No plan to delist Australian engineer

Wilson Bayly Holmes-Ovcon makes the contracting business look easy - until you look at the performance of its peers in the construction sector

The Competition Tribunal has unconditionally approved the merger between construction group Murray Roberts Limited (MUR) and the Cementation Company

Operating partnership announced

The Electric Workshop in Newtown, built in 1906 to house the turbines for Joburg's tram system, will be transformed into a world-class science centre

South Africa's civil engineering sector, hit by a slump in revenues as contracts fall, could shed thousands of jobs this year, a key industry official warned yesterday.

The seven-month contract for the rehabilitation of a section of the N2 freeway, near Durban, was completed on schedule and within budget during December 2003, UWP Consulting reported.

UWP was appointed by the South African National Roads Agency (Sanral), in June 2002, to investigate and avail recommendations for the rehabilitation of a 20-km section of the four-lane dual carriageway freeway between the Ilovo River and the Mlaas Canal (past the Durban International Airport), south of Durban.

Murray & Roberts (M&R), the listed building, construction and engineering group, has placed China firmly on its radar screens.

Could increase order book substantially

Construction and engineering group Murray & Roberts (MUR) is casting its eyes eastwards towards China.