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We are watching events in Cape Town closely as 8 separate municipalities are moving ahead with plans to exit from their relationship with Eskom.

Power ships, buying electricity from independent suppliers and wind-driven alternatives are all on the table in terms of “coming off the grid”.

Load shedding is a very real commercial and lifestyle hindrance and Cape Town's City fathers have decided to take matters into their own hands in order to protect their economic interests

South Africa includes ‘power ships’ as part of its energy plans Turkish company Karpowership has been included in the preferred bids for South Africa’s Risk Mitigation Independent Power Producer Procurement Programme (RMIPPPP), to supply three power ships to alleviate the country’s power supply woes.

Our MD, Craig Greenaway has more than a smattering of Irish blood in him so no doubt he along with thousands of others here in South Africa will be raising a glass or two in memory of Ireland’s patron Saint, Maewyn Succat….who became St Patrick at the time of his death in 461 AD.

So have a great day and as the famous Irish saying goes, “may your pockets be heavy and your heart be light. May good luck pursue you each morning and every night!”

A while ago we posted a blog penned by our boss Craig Greenaway about converting shipping containers into usable living spaces.

We have been asked if we could repost it, so here it is...it’s certainly an interesting read!

Shipping Container Architecture You can date shipping containers back to the mid-1950s when American trucking tycoon, Malcolm McLean put 58 trailer vans (rudimentary containers) aboard a refitted tanker ship and sailed them successfully from New York to Houston, a distance of some 2359 nautical miles (4400 Kms). Fast track forward...

Now is the time to start thinking seriously about that renovation that’s been at the back of your mind. In terms of the actual build, the trend is becoming more and more to incorporate recycled materials as much as possible into the project.

You would be surprised at the developments in this ecological space. Our MD wrote an article on this exact topic

Along with our in house specialist interior design studio as well as our ability to produce three-dimensional plans of your project make Revamp Design Construct the leading building and remodelling company in Gauteng.

We work hard to help turn your dream into reality!
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Green Construction So unless you live on the moon...you will know that our planet is under threat of degradation and there is a very real danger from global warming, forestry decimation, the continued use of single-use plastics and carbon emissions. How then can business sectors such as the building and construction i...