lilian Ngoyi Street reconstruction passes 75% mark
Johannesburg is rebuilding the 1.8km transport precinct and underground services damaged by the 2023 gas explosion.
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R760m Johannesburg water-infrastructure upgrade moves ahead
The phased programme responds to failures, leaks and pressure instability across the city.
Investigations
The R27-billion water debt chain: how unpaid municipal bills reach pumps, pipes and treatment works
Municipal debt to water boards rose sharply as ageing networks continued to lose treated water. The pressure travels through the…
Investigations
PRASA’s recovery ledger: record capital spending, reopened rail and the controls still under repair
Passenger rail recovery is visible on reopened corridors, but annual reports and audit briefings show that infrastructure deliver…
Investigations
The infrastructure inspection gap: what auditors found after visiting municipal projects
Municipalities reported expenditure and completion, but physical inspections repeatedly found delay, weak quality control and ass…
Technology
Material passports can make future building reuse measurable
A useful material record links products, quantities, locations and recovery options to the completed asset.
Homes & Building
Why a geotechnical report belongs at the start of a housing project
Ground conditions shape foundation design, drainage and cost long before concrete reaches site.
Infrastructure
Excavation support must be designed before the trench is occupied
Soil can move without warning, making temporary support a design and supervision issue.
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PRASA review focuses on Mabopane rail restoration and new intercity buses
The Gauteng oversight programme covered corridor infrastructure, signalling restoration and the launch of a City to City bus flee…
Business
Cash-flow forecasts should follow the construction sequence
A realistic forecast connects procurement, measured work, certification dates, retention and payment terms.
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Upgraded K155 corridor opens between Johannesburg and Ekurhuleni
The Modderfontein Road project includes wider carriageways, upgraded intersections, signals, pedestrian facilities and street lig…
Projects
Building plans should be coordinated before municipal submission
A complete application can still contain clashes between architecture, structure and services.
Homes & Building
Demolition surveys must find services, hazardous materials and shared walls
A pre-start survey should turn an uncertain existing building into a controlled sequence before machines or crews begin removal.
Business
A tender pipeline should measure probability and delivery capacity together
A large opportunity list can create false confidence when likely awards overlap and depend on the same people, guarantees or cash.
Infrastructure
Rail-station accessibility must work from pavement to platform
A ramp or lift cannot create access when the route breaks at the entrance, ticket gate or platform edge.
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Johannesburg water works move across emergency and permanent phases
A booster pump, storage assets and a five-kilometre pipeline sit at different points in the same reliability programme.
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Health refurbishment drive moves 27 facilities toward service readiness
Completed building work across hospitals and clinics now has to translate into functioning clinical space.
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Merafong backfills Sompane and Phabang road sinkholes
The municipality has completed backfilling while households are relocated from a red zone.