By David Marks, CEO of MEWA Let me tell you about a project that was a rollercoaster adventure in problem-solving, complex mathematics, engineering across many disciplines, creativity, craftsmanship and teamwork. I couldn’t be prouder of…
For the first time in 17 years, the Green Building Council South Africa’s (GBCSA) annual Convention programme included an entire session on timber in the built environment and an impressive exhibition stand built with mass…
The superstructure for the four-storey CheiChei Living building, which is Africa’s first cross-laminated timber (CLT) hybrid structure with more than two levels has been completed and fit-out is well underway. The first residents are scheduled…
Rob Scott, owner of the Shire Eco Lodge near Stutterheim, in South Africa’s Eastern Cape province, says the curved shape of its chalets takes its cue from nature. “I wanted the design of the chalets…
NMU’s creative duo Noa Solomon and Rudolph Botha won the 2024 National Timber Design Competition with their Blooming Branches design incorporating engineered timber to vertically extend the Forestry and Agricultural Biotechnology Institute (FABI) building at the University…
The highly anticipated second Timber Construction Conference again showed that “growing timber connections” involves human relationships, supply chain strength, environmental stewardship, economic sustainability and transdisciplinary collaboration across knowledge domains. The 230-strong enthusiastic group of architects,…
PG Bison hosted over 100 guests to celebrate the launch of its impressive new medium-density fibreboard (MDF) line in Mkhondo, Mpumalanga on 8 and 9 October 2024. Gerhard Victor, PG Bison’s CEO and Greg Boulle, CEO of…
Uganda’s Timber Innovation Centre (TIC) is attempting to showcase timber-based construction to meet the needs for infrastructure development and housing for millions of homeless and young people entering the housing market. In 2018, Lightwood, an initiative…
There is a place few dare to tread from a design and a construction perspective, as there are no guidelines. David Marks, managing director of Marks Engineering Works, calls this area of timber construction; extreme…
The demand for mass timber in construction is increasing as society seeks to build with more sustainable materials. Building codes and design guidance for using mass timber vary substantially from country to country, as does…
