SA Builder (SAB) • November 2021

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CAN SMART ROBOTS UPGRADE OUR COUNTRY’S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY? 18

By Linda Eales, robotics division manager: ABB South Africa Can robots help alleviate SA’s low-cost housing shortage and give the local construction industry the boost it needs to get back on the path to profitability? Judging by the growing number of successful robot-driven construction sites around the world, it is not too far-fetched. (Above): The newest addition to ABB’s #collaborativerobots portfolio, #GoFa, continues to impress manufacturers with its intelligent, intuitive and easy-to-use design. GoFa won the "Top Design" award at the European Product Design Awards 2021. Designed with first-time users in mind, GoFa reflects ABB’s world-leading competence in industrial #robotics and combines it with the#safe aesthetics and familiarity of a consumer product.

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ACTION PLAN TO DELIVER NET-ZERO CARBON REAL ESTATE PORTFOLIOS

3min
pages 46-48

THE SA COVID-19 VACCINE CERTIFICATE SYSTEM

2min
page 45

DEL WARNS OF STIFF PENALTIES FOR EMPLOYERS

3min
pages 42-43

BIONTECH TO START BUILDING ITS AFRICAN VACCINE PLANT IN MID-2022

3min
pages 38-40

MANAGING CONSTRUCTION WASTE IS PART OF A GREENER FUTURE

2min
pages 36-37

DURBAN’S NEW PASSENGER TERMINALCRUISES IN FOR THE 2021/22 SEASON

4min
pages 32-34

SEKHUKHUNE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT CENTRE COMMENCES CONSTRUCTION

2min
pages 30-31

NEW PUBLIC TRANSPORT INTERCHANGE IN SOMERSET WEST

2min
pages 28-29

INSPECTION, REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE ARE STAPLE WORK FOR SKYRIDERS

2min
pages 26-27

PAST MEETS PRESENT IN A UNIQUE, NEW CAPE TOWN DEVELOPMENT

3min
pages 23-25

CAN SMART ROBOTS UPGRADE OUR COUNTRY’S CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY?

4min
pages 20-22

VANTAGE DATA CENTERS’ US$1 BILLION JOHANNESBURG CAMPUS

2min
pages 18-19

POST-PANDEMIC CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY TO BE DRIVEN BY 4IR

4min
pages 16-17

GOVERNMENT COMMITTED TO DRIVING GROWTH OF THE HYDROGEN ECONOMY

2min
page 15

HOLCIM CEO JAN JENISCH ELECTED PRESIDENT OF THE GLOBAL CEMENT & CONCRETE ASSOCIATION

1min
page 14

MAXIMISE YOUR BRICKWORK

1min
page 13

TAKEALOT TO OPEN MASSIVE, NEW DISTRIBUTION CENTRE

1min
page 12

FORCE MAJEURE AS A RESULT OF UNREST

2min
page 11

MBAWC 2021 ANNUAL REPORT: EXTRACTS FROM PRESIDENT ROY HENDRICKS'S REPORT

7min
pages 8-10

MBKZN BURSARY FUND APPLICATIONS FOR 2022 NOW OPEN

1min
page 7

Nelson Mandela University celebrates 50 years of construction management

1min
page 6

TRUE GRIT AND DETERMINATION

1min
page 4
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