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NHBRC Limpopo hosts workshop to reinforce home inspection

Issued by National Home Builders Registration Council
Johannesburg, Mar 6, 2018

The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) Limpopo held a Technical Inspectorate Workshop in its efforts to capacitate inspectors to forge an integrated approach when they inspect the quality of homes.

This included construction project managers, senior management in integrated sustainable human settlements, NHBRC inspectors, municipal building inspectors and property valuators.

"This gives us an opportunity to strengthen existing relations by outlining the role of each institution on site, equip the inspectors across the board on new developments and come up with new approaches when we do home inspections," said Provincial Manager Nurse Chavalala.

The workshop focused on: the impact of newly revised NHBRC Home Builders Manual; Policy and Quality Plan for Material Testing Protocol; professionalisation of inspectors and the development of building inspectorate qualification.

The theme of the workshop was: "Accelerating the construction of quality homes for the people" and was held in conjunction with South African Local Government Association (SALGA), municipalities, Department of Cooperative Governance Human Settlements & Traditional Affairs (COGHSTA), Housing Development Agency (HDA) and Project Management Unit (PMU). More than 170 people attended the two-day workshop at Karibu Lodge in Tzaneen.

For more information or to arrange an interview, please contact Molebogeng Taunyane on 011 317 0070/082 646 8663 or e-mail [email protected].

The NHBRC

The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) is an agency of the department of human settlements which is responsible for the protection of housing consumers and to regulate the home building industry. The NHBRC also offers services such as enrolment of new homes, home builder registration, home building inspections, builder training, geotechnical and materials engineering. This year, the NHBRC has trained 827 youth, 187 artisans, 81 military veterans and 1857 emerging home builders. Of this total women make up 64% (i.e. 530) of the youth, 44% (i.e. 36) of military veterans and 44% (i.e. 821) of the emerging home builders.

For more information:
www.nhbrc.org.za. Twitter: @NHBRC Facebook: NHBRCSA 0800 200 824.