September 2011

PROJECT MANAGERS – French/Englsih Bilingual
Due to expansion off the coast of Africa, our successful specialist Project Management Consultancy requires top quality skilled Project Managers on an ongoing basis. Could be based in Africa or Johannesburg or on the islands!
Your B Sc Bldg/Civil or QS with a minimum of 10 years experience of which at least three should be project management is essential as well as you being totally English/French bilingual. You need a proven track record handling projects such as leisure estates – hotels and all related infrastructure, commercial and high end residential.
In return you will be working for one of the most notable companies who allows staff to develop and grow and awards them accordingly.
Should you feel you have the credentials to succeed in these posts, would you please forward a detailed CV (or send an updated) to Jacqui Tuck

In contemporary years the world has been bombarded with unending challenges of food security, economic development, poverty alleviation, urban blight, waste recycling and environmental preservation effects which have also proved to be new threats to the achievement of the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However, urban communities have been the most affected and have taken urban agriculture as an ameliorative tool.

In most developing economies, the construction industry not only contributes between 3-8 percent of GDP, but is usually among the top two employers of labour, and Nigeria was no exception up until the late 1980s. Building and construction accounted for just about 2.5% of our GDP in 2010, and now employs on a consistent basis, less than a million people - lower than manufacturing. Civil works account for about 30 percent of the industry's output but employs less people, more capital intensive and therefore dominated by foreign companies.

Two persons among them a graduate of Niger Delta University, Bayelsa State, were, Thursday, feared dead in a landslide, which hit the riverine community of Peremabiri in the Southern Ijaw Local Government Area.

Masindi Catholic diocese has launched the construction of a 100-bed sh7b hospital as a project to mark 100 years of its existance.

A contractual disagreement between the City Council of Nairobi and a contractor could jeopardise rehabilitation of Landhies Road in Nairobi's Eastlands. The rehabilitation contract worth Sh141, 935, 386.40 had been awarded to the Crescent Construction. The same company has however been contracted by the Kenya Urban Roads Authority to recarpet Jogoo Road.

The South Sudan Audit Chamber last week signed a contract with M/s Macdowel Limited for the construction of its headquarters.

President Jacob Zuma has arrived in Mthatha in the Eastern Cape to assess service delivery in the King Sabata Dalindyebo Municipality.

The service level agreement that the North West Housing Corporation had entered with a turnkey consultant for the disposal of its properties listed in its rental portfolio has been terminated, North West MEC for Human Settlements Public Safety & Liaison, Ms Desbo Mohono confirmed on Wednesday.

Mbale Municipal Council has resolved that Lubra Contractors be suspended from collecting revenue from the Main and Kumi Road taxi parks after the firm allegedly cost the council Shs600m through mismanagement.

Prime Minister, Bernard Makuza is today expected to appear before the Senate to explain how the government intends to ensure proper management and handling of funds meant for the construction of houses for Genocide survivors.

The Council of Ministers Wednesday, in Luanda, approved a presidential Decree establishing the Housing Loan Scheme and another on the Legal Regime of Housing Savings Accounts.

More than 200 people from Galleh Manda village in Upper Fulladu West District of the Central River Region (CRR) recently embarked on réhabilitation work on the road linking Galleh Mandah and Yerro Berri Kunda (YBK) through the highway leading to Bansang.

The real estate market shift to apartments rather than maisonettes was initially attributed to the rise in demand for houses in Nairobi.