"I found Rome a city of bricks and left it a city of marble," the first Roman Emperor, Caesar Augustus, is said to have boasted 2,000 years ago. If he did, he was exaggerating. As UCLA's Prof Diane Favro and others have argued, although he did build or at least begin a number of new marble buildings, Rome largely remained a city of brick - and is of course no...[READ MORE]
Futuristic Architecture Projects That Will Blow Your Mind! I have always been fascinated by futuristic architecture and seeing as it’s the weekend I was browsing around checking out some amazing designs today. I have picked out my favorite ten for your perusal –...[READ MORE]
More than half of tenants in the private rented sector in the UK are interested in alternative or insurance backed schemes as a substitute for paying an upfront lump sum deposit when renting, new research has found. Some 70% of tenants say that having the choice to pay an upfront deposit scheme would influence their decision whether to rent a specific property,...[READ MORE]
Senior Minister of the Republic of Ghana, Yaw Osafo-Maafo, has called on Engineers in the country to ensure that there is value-for-money of all engineering projects.He made this call in a speech read on his behalf, as a special guest, by Andy Appiah Kubi, Deputy Minister of Railways, at the opening ceremony of the 2019 Ghana Institution of Engineering (GhIE) Annual...[READ MORE]
Local mining service providers are accusing management of the Ghana Manganese Company of introducing bidding processes which favour Chinese service providers.They are alleging that the Chinese, since taking over the company have stopped employing the services of all local contractors and are using their own Chinese companies who have no permits from the Minerals...[READ MORE]
Cassiel Ato Forson Gov’t extorting money from 'long-suffering contractors' – Minority The Minority National Democratic Congress (NDC) has criticised an arrangement between the Finance Ministry and Fidelity Bank to pay outstanding...[READ MORE]
The Kenya Vision 2030 aims to transform Kenya into a newly industrializing, middle-income country providing a high quality of life to all its citizens by 2030 in a clean and secure environment.President Uhuru Kenyatta declared about his visions to dedicate resources for the betterment of the “Big Four”, sectors, during the next...[READ MORE]
A Forward Operating Base is to be constructed for the military at Enzulebu in the Ellembele District, Western Region for the protection of the nation’s oil resources, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo, has announced.He said the government had signed a contract with a firm for work to begin on the project while the...[READ MORE]
George Dawson-Ahmoah, has appealed to the Ghana Standards Authority (GSA) to as a matter of urgency investigate into the quality of the cement being produced in the country by Chinese companies.A letter dated 16th October 2018 and signed by the Executive Secretary of CMAG, Rev. Dr. George Dawson-Ahmoah, cited two of such companies in Tema and Ejisu...[READ MORE]