About Buildaid Publishing


 
About Buildaid Publishing

Buildaid Publishing is a specialist publishing company focusing on the building, construction and related industries market. The books produced fall into one of three categories Buildaid Publishing has created to connect with their chosen customers: Information, Education and Inspiration. The company is extremely diverse in its research and innovative processes.

We supply technical publications outlining specifications and pricing, to educational publications covering the process of building in simplified English and accompanied by technical illustrations, to aspirational books focused on architecture and interior design.

With a thrust towards information and education, Buildaid Publishing's future focus is on the upliftment and sustainability of the South African construction industry from a grass roots level. This is done through the creation of graphically and editorially simplistic explanations of the processes, standards and norms of building in Southern Africa and the SADEC regions. Our flagship publication, the Buildaid Building & Pricing Guide has been published for sixteen years and is regarded by regular readers as the building industry bible.

Co-founded by Graham Alexander, the founder of Buildaid, South Africa's first cost estimating firm and developer of South Africa's first computerised cost estimating system and headed up by Gordon Alexander. Buildaid Publishing was birthed in the early nineties from our flagship publication, the Buildaid Building & Pricing Guide, when a need was identified for a printed publication, accessible to all ends of the market, outlining construction practices, material costs and their associated specifications.

Eigtheen years later, Buildaid Publishing has become a leader in providing learned information to the South African construction industry. Buildaid Publishing has extended its stable of titles considerably over the past decade and ventured into the fields of architecture and government projects for the South African Department of Education.

Buildaid's team consists of an eclectic mix in professional knowledge, industry experience, young talent and sheer enthusiasm for the work they do.