Construction wants to be declared essential – but is due to be among the last to be unlocked

Builders are lobbying for essential-service status and warning of big trouble if some...

Scientists created carbon-sucking 'Frankenstein' bricks using microbes. The material can spawn its own babies.

The brick contains bacteria colonies that grow when the atmosphere is humid. That could...

Caterpillar just flashed the latest warning sign for the global economy

The construction equipment titan — a bellwether for global industry — posted a 6% drop in...

Watch: Engineers have built a Wall-E doppelgänger robot to make sure humans on construction sites are building to spec

It could mean cutting down on fixing errors on site, which they say accounts for...

Here’s why the majority of homes being built in SA now are flats or townhouses

59.2% of all new residential properties constructed between January and March were flats...

This start-up construction company wants to tune-up excavators with self-driving tech

They’re meant to do the basic menial tasks of drivers, so humans can focus on the more...

These SA highway projects have been left half-finished after two construction giants went bust

Highway projects in the Western Cape, Eastern Cape and Limpopo are affected.

Discovery is paying R23 million a month to rent its shiny new head office, which has a roof-top running track

Property group Growthpoint is the majority shareholder of the building.