News

  • Green building cost in South Africa

    Posted on March 01, 2017

    A joint study on green building cost in South Africa has been conducted by GBCSA, ASAQS and UP.

  • Industry collaboration bears fruit

    Posted on March 01, 2017

    Industry collaboration bears fruit for quantity surveying

  • Life-long learning has no limits

    Posted on November 18, 2016

    At the age of 80, Mr Ivor Evans, who recently attended the Construction Procurement short course presented by Enterprises UP, is a great advocate for life-long learning and the benefits of continuing education no matter your age.

  • ASAQS Conference 2016 - Prof Tinus Maritz

    Posted on June 21, 2016

    During the ASAQS conference held on 7 June 2016, Prof. Tinus Maritz was honoured with a certificate of recognition for his outstanding service to the QS profession.

  • Chair in Shopping Centre Studies founded at UP

    Posted on May 25, 2016

    A partnership between the South African Council for Shopping Centres and the Department of Construction Economics at the University of Pretoria, has resulted in the founding of a Chair in Shopping Centre Studies.

  • Chair in Shopping Centre Studies founded at UP

    Posted on May 24, 2016

    A partnership between the South African Council for Shopping Centres (SACSC) and the Department of Construction Economics in the Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology (EBIT) at the University of Pretoria (UP), has resulted in the founding of a Chair in Shopping...

  • ASAQS Gold Medal Award

    Posted on March 03, 2016

    Bjorn Andersen is the proud winner of the ASAQS Gold Medal award for best quantity surveying student in South Africa in 2014.

  • Innovate 2015

    Posted on December 02, 2015

    Innovate: an annual publication of the University of Pretoria's EBIT faculty.

  • AIB and UP collaboration

    Posted on November 12, 2015

    Agreement between the Australian Institute of Building (AIB) and the University of Pretoria (UP).

  • UP represented at launch of global coalition on uniform construction measurement standards

    Posted on July 21, 2015

    The University of Pretoria (UP) was represented at the recent launch of a major initiative, the International Construction Measurement Standards (ICMS) Coalition.

  • Goue ere-penning

    Posted on October 20, 2014

    Baie geluk aan Prof Tinus Maritz wat saam met prof Basie Verster van UFS goue ere-pennings van die Vereniging van Suid-Afrikaanse Bourekenaars (VSAB) ontvang het...

  • Construction Economics third year students attended the 108th Master Builders South Africa Congress

    Posted on November 26, 2013

    The 108th Master Builders South Africa Congress was held from 29 September to 1 October 2013 at the Indaba Hotel in Fourways. The theme for the congress was Bridging the gap

  • Construction Economics Students participated in Enactus World Cup 2013

    Posted on November 26, 2013

    Sesitwa Mohlala and Thulasizwe Ndzhukule, both students of the Department of Construction Economics took part in the Enactus World Cup 2013 which was held in Cancun, Mexico

  • Construction Economics PhD student attended ICCREM Conference 2013 in Karlsruhe, Germany

    Posted on November 06, 2013

    Amaka Ogwueleka, a full-time PhD student in the Department of Construction Economics participated in the 11th International Conference on Construction and Real Estate Management recently held in Karlsruhe, Germany

  • Collaborative Masterclass and Seminar on Urban Resilience & Form

    Posted on August 07, 2013

    As part of an NRF funded project on Urban Resilience (NRF Grant 78649), the School of the Built Environment is hosting Prof Serge Salat of the Urban Morphology Laboratory in Paris.

  • Student's view on SACQSP Conference 2013

    Posted on July 12, 2013

    The SACQSP held its 6th annual research conference in Cape Town this year and eleven student delegates from our department were privileged to be among the many professionals and industry players present.

  • Tuks Prof receive Emerald Literati Network Award

    Posted on November 30, 2012

    Academic publisher Emerald presented Prof. Chrisna du Plessis from the Department of Construction Economics with an Outstanding Reviewer award for 2012 for her contribution to Emerald journals in the field of construction.

  • Scholarships available in School of the Built Environment

    Posted on February 27, 2012

    The School of the Built Environment has scholarships available for four MSc students to work on a NRF supported research project on resiliency strategies for aspirational African cities.

  • Department of Construction Economics receives Global Change Grant

    Posted on January 26, 2012

    Prof Chris Cloete and Prof Chrisna du Plessis received a R3,26 million grant from the NRF under the Global Change Grand Challenge Science Plan to establish a research programme with a specific focus on building the resilience of cities through innovation

  • Final Year Dinner 2011

    Posted on December 09, 2011

    The Final year Quantity Surveying and Construction Management honours students had their farewell dinner on 28 October 2011 at the prestigious Pretoria Country Club.

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