The SACPCMP was established to regulate and promote specific Built Environment Management Professions and is a juristic person established by the Project and Construction Management Professions Act (Act No.48 of 2000) “to provide for the registration of professionals, candidates and specified categories in the project and construction management professions; to provide for the regulation of the relationship between the South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions and the Council for the Built Environment; and to provide for matters connected therewith”.

The SA Council for Project and Construction Management Professions is a statutory, SAQA-recognised professional body. They have seven professional designations:

1. Professional Construction Project Manager (Pr.CPM);
2. Professional Construction Manager (Pr.CM);
3. Professional Construction Mentor (Pr.CMentor);
4. Construction Mentor (CMentor);
5. Professional Construction Health and Safety Agent (Pr.CSHA);
6. Professional Construction Health and Safety Manager (Pr.CHSM);
7. Construction Health and Safety Officer (CHSO)