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ALLIANCE INSURANCE’S UNIQUE ‘African Modernist’
ARCHITECT: Architrave Design Group ENGINEERS: Promecs Consulting Engineers QUANTITY SURVEYOR: OCM Quantity Surveyors MAIN CONTRACTOR: Elevate Construction Alliance Insurance’s new head quarters were completed about two years ago towards the end of 2015. If you’ve travelled along Ridgeway North in the Borrowdale area, near Rietfontein, you will no doubt have seen this impressive and iconic…
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The Risky Business of Project Management
One of the critical knowledge areas learnt and practiced in project management is Project Risk Management. Lack of such knowledge compromises the probability of project success. Most other research papers will list lack of, or poor risk management amongst the litany of reasons for project failure. Project management is a very risky business due to…
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The new Trade Kings plant looms over Workington
TRADE Kings Zimbabwe’s new detergent plant in the Workington area of Harare is impressive and definitely not easy to miss. The six-storey tall blue process building and adjacent spray-drying tower are the most prominent features of this project, visible from quite a distance. However equally impressive once on site is the engineering, design and workmanship…
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The architectural gem of Zimbabwean art
The National Gallery of Zimbabwe building stands as a marvel of Modern Architecture. According to the Manchester Guardian, in May of 1956; the Gallery Building’s formal features maximised on light and space. The building stood as a testament to a general zeal for development which was prevalent in the Federation; the realization of a dream…
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ZBCA CONFERENCE 2017
The much-awaited ZBCA 2017 Annual General Conference was successfully held in Masvingo at Great Zimbabwe Hotel. The Conference managed to draw more than 120 participants across the built environment. It was officially opened by Masvingo Resident Minister and Guest of Honour Dr P. Chimedza. Indeed, the Conference lived to its billing as the place where…
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Supporting the future
BETA Holdings held their second Students Architectural Competition this year. The brief was for students to design a building for an Institute for the Built Environment sector. The proposed site would be Borrowdale and the facility was to cater for the various consultants in that sector including: architects, engineers, quantity and surveyors, realtors, urban and…
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Our fifty-ninth edition has a cross-section of insights for you infrastructure buffs.
Autoworld Zimbabwe is reveling in moving into their new premises that house the Isuzu workshops for light and heavy-duty vehicles as well as parts warehouse and offices.
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