CSIR Built Environment

The CSIR reported outstanding performance in its activities towards the fulfilment of its organisational mandate over the past year. Human capital development is critical for the development of science, engineering and technology solutions of the highest calibre to improve the lives of South Afri...

Cabinet recently renewed the contract of Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) CEO Dr Sibusiso Sibisi for a third five-year term with effect from 1 October. The renewal was approved following the CSIR board’s recommendation to the Minister of Science and Technology, Ms Naledi Pand...

(Released jointly by the CSIR and IMPERIAL Logistics, in partnership with Stellenbosch University) The value that logistics adds to the South African economy, contributing to the country's global competitiveness and sustainability should be greater than the costs. This is according to the 6th Sta...

Dr Phil Paige-Green, engineering geologist and a Fellow at CSIR Built Environment, became the recipient of the ABA Brink Award in March for a paper on aggregate durability. (Also see SpringerLink ) The ABA Brink award is made annually by the South African Institute for Engineering and Environment...

Paul Nordengen was elected President of the International Forum for Road Transport Technology ( IFRTT ) at a meeting held in mid-March in Melbourne, Australia. This is the first time someone from the African continent will serve in this position; previous presidents hailed from North America, Eur...

On World Ocean Day (8 June 2010), the Southern African Data Centre for Oceanography (SADCO) will start providing free and open access to its data. The CSIR's Dr Marten Gründlingh, who manages the data centre, says: "Marine information is key to a better understanding of issues such as climate cha...

Transport infrastructure engineer, Dr James Maina of the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), has been selected as the 2010 recipient of the prestigious JD Roberts Award. He is recognised nationally and internationally for outstanding research towards finding solutions for large...

Every second year since 2006, the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) dedicates two days to its 'Science real and relevant' conference to share research progress, breakthroughs and impact in an open forum. In 2010, the conference will be shaped around the research fields in whic...

The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has announced that it has exceeded most of its targets and has achieved a solid overall performance for its 2009/10 financial year. Commenting on its financial targets, CSIR President and CEO, Dr Sibusiso Sibisi, says that the CSIR has del...

The 2009/10 summer rainfall season saw an unprecedented increase in the number of potholes and associated accidents on national, provincial and metropolitan 'sealed' roads. During the coming summer rains, motorists can expect even more potholes to develop on South Africa's roads, warns the Counci...