Built environment

Bloodstains give him food for thought Antony Cooper of the CSIR has become the first person from Africa to be invited to a meeting of the Scientific Working Group on Bloodstain Pattern Analysis (SWGSTAIN). This elite working group is sponsored by the FBI.

CSIR strengthens emerging contractors More than 60 emerging contractors will get access to skills, jobs and funding over the next two years. The CSIR will project-manage this initiative, which flows from a memorandum of agreement signed recently by the Eastern Cape Development Corporation and the departments of Public Works and Housing.

CSIR health facilities expertise used for DBSA barometer Infrastructure is a key and chronically under-recognised resource for public health service delivery. Infrastructure that is both fit-for-purpose and fit-for-service, and located in the right places, provides an enabling environment for the provision of healthcare services.

Web portal aids integrated planning A new CSIR demonstrator shows the simulation of urban growth scenarios in future and presents various development patterns and past trends. The CSIR-developed Toolkit for Integrated Planning (TIP) is an initiative in support of integrated development planning across sectors and scales.