The Association looks forward to another year of serving the interests of our members by addressing matters that impact on our Industry head on. To this end, the Association has, in recent months, engaged with pertinent industry stakeholders and has several interventions planned to assist members and to take the industry forward.
The Executive Director has announced the convening of a Member Forum. The dates and times for 2019 are as follows:
• 5 February 2019 at 12H00
• 14 March 2019 at 14H00
• 25 April 2019 at 12H00
• 14 May 2019 at 14H00
• 13 June 2019 at 14H00
• 23 July 2019 at 14H00
• 22 August 2019 at 12H00
• 12 September 2019 at 14H00
• 10 October 2019 at 14H00
Meetings will take place at the Master Builders Centre, 40 Essex Terrace, Westville. Members are encouraged to take advantage of this new membership feature.
In December 2018, load shedding was once again a reality. In the Midlands, the Association attended a forum launched by Pietermaritzburg Chamber of Commerce for interaction with the municipality on electrical faults stemming from the outages. The meeting proved informative and the Municipality expressed commitment to achieving prompt reaction times to reported faults.
In the South Coast, the Association held meetings with building inspectors at the Department of Labour. The objective of these meetings was to address matters relating to non-compliance notices issued by the department. All concerns have been addressed and the Department was keen to engage with our membership at various forums such as member meetings to help members meet all requirements.
Master Builders KwaZulu-Natal is proud to announce an alliance with 1st Verification Networx, one of South Africa’s leading B-BBEE verification agencies. Members will now receive a 10% discount on their quoted fee when signing up for a B-BBEE verification.
Africandi, a sister Company to 1st Verification Networx, is a B-BBEE Consulting Service offering transformation solutions. It has developed the first and only B-BBEE Scorecard Calculator App in South Africa and is pleased to offer a 10% discount to MBA Members on their purchase of a 1 year licence to the B-BBEE Scorecard Calculator App.
Member companies are reminded that the Association does assist members in resolving issues of non-payment. If you are experiencing challenges in this regard, relating to work completed for municipalities, provincial and national government departments, state-owned enterprises and implementing agents and parties, contact your Association to engage on your behalf.
2019 is set to bring members presentations on key matters that impact on the industry.
These include:
• Impact of draft Expropriation Bill
• Infrastructure opportunities
• Role of Social Facilitator in Construction
• Addressing concerns with Financial institutions
• Environmental management in Construction
• Technology changing the face of Construction
• Business Rescue - know your rights!
• Addressing delayed payment & non-payment in Construction
In addition, we will be hosting workshops on, ‘Management of Cannabis related issues’ and ‘Building Contracts, Compliance Timeframes & Costing of Projects'.
We look forward to your participation.
Ernest Roper | Membership Services Manager
