Personal and Professional Development

Empowerment Institute
www.empowermentinstitute.net

Leadership Works
www.leadershipworks.co.za

The Businesswomen’s Association (BWA)
www.bwasa.co.za

Free Management Library: Extensive offering of personal and professional development information
managementhelp.org

HR Practice
www.hrpractice.co.za

Liraz: Personal goal setting article
www.liraz.com

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Business Development

Entrepreneurial Assessment
www.bdc.ca

Free Management Library
www.managementhelp.org

A wealth of information for business management

Small Enterprise Development Agency
www.seda.co.za

• Starting your business
• Financing your business
• Managing your business
• Tender info
• Support

Statutory requirements to register a business
southafrica.smetoolkit.org

SME Toolkit
southafrica.smetoolkit.org

• Business planning
• HR
• Legal
• Technology
• Marketing
• Accounting and Finance

Leads 2 Business Construction Related Resources and News
www.l2b.co.za

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The Construction Economy

Industry Insight
www.industryinsight.co.za

SAFCEC
www.safcec.org.za.pdf (1.2 MB)

Government Budget 2009/10
www.fin24.com

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Construction News

Financial Mail
free.financialmail.co.za

Engineering News
www.engineeringnews.co.za

eProp
www.eprop.co.za

Fin24.com
www.fin24.com

Property24.com
www.property24.com

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Research

BWA South African Women in Corporate Leadership Census 2008
www.bwasa.co.za.pdf (beware 25MB)

A comparative analysis between US and South African women entrepreneurs in construction – University of Pretoria PhD Thesis, 2005
upetd.up.ac.za.pdf

UCT Construction Economics Management Research
www.cons.uct.ac.za

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Construction and Property Terms

Abbreviations commonly used in the SA construction industry
www.ceta.org.za

Construction Glossary
www.freeconstructionglossary.com

Constructionplace.com Glossary
www.constructionplace.com

Contractor School Online Glossary
/www.contractorreferral.com

Property Glossary
www.eprop.co.za

Rode Property Economists and Valuers Glossary
www.rode.co.za.pdf

Homebuilding Terms
www.homebuildingmanual.com

Adolfson & Peterson Construction
www.a-p.com

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Government Departments and Related Agencies

Department of Housing
www.housing.gov.za

Department of Public Works
www.publicworks.gov.za

Joburg Property Company
www.jhbproperty.co.za

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Industry Bodies and Associations

Association of Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS)
www.asaqs.co.za

Cement & Concrete Institute (C&CI)
www.cnci.org.za

• training
• resources / information

Clay Brick Association of SA
www.claybrick.org.za

Consulting Engineers South Africa (CESA)
www.cesa.co.za

Council for the Built Environment (CBE)
www.cbe.org.za

Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA)
www.ecsa.co.za

Master Builders South Africa (MBSA)
www.mbsa.org.za

South African Black Technical and Allied Careers Organisation
www.sabtaco.org.za

South African Council for the Architectural Profession
www.sacapsa.com

South African Council for the Project and Construction Management Professions
www.sacpcmp.co.za

South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP)
www.sacqsp.org.za

South African Federation of Civil Engineering Contractors (SAFCEC)
www.safcec.org.za

SAIA South African Institute of Architects (SAIA)
www.saia.org.za

South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE)
www.saice.org.za

SAISC South African Institute of Steel Construction (SAISC)
www.saisc.co.za

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Regulatory Bodies

National Homebuilders Registration Council (NHBRC)
www.nhbrc.org.za

Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)
www.cidb.org.za

CETA Construction Education and Training Authority (CETA)
www.ceta.org.za

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Construction Finance

National Housing Finance Corporation
www.nhfc.co.za

Nurcha
www.nurcha.co.za

Tusk Construction Support Services
www.tuskcss.co.za

Sebra
www.sebra.co.za

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Housing Related Organisations

Social Housing Foundation
www.shf.org.za

Home Loan Guarantee Company
www.hlgc.co.za

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Green Building

Green Building
www.greenbuilding.co.za

Green Building Council of SA
www.gbcsa.org.za

Greener Buildings
www.greenerbuildings.com

Urban Sprout
www.urbansprout.co.za

Architect Africa Online – link to 2009 Green Building Handbook
architectafrica.com

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Contractual and legal Issues

Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC contracts)
www.jbcc.co.za

Contracts on Demand
www.fh.co.za

Juta Law Publishers: McKenzie’s The Law of Building and Engineering Contracts and Arbitration 2009 edition
www.jutalaw.co.za

CESA:  Contract Documents Available
www.saace.co.za

Bowman Gilfillan
www.bowman.co.za

NEC
www.neccontract.com

FIDIC
www.fidic.org

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BEE

What is BEE?

Broad-based black economic empowerment (BEE) has been a central part of government’s economic transformation strategy for a number of years and is likely to remain so for 2009. The main purpose of BEE is to increase the number of black people that manage, own and control the country’s economy and as a result, to reduce income inequalities and to contribute to economic transformation in South Africa.

The core aspects of BEE are:

• Direct empowerment through ownership and control of enterprises and assets;
• Human resource development through skills development and employment equity;
• Indirect empowerment through preferential procurement policies aimed at ensuring
that black people benefit from government and private sector procurement and through the development of black owned and controlled enterprises.

The legislation supporting the BEE strategy is the Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment Act, which became law in 2003. Implementation of this legislation occurs in terms of the Codes of Good Practice on Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment. The Codes were promulgated in February 2007 as regulations to the Act.

Interested in reading more from this article?  www.fasa.co.za.pdf

The Construction Code Of Good Practice – gazetted June 09
CONSTRUCTION_CODE_GAZETTE.pdf

The DTI Codes of Good Practice
www.thedti.gov.za
www.thedti.gov.za.bee

Transcend Corporate Advisors
www.transcend.co.za

Bravura consulting – BEE summary
www.bravuraempowerment.com.pdf

Verification Agencies
www.abva.co.za

BEE glossary
www.fnb.co.za

BEE also means Women’s Economic Empowerment
www.sagoodnews.co.za

SEDA – BEE info
www.seda.co.za

National Enterprise Development Platform
www.enterprisedevelopment.co.za

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Construction Health & Safety

The Occupational Health and Safety Act
www.acts.co.za

Dept of Labour – Construction Health & Safety Guide
www.labour.gov.za

MBSA Health & Safety Manual
www.mbsa.org.za

Empowerisk
www.empowerisk.co.za

NOSA
www.nosa.co.za

Health-safety
An online directory providing useful Occupational Safety, Health and Environmental Management information
www.health-safety.co.za