Riverside Consulting Quantity Surveyors

18/04/2024

27/09/2023

Come and join the EmpowerFest and learn how we are working with UTTE to solve the housing crisis in South Africa.

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First Thursday Public Exhibit Opening: Unveiling Urban Visions

Urban Think Tank Empower (UTTE) invites you to a captivating evening of art, culture and urban exploration as we kick off EmpowerFest with our First Thursday Public Exhibit Opening.

This First Thursday event is more than an exhibition. It sets the stage for an inspiring week of EmpowerFest activities, where we'll explore innovative solutions to South Africa's public housing crisis.

Don't miss this chance to be part of a vibrant community committed to shaping the future of our cities. Join us at the UTTE Studio on 5 October!

Get your general ticket now at https://bit.ly/44TigPX

Get your ticket to the guest lecture with Alfredo Brillembourg & Frederic Levrat here https://bit.ly/3Lt5II9

14/04/2023

In England, it is not uncommon to see "wavy" brick walls. Interestingly, the design uses fewer bricks than a straight wall. A straight wall that is just one brick thick is not sturdy enough to stand alone & can be easily toppled, so they generally have a thickness of at least two or more layers of bricks, & are also reinforced at regular intervals with vertical posts serving as buttresses. But a wavy "one-brick" wall stands just fine on its own due to the arch support provided by its shape, which combines both wall & buttress. Such a structure is called a "crinkle crankle wall" "the Old English version of "zig zag." 🙂

15/11/2022

Personalized project cupcakes to celebrate the partnership between the Empower project and the City of Cape Town. Thank you, .

14/11/2022

We have been working with architect, Alexander Creem, who is part of the Urban Think Tank team, based in New York, for a couple of years and we finally had a chance to meet in person for the first time last week.

12/06/2022

Redevelopment of Avalon Spirngs...finally on site after years of planning.

06/06/2022

Empower Khayelitsha: an innovative solution to the housing crisis. Riverside is implementing on behalf of Urban Think-Tank. Phase 5 is now on site.

03/12/2021

Kogelberg Tourist Accommodation: CIFA architectural award 2021. Proud to be part of the team to deliver this project.

01/12/2021

How wonderful for our Kogelberg project to win this architectural award.

28/11/2021

On site at the recently completed barn restaurant at Vergenoegd Wine Farm. Opening soon

Riverside Consulting quantity surveyors is a registered QS practice based in Cape Town and Hermanus, South Africa. Our team of expert quantity surveyors strive to improve the quality of our service through ongoing professional development and by staying abreast of the latest technology.

12/11/2021

A real advertisement from the sixties. Asbestos was used in construction for 100 years before it was banned.

30/10/2021

This paints a bleak picture:

https://businesstech.co.za/news/business-opinion/533364/south-africas-decline-in-13-graphs/?fbclid=IwAR3dk7X-mTb8sbAiHZPIUNBYuGFtr8w1An-RA5thU6T5Ih1rlO_RB_TUA_I

Chief economist at the Efficient Group, Dawie Roodt, has published a series of graphs showing how South Africa’s economy has steadily declined over the last three decades.