April 2023

Urbanisation and Sustainable Development are key economic drivers leading the global construction industry’s post-pandemic recovery, including in South Africa. Despite supply-chain stoppages, rising raw material costs and the recessionary-effect of rising inflation and interest rates, these two (seemingly) diametrically opposed trends are driving innovation and development in the advanced building materials market.

Local leading bamboo composite building materials manufacturer Eva-Last are building for a greener Africa faster than its primary raw material bamboo takes to replenish!

The company supplies sustainable composite decking, cladding, architectural beams and railing made from recycled plastic combined with fast-growing bamboo to over 32 countries around the world.