The National African Federated Building Industry (NAFBI) is an autonomous, non-for profit, Section 21 business organization that is responsible for economic access facilitation, capacity building and business linkages with the mission of transforming the Construction Industry in South Africa.
Continue reading →MBSA is an employers’ organisation registered in terms of the Labour Relations Act and exists to represent the interests of members, as well as to provide them with specialist support services to assist them in the successful running of their businesses. The membership comprises some 756 enterprises involved in the building industry and related activities in the province of KwaZulu-Natal.
Continue reading →The Building Industry is the engine for growth and stability in the Boland.
MBA Boland will provide leadership to the building industry by striving to create a profitable environment through facilitating and coordinating industry activities, providing quality services , maintaining a regional platform and influencing the environment to achieve benefits for members and the communities in its area of jurisdiction.
The MBA Boland motto is “Build with the Best”
Continue reading →DWASA is a national and international, non-profit, representative body of the damp-proofing and waterproofing industry in Southern Africa intent on maintaining and upgrading standards within the damp-proofing and waterproofing industries for the benefit of its Clients and members.
DWASA’s primary role is to promote the interests and views of its members through its engagement with government and legislative bodies as well as like-minded bodies within the construction industry.
Continue reading →The Building Industry Bargaining Council (North and West Boland) is responsible for regulating and monitoring employment conditions in the building industry in the North and West Boland areas.
Continue reading →The Concrete Manufacturers Association (CMA) is the primary representative of the precast concrete industry. Now in its 44th year, it initiates standards in close cooperation with StanSA and collaborates with its members in developing new products and services.
The Association’s prime focus is to ensure that its members’ products are applied correctly. A CMA mark serves as a guarantee of quality and the CMA takes responsibility should a problem arise.
Continue reading →The BIBC is responsible for regulating and monitoring employement conditions in the building industry in the Cape PeninsulBoland, Malmesbury and Overstrand areas. By law, all building and building related contractors (i.e. painters, plumbers, etc.) must pay their employees the minimum rates as prescribed and contribute to certain minimum employee benefits. These employment conditions are gazetted in the Collective Agreement by the minister of Labour and as such becomes law.
Continue reading →The Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA) provides skills development services to the construction sector, to implement the objectives of the National Skills Development Strategy (NSDS III) and to ensure that people obtain the critical or scarce skills that are needed to build the capacity of the construction sector to become economically sustainable and globally competitive. To better understand the skills need in the construction industry CETA conducts research on the skills that employers need. CETA is responsible for identifying skills gaps and developing the education and training programmes that are appropriate to address the skills shortage in line with the skills needs of the construction industry. CETA also funds a number of learning programmes including skills programmes, learnerships, apprenticeships, internships and bursaries at various public education and training institutions such as Universities and TVET Colleges. that all training reflects the needs and requirement of the sector.
Continue reading →Whilst a number of local building contractors got together during 1946, the association was only formally established in 1948 with a registered constitution and an elected Executive Committee.
Over the past 64 years the association grew in stature and currently has over 200 members from most of the disciplines in the building industry. The full-time office is manned by five employees.
A variety of services are provided to members and the main objective is to look after their interests and provide them with the necessary information to operate their businesses successfully.
Continue reading →As one of South Africa’s 18 export councils, the Built Environment Professions Export Council (BEPEC) assists South African engineering, architects, and quantity surveying firms, as well as contractors to export their services into new markets in Africa and beyond.
As the prime export council in South Africa that focuses on built-environmental professions, we operate in a partnership with the South African Department of Trade and Industry (dti). As a result, our mandate is in line with their objectives: diversifying South Africa’s export sector by helping built-environment companies identify and access new markets. Additionally, we are also working towards transforming South Africans exports by helping smaller and black-owned businesses become export ready.
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