About The African Cement and Concrete Summit

About The African Cement and Concrete Summit

Totally Construction East Africa brings you four events in one designed to provide you with methods to increase sustainability in East African construction projects with access to innovative building systems, quality control enforcement and testing techniques, and alternative technologies that can reduce construction costs by 30%. The event is designed to give you front row access to construction business opportunities across East Africa's high growth and high risk markets.

About The African Cement and Concrete Summit

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East Africa's dynamic cement and concrete markets are booming with new business opportunities. In Tanzania cement production is expected to double to 6 million tonnes per annum by the end of the year when Dangote's cement plant in Tanzania's Mtwara region becomes operational. In Rwanda, CIMERWA's expansion plans will multiply production levels by six with expected annual cement production scheduled to rise to 600,000 tonnes per annum. Totally Concrete East Africa 2016 is the most cost effective way to stake your claim in the East African cement and concrete industry in 2016.

Infrastructural projects have played a big part in the growth in demand of cement and will continue to do so in East Africa. The 2016 programme focuses on how cement and concrete technology is transforming the way East Africa is being built. The programme will offer solutions and technologies in accompaniment to the latest opportunities and challenges facing East Africa's cement industry including quality control, high manufacturing costs, access and reliability of electricity, and preparing for climate change. Technical content will enable skills development and capacity building through case studies featuring applications for a variety of cement grades and methods on improving concrete design mix in the East African context. This is the region's leading event for access to East Africa's foremost users and producers of cement and will specifically target engineers, R&D, technical teams and concrete technologists.

About the Housing for East Africa Forum

Rising urbanisation levels are driving up demand for residential housing and commercial buildings. World-renowned experts will deliver critical insight into housing delivery in East Africa through innovative infrastructure delivery and alternative building materials ranging from high performance cement to modular building systems. This conference unlocks access to new building systems and technologies to reduce construction costs in East Africa, and familiarize local government, project owners and property developers with technologies being used for housing development across Africa including modular systems, high performance concrete, green building, interlocking systems, steel building, soil brick stabilisation and more.

About the Commercial Property Development East Africa Briefing

Commercial property development is on the rise in East Africa due to a growing middle class and growing demand for shopping malls and office parks. This briefing prepares property developers for upcoming legislation in the region and its effect on property investment through the latest opportunities, insights into rental returns, market dynamics and more. The Commercial Property Development East Africa Executive Briefing will be held during a networking breakfast at Totally Construction East Africa.

About Digital Construction East Africa

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In light of recent technological advancements over the past decade especially with Building Information Modelling (BIM) being one of those advancements that have attracted significant attentions globally in the construction industry, many companies globally have acknowledged this trend and have joined the radical paradigm shift of adopting BIM. The BIM Institute wishes to see the dramatic improvements by helping deliver the standards and requirements of the Building Information Modelling Strategy for Africa and promote the software and IT processes and standards required to strengthening Africa's construction industry for the future of any construction project implementation and beyond.

Digital Construction East Africa will provide a unique opportunity for construction executives and professionals to benchmark and improve business processes and understand the impact on effective strategies for improved information technology processes and the drive to promote processes such as BIM. By providing an innovative digital lounge environment at this year's East Africa show, international and local experts will be engaging in motivating presentations, interactive discussions and product showcases giving visitors an opportunity to take away countless insights into your software processes for your organization.