Construction Technology

COST PER SQUARE METRE Building cost per square meter COST PER SQUARE METRE - BRICK & MORTAR OR CONVENTIONAL CONSTRUCTION Cost per square meter | Building Cost | Construction cost The shape of a building has an important effect on cost. As a general rule the simpler the shape of a building, the lower will be its unit cost. Let us illustrate this as follows:  This determines the cost per square meter of building BUILDING SHAPES Regular shapes in contrast, become more expensive the longer and narrower they are planned. This can be illustrated by the following examples of a square and rectangular building with the same floor area. Cost Per Square Meter BUILDING A           BUILDING B Example of how building c ost per square meter can vary BUILDING A Area on plan = 400m² Length of walling = 80m Ass

Low Cost Housing Subsidy All You Need to Know about Housing Subsidies  Low Cost Housing Subsidies Subsidies - hssonline housing A housing subsidy is a grant by government to qualifying beneficiaries for housing purposes. One of the DHS areas of responsibility in the delivery of human settlements relates to the bottom-most end of the market, where it provides housing subsidies to the poor. This is where the bulk of the housing backlog exists, affecting mainly those who earn below R3 500 a month. Government Employees Housing Scheme (GEHS) The Department of Public Service and Administration has partnered  with  the Public Investment Corporation (PIC) in  terms of which the PIC, through its Developmental Investment Policy, has invested R11 billion in support of the GEHS Housing Finance Access Service to promote and increase home-ownership among public service employees. Prior to the GEHS, over 954 000 employees received housing allowance of R900 per month, which increased to R1 200 w

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Frugal Innovation | moladi  Frugal Innovation   Frugal Innovation - Reduce the cost of building affordable housing Frugal Innovation - BoP Shelter "We study frugal innovation in relation to economic transformation to find out where and when frugal innovation is capable of positively influencing the lives of people at the Bottom of the Pyramid (BoP)" - Delft University of Technology and the Erasmus University Rotterdam in the Netherlands.   What is frugal innovation? – Frugal innovation is about lowering the complexity and cost of producing a product - in a scalable and sustainable manner. – Frugal innovation or frugal engineering is the process of reducing the complexity and cost of a product and its production. – In our increasingly resource - constrained world, consumers are demanding affordable, high - quality products that are environmentally friendly and socially inclusive – Navi Radjou discusses his new book " Frugal Innovation: How To Do More With Less &

Minister Fikile Mbalula wife Nozuko and Hlaudi sued in R1bn housing fraud    Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula wife Nozuko - fraud housing - Freestate  Hlaudi Motsoeneng   Minister Mosebenzi Zwane MEC for human settlements - Now Mineral Resources Minister  SABC strongman Hlaudi Motsoeneng and Sports Minister Fikile Mbalula's wife Nozuko - as trustees of two trusts - allegedly received millions from a "fraudulent" R1-billion spending spree by the Free State government meant for houses for the poor - which were never built. At the centre of it all was Mineral Resources Minister Mosebenzi Zwane, who, while he was MEC for human settlements, sanctioned the payments of hundreds of millions of rands to companies that had not done any work for the government. Now new MEC Sisi Ntombela's department is suing the 106 contractors, including Motsoeneng and Nozuko Mbalula in their capacities as trustees, and materials suppliers that received upfront payments to

Frugal Innovation  Frugal Innovation - moladi Affordable Housing Frugal innovation or frugal engineering is the process of reducing the complexity and cost of a good and its production. - Housing Construction System Frugal Innovation “Frugal Innovation” proposes a breakthrough approach to solving some of the most pressing issues of our global economy as it empowers human beings to use their creativity to generate economic and social value while preserving the environment. "Frugal innovation is a critical business strategy for companies to prosper in a world where customers are both value-conscious and values-oriented. It challenges Western companies to create high quality products that are affordable and sustainable as well as desirable and meaningful for end-users."- Carol L. Cone   Shelter - Housing the base of the pyramid - Low cost housing Shelter - Housing the base of the pyramid - Low cost housing Maslow's hierarchy of needs - Jobs for the unemployed Food f

3D Printing a house or i s it in reality - 3D Printing Walls?   We have used a whole collection of pictures from various websites in order to present our view on the merits of printing houses/walls with 3D printing technology 3D printing building construction Are 3D printed walls really the solution to address the backlog of quality affordable homes? One of the biggest cost factor that is not mentioned in most of the 3D Print articles is the COST of the printer. We searched the internet and videos and found the video where the cost was published - A whopping $3.2 million Link   This particular printer was installed in a factory/covered area and produced wall segments - not the complete home or walls of a house. 3D Printer - Printing sections of walls for a house   No advantage to scale – once the digital blueprint is made, making a single item can cost just about as much as making many.    3D-Walls-in-China In the case with Winsun, the panels/sections where printed in one area (the