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January 30, 2012
Qatar Concrete Company

Qatar Concrete Company is pioneering a new concrete mixing technology that may well revolutionise the production of this essential construction material in hot countries.

Qatar Concrete Company is pioneering a new concrete mixing technology that may well revolutionise the production of this essential construction material in hot countries. Executive directorAntoine Abboud talks to Gay Sutton about the challenges and solutions.

August 1, 2009
Cape Town International Convention Centre

A social convention
The Cape Town International Convention Centre is investing 1.2 billion rand in a big programme of expansion. Joey Pather talks to Gay Sutton about managing quick turnarounds and moving towards total sustainability.
During the six years since it first opened its doors, the Cape Town International Convention Centre (CTICC) has established itself as the premier conference venue in South Africa and perhaps one of the best in the southern hemisphere. Hosting such events as the World Economic Forum on Africa, which has made Cape Town and the convention centre its home, and the Mining Indaba, the world’s largest investment conference for the international mining industry which today attracts some 5,000 delegates, the centre also caters for around thirty exhibitions and trade fairs a year. Meanwhile, large cultural events such as the Cape Town International Jazz Festival, which attracts up to 25,000 people in one weekend, are held there every year.

March 23, 2009
Suffolk University

From brown to greenTaking an urban college campus from locked recycling bins to a thriving environmental program is a matter of raising awareness, learns Gary Toushek. When Gordon King was hired as senior director of facilities planning and management at Suffolk University two years ago, he found locks on the recycling bins because the person in charge of recycling was afraid that the wrong items would end up in the bins—paper in the glass bin, metal cans in with cardboard, and so on, as well as items that were clearly not appropriate for recycling.

March 18, 2009
Webcor Builders

The green dimension Andy Ball and Phil Williams tell Martin Ashcroft how green building has become a way of life at California-based Webcor Builders. A year ago, when I first encountered Andy Ball, president and CEO of Webcor Builders, he told me that the construction industry was slow to change. That does not seem to apply to his company however, judging by the changes experienced at Webcor over the last twelve months. 

March 18, 2009
Webcor Builders

The green dimension Andy Ball and Phil Williams tell Martin Ashcroft how green building has become a way of life at California-based Webcor Builders. A year ago, when I first encountered Andy Ball, president and CEO of Webcor Builders, he told me that the construction industry was slow to change. That does not seem to apply to his company however, judging by the changes experienced at Webcor over the last twelve months.