By Construction Alliance South Africa South Africa’s construction industry has now united to form an umbrella body, the Construction Alliance South Africa (CASA) that is made up of 29 of the sectors’ professional, contractor, supplier and other bodies. The alliance was officially launched on 21 January 2021. Industry stalwart, John Matthews who is the chairperson […]
Pandemics manifest in various ways, impacting all of us and leaving behind pain, suffering and disbelief. Not only is the coronavirus on the rampage, but Britain has in the past year experienced more than 2 000 asbestos-related deaths especially in construction related industries. For many years, asbestos was used in almost every public and commercial […]
On 18th September 2020, the Master Builders Association North (MBA North) announced the winners in its prestigious annual safety competition, which recognises best practice in construction site safety. Awards were given in nine categories. The formal Safety Competition Awards Ceremony did not take place this year in order to comply with COVID-19 regulations. “Despite the […]
Master Builders and Allied Trades Association (Free State), known as MBA FS, was founded in 1952 and has been an institution for 68 year now. MBA Free State is affiliated with MBSA, which is an organisation which speaks on behalf of its members and specialised affiliate members. MBA Free State is part of a federation […]
Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal held its 119th Annual General meeting on 30 June 2020 via the Microsoft Teams platform, which saw Bhekisisa Samson Ngcongo of Dambuza Community Development Trust elected to a second term as President of the Association. In his address, he stated that the Association would vigorously pursue the relevant strategies to build a […]
The Master Builders Association (MBA) North has broadly welcomed President Ramaphosa’s vision of massive infrastructure spending as the “flywheel” of South Africa’s recovery from the COVID-19 crisis. Speaking at the inaugural Sustainable Infrastructure Development Symposium, President Ramaphosa said that 88 investment-ready projects had already been identified by the Presidency’s infrastructure and investment head Dr Kgosientsho Ramakgopa […]
Hierarchy of Controls Elimination: Physically remove the hazard Substitution: Replace the hazard Engineering Controls: Isolate people from the hazard Administrative Controls: Change the way people work Personal Protective Equipment: Protect the worker with PPE HAZARD: Transport to work RISK Company transport: Lack of social distancing, transport with ill people, unsanitary vehicle and poor ventilation in […]
So it was back to work for most of our Industry from 1 June 2020, but as you are no doubt aware, the MBA has been anything but idle during lockdown. Apart from our usual weekly MBA Bulletins and articles, we have sent out over 40 Covid-19 specific emails which have also been communicated to […]
As the construction industry gears up to return to work when the lockdown moves to Level 3 on 1 June, industry stakeholders need to come together to reach a consensus on a number of contentious issues, says Wayne Albertyn, Director of Gothic Construction and President of MBA North. “A key issue we need to resolve […]
As per the announcement of President Ramaphosa on Sunday 24 May 2020, the whole country will move from Level 4 to Level 3 of the lockdown as from Monday 1 June 2020. The Minister of Cooperative Governance and Traditional Affairs has released Regulations in respect of the Determinations of Alert Levels and Hotspots as well […]