“Despite much written in South Africa about how well we are training and upskilling our population, as a hands-on employer in the construction industry, I know this is not the case”, says engineer and WoodBiz…
Structural design considerations and testing The eighth episode of Sawmilling South Africa’s (SSA’s) Talking Timber webinar series featured the University of Pretoria’s structural engineer, Dr Johann van der Merwe, and Stellenbosch University’s wood scientist, Prof…
Architecture and engineering postgrads and professionals are increasingly questioning their roles in designing and creating environmentally friendly “green” built environments rather than brick, cement and steel construction. They are considering the carbon lifecycles of their…
Dr Schalk Grobbelaar at Pretoria University suggests applying systems thinking to develop integrated and optimised housing solutions. This is different from traditional housing design that plugs various solutions into a shell without integrating them into…
Stellenbosch University MSc graduate, MJ Jacobs, has developed a table for three-and five-layer cross laminated timber (CLT) of SA pine for structural engineers to use when designing buildings. CLT is transforming the world’s low -and…
