For decades, construction has lagged behind in comparison to other sectors in productivity performance. There is now an opportunity for change by shifting several aspects of building activity away from traditional onsite projects to offsite manufacturing-style production. …

Our Company Update With another year is on its way out already, it’s the perfect time to reflect and recollect all that happened over the course. We packed just about as much as we could into this one! Our team has kept busy at industry events, making headway in our material research at…

Over the next few weeks, negotiators from nearly 200 countries will come together and haggle over the issues looming over us all for the annual Conference of the Parties (COP), bringing together a variety of stakeholders including environmental charities, community groups, think tanks and businesses alike. …

In April 2022, we applied and won funding for a competition looking for aspiring entrepreneurs and innovative ideas on: “Design and innovate with locally available materials for economic and environmental impact.” The Small Business Innovation Research Programme (SBIR) is funded by the Netherlands Enterprise Agency (RVO). There are (were!) exactly…

As we begin the construction of our latest project this September, we want to introduce some background on the mission behind our project. Why are we building a centre in Ahrtal? The inception of our construction system dates back to 10 years ago, when our CEO Dr. Gerd Dust questioned…

Company Update 2021 has been quite a ride for Polycare. We have set ourselves a lot of goals from financing our future growth to getting deals signed in new markets, as well as strengthening our own capabilities and delivery power. Early in the year we started to recruit a lot of new…

Although Namibia boasts several wins in their education sector and has many excellent facilities nation wide, the country also faces numerous stumbling blocks including a lack of teaching materials, skills and infrastructure development and general overcrowding of schools. The Oshinamumwe Combined School is a good example of a school working…

Polycare, as a partner of BOXA, supplies building technology for the construction of a self-sufficient toilet house in South Africa. “We face a major challenge in developing fast-growing communities while being aware of and minimizing the impact on our environment. Millions of people do not have access to decent and…

Back in 2016, Namibia and Germany launched programme to create affordable housing for residents of informal settlements. The model house, which was presented to the public for the first time at the international investment conference in Windhoek in November, became a very special Christmas present for a family in Namibia…