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Increasingly, the emphasis on the sustainability of major projects has moved to engaging communities in order to catalyse self-sustaining growth and break the cycle of poverty. We asked Amelia Visagie, Training Projects Coordinator at Aurecon, to give her views on this trend and explain what it entails.
Expertise: Environmental and community planning
Paul Stephenson, Manufacturing Leader at Aurecon discusses how a novel evaporation system design has set a new benchmark in lactose manufacturing.
Markets: ManufacturingExpertise: Manufacturing
This paper delves into several sustainability theories with the aim of ensuring a sound understanding of the concept of ‘sustainability’ and ‘sustainable development’ which then poses the question as to what role EIAs have in promoting sustainability in South Africa.
Dr Amir Tadros, Aurecon Senior Mechanical Engineer Energy Services spoke with Australia’s Gas Today magazine about creating solar and natural gas synergies.
Markets: EnergyExpertise: Renewable energy
“As corporates and as individuals, we vastly underestimate the power we have to transform our communities . . . ” - Ronnie Khoza on Corporate Social Investment in South Africa
Markets: International development assistance
An interview with Stephen Logan, Aurecon Technical Director Buildings on performance-based approach to allow design flexibility and improve stadia fire safety.
Markets: PropertyExpertise: Building services
Developing a systems thinking approach to sustainable cities.
Markets: Energy, Renewable energy, WaterExpertise: Building sciences
Finding an optimal balance between community needs and economic benefits of the urban expressway.
Markets: Transport, Urban transportExpertise: Environmental and community planning, Transport systems and logistics
Rail Express talks to Ken Devencorn, Aurecon’s Technical Director, Resources & Manufacturing Services about efficient planning and development of remote heavy-haul rail operations.
Markets: Transport, Resources Expertise: Mining infrastructure, Rail
In this article, Jeff Robinson highlights a few of the emerging trends he believes have the potential to driver greener ways of going about our everyday lives.
Markets: Property, Transport, Energy, WaterExpertise: Building sciences, Transport systems and logistics, Rail
More than one billion people in the world today lack access to safe drinking water. The United Nations Millennium Development Goals’ initiative aims to cut this figure in half by 2015.
Markets: WaterExpertise: Water resources management, Water and waste water treatment
Nick Mannie – Technical Director, Waste – was recently interviewed about finding sustainable solutions to South Africa’s waste challenges.
Markets: GovernmentExpertise: Environmental and community planning
Brian Smith, Aurecon’s Technical Leader, Transport, explains how more compact bus facilities can better fit within constrained city centre locations and make for improved integration of transport and land use.
Markets: Transport, Urban transportExpertise: Transport systems and logistics, Environmental and community planning
Tunnels play a critical role in the ongoing delivery and maintenance of the infrastructure required in an urbanising world.
Markets: Transport, WaterExpertise: Ground engineering
Over the past decade, a number of inverted cone silos have suffered well-publicised failures. In this article Hugh McKay, Aurecon's bulk handling storage facilities expert, looks at what steps can be taken to stop this occuring in the future.
Markets: Manufacturing, Resources Expertise: Bulk material facilities, Asset management
In the 21st Century, computer simulation has enabled architects to push the boundaries of urban design with lightweight architectural forms, random geometries and super-tall buildings.
Markets: PropertyExpertise: Building structures
Smarter thinking around people, places and public transport
Investigating the drivers behind successful major project outcomes.
Building resilience and improving response to natural disasters.