Associations and institutes in South Africa

The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors

The Quantity Surveying profession has benefited by a governing institution in one form or another since 1905. The present Association was formed in 1971 to advance and promote the science and practice of quantity surveying and cognate matters.

The Council for the Built Environment

The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) was established as a statutory body by Parliament (Act 43 of 2000) to provide leadership to, and ensure good governance of the professions, while serving as a two-way channel for coordinated input, into the restructuring and development process, between the professions and Government.

South African Institute of Architects

SAIA aims to promote and maintain the art, science, research and practice of architecture.

The South African Council for the Architectural Profession

The SACAP is the regulatory body of the architectural profession in South Africa

The South African Association of Consulting Engineers

The South African Association of Consulting Engineers (SAACE) was established in 1952, as a voluntary association of independent consulting engineers in private practice. SAACE membership has, over the years, grown from 30 individual members in 1952 to 420 firms in 2002, which employ more than 12,500 people in total.

SA Institution of Civil Engineers - SAICE

The forerunner of the South African Institution of Civil Engineering was established in 1903 as a "learned society" to help develop technology, and to share knowledge for the development of the day.

The Engineering Council of South Africa

The Engineering Council of South Africa (ECSA) is the statutory body responsible for the registration of professional engineers, in terms of the Engineering Profession of South Africa Act (Act No 46 of 2000)

ASSOCIATED WEBSITES

The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors

The Standards Generating Body for the Quantity Surveying Profession

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