Dry-building method Water-Saving Solution

IN GROWING economies, accelerated urbanisation has created a huge demand for new buildings and infrastructure. Even in the more established cities around the world, ageing construction requires replacement and upgrades.

 

There is also a great need in SA and other developing countries for affordable social housing. In 2007, the United Nations human settlements programme UN-Habitat estimated that by 2030, the number of slum dwellers worldwide would have doubled.

That means 3-billion people around the world — 40% of the world population — require adequate housing. This confirms the building sector has a central, leading role to play in global long-term sustainability.

Construction output fell 4.3% in August- UK

In the three months to August, output fell by 0.8%, the biggest such decline since March 2013. Meanwhile, the UK trade deficit was £3.3bn in August, a narrowing of £1.2bn from July, it said. But the deficit was larger than expected and is set to weigh on growth, the ONS added.

 

An ONS official said the weak figures for construction in August may have been linked to wet weather during the month.

Accra Circle Goil station now Tourist Attraction

The Goil filling station at the Kwame Nkrumah Circle in Accra, where scores of people perished due to the explosion on June 3, has become a tourist attraction.
Since the incident occurred, many people from far and near, have been trooping to the disaster area which has been cordoned off, to see the damage caused.
The place has been designated a ‘disaster zone’ and people are compelled to view the station from a distance.
When the Times visited the area yesterday, many people had gathered under the flyover being constructed at the place, watching in amazement.
A few who spoke to the paper said they had not lost a relative, but were moved by the magnitude of lives lost to sympathise with the victims and relatives.