Property & facilities
How to find the best electrician in Johannesburg
The best electrician is a registered one who will sign the certificate. Here are the checks to run before anyone touches your wiring.
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Technology
Standby generator demand South Africa, as the grid recovers
Eskom's diesel bill is down R4.87 billion and load reduction is down 88.6%. Public buyers are still tendering generators. What a brand should read from that.
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Compliance
How long an electrical CoC is valid in South Africa
It never expires. But it cannot carry a transfer once it is two years old, and it does not cover anything added or altered after it was issued.
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Cost & decisions
Standby generator tenders in South Africa, and the spec
Our catalogue holds 36 public generator lines this week. Who is buying, and the four different points at which a model gets written into the spec.
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Compliance
Pre-export verification of conformity, and what remains
The dtic withdrew its certificate rule for certain Chinese imports two days after it was due to start. The compulsory specifications and site check stay.
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Cost & decisions
What your spec is worth in a municipal tender
Municipal distributors sell 44% of South Africa's electricity, and a correctly specified protection device only survives their tender if the document says so.
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Technology
150MW of data centre, and which trades it buys
MTN is targeting 150MW across South Africa and Nigeria, and the trades that sell into a data centre are settled in the main contract before the shell goes up.
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Compliance
Who may issue an electrical CoC in South Africa
A GreenCard is not a registration, and the PV installer holding one may have no statutory authority to do the electrical work on your roof.
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The Arabella Brief
What changed this week, and what it costs you on Monday.
One email on a Friday, covering the week from Friday to Thursday so the week is closed when it is written. What actually changed, everything with a date on it, one development run through what it means for a contractor with forty people, and what we got wrong. A thin week is a short issue.