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SASFA IS A DIVISION OF

24 April 2008

6th LSFB Industry Meeting:Progress with the Industry

Development Plan – J Barnard

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• SASFA Committees

• Membership

• Publicity for LSFB

• Training

• SASFA/SANS Building Standard

• Accreditation programme

• Authorities, banks

• Industry capacity and forecasts (07/08)

• Plans for next 12 months

• What is happening out there?

Agenda

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Three committees

– Exco

– Technical Committee

– Training Committee

• While most of the work is ultimately done by Institute staff, SASFA relies

on its committee members to provide guidance, and information.

• These committees meet monthly, or bi-monthly, and the members

contribute their time and resources in the interests of the LSFB Industry.

They are:

Exco:

R Everson (Gyproc) - Chairman, J Stragier (Everite), H Basson

(ArcelorMittal SA), L Naidoo (Lafarge Gypsum), A Scott (Isover), R Kemp

(Brits Nonwoven), S Murray (Mitek), S Cullender (Scottsdale), P Swanepoel

(Hazy Crest), D Joubert (Clotan), B Harris (Vela SBS), Dr H de Clercq

(SAISC), J Barnard.

SASFA Committees

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Technical Committee

Richard Bailey (Mitek), David van Zyl (Vela SBS), Rob White (IZASA),

Annemarie Robertson (Group 5), Reitze Hylkema (Kare), Terry Smith

(SAHDGA), Colin Thomas (ArcelorMittal), Grant Richardson (Isover), Andre

Schlunz (BPB Gypsum), Lance Woolley (Brits Nonwoven), Dirk Loubser

(SABS), Peter Day (Jones & Wagener), Anna-Marie Sassenberg (AMS Civil &

Structural Consulting), Jack van Dyk (Lafarge Gypsum), Steve Cullender

(Scottsdale), Hennie de Clercq (SAISC), John Barnard (SASFA).

Training Committee

Hannes Basson (ArcelorMittal SA), Jack van Dyk (Lafarge Gypsum), Nick

Joubert (Tjeka Training), Paul Schutte (Vesco), Mike Crawford (Group 5),

Hennie de Clercq (SAISC), J Barnard (SASFA).

Thank you for your contribution.

SASFA Committees

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Why become a member?

• Be fully informed about industry developments, and influence theSASFA course.

• Qualify for membership benefits (seminars, publications).

• Qualify for accreditation.

• Listing on the SASFA website.

Membership

Member category Feb-07 Oct-07 Mar-08

Major material supplier 6 6 6

Other material, component and equipment suppliers 2 6 7

Manufacturers of Light Steel Frame Building Systems

Large (>1000t / yr) 5 7 9

Other (<1000t/yr) 1 4 5

Merchants, service centres and distributors 3 8 8

Building Industry member 3 9 15

Design Consultants 3 6 7

Associate member 4 5 8

Total 27 51 65

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Publicity

Some 30 media articles were

placed since August 07-

SA Builder

Building Africa

Steel Construction

Walls and Roofs

Government Digest

Cape Business News

Housing in SA

DIY News

Engineering News

Construction World

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Publicity

Steel Construction (the

journal) has allocated 9

pages per edition to

LSFB. Members should

use it for project articles

& ads!

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Publicity

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Publicity - website

SASFA Website traffic

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Jul-07

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Unique Visitors

No of visits

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Training

• Erection and cladding course

• being offered by Lafarge Gypsum and Tjeka Training (3-5 day course)

• course material is being aligned to SASFA Code and expanded, as the

SASFA course

• SASFA Code Training Course

• presented in Jhb, Dbn and Cape Town

• possibly also Bloemfontein, PE and Windhoek

• Planned courses

• Quality management systems

• LSFB for building inspectors

• Architecture students

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SASFA Building Code

• Printed and launched in Dec 2007 – positive feedback

• Submitted to SABS to serve as input for SANS 517

• Some additions and minor corrections / enhancements being drafted

• Serves as basis for Rational Design

• Available in the foyer

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Accreditation programme

• Stage 1 (LSFB Systems)

• University of Stellenbosch

• Stages 2-4 (Manufacturing, Erection, Building Completion)

• Pro-forma Quality Plans

• Training - Quality Systems

• Accreditation Village – fast tracking

• In collaboration with ABSA – Olievenhoutbosch

• Architect appointed – scheme designed, 26 units

• Meeting of builders

• Next : finalise design, get plans approved, form company, build!

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Accreditation programme

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Accreditation programme

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Authorities and Banks

• Local authorities

• Generally accepts rational design.

• Have not stopped a single project

• Financial institutions

• Only one bank is openly supportive of LSFB

• Three of the large banks have granted bonds on LSFB

• NHBRC

• Has accepted the SASFA Code as an improvement on the interim

draft code.

• Accepts rational design projects

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Industry capacity

Feb-07 Sep-07 Mar-08 Growth Growth

vs Feb 07 vs Sept 07

Profilers Number 8 18 21 163% 17%

Profiling machines Number 18 35 38 111% 9%

Profiling capacity 106 lin m/yr 24 30 36 55% 23%

103 tons/yr 20 25 31 54% 23%

Products manufactured

trusses only % of total 50% 45% 43%

full LSFB systems % of total 50% 55% 57%

Geographic location

KZN % of total 33% 28% 23%

Cape % of total 22% 32% 26%

Gauteng % of total 45% 40% 41%

Free State % of total 3%

Mpumalanga % of total 3%

Capacity of SASFA members % of total 78% 85% 87%

Current profiling capacity : trusses => 1.87m sq m / yr

: systems => 1.17 m sq m / yr

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Plans for the next 12 months

• Publication of SANS 517

• Accreditation scheme

• Complete Accreditation Village

• Audit all systems (Stage 1)

• Audit all manufacturers (Stage 2)

• Audit 10 erectors / builders (Stages 3 & 4)

• Publicity

• Maintain high level of media coverage

• Interbuild

• SAHF conference exhibition

• Marketing

• prepare media ad programme

• get all financial institutions on board

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Plans for the next 12 months (continued…)

•Technical

• arrange testing programme for assemblies in the Code

• finalise corrosion specification for fasteners, and include in Code

• build up library (books and electronic media)

• act as ‘quality custodian’ for LSFB industry

• Involvement with Architecture Depts at the Universities

• Training

• Finalise and implement SASFA Erection and Cladding Course

• Offer a training programme in Quality Systems for members

• Offer training course for inspectors

• Offer Code course in Bloemfontein and PE.

• Expand SASFA membership by 20%

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What’s happening?

1200 sq m

Overstrand

Training Institute,

Hermanus

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What’s happening?

Holiday house at

Hartebeespoort

Dam

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What’s happening?

House in Fourways,

Johannesburg

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What’s happening?

House in Lusaka,

Zambia

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What’s happening?

Ugie project, Eastern Cape

Western Cape

(after 1 month!)

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What’s happening?

Trout

Lodge,

Dullstroom

Malmesbury

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What’s happening?

Sports hall, Pretoria

Antigua project,

KZN South Coast

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You MUST agree that LSFB has arrived in

Southern Africa!