RESEARCH

SURVEYS
SAIA, and the Regional Institutes, conduct regular surveys on the state of the profession and practice standards nationally. These also include regular remuneration surveys amongst practices for employees in the profession. The survey enables employers to benchmark salaries and other employment benefits.

JOINT INITIATIVE ON PRIORITY SKILLS ACQUISITION (JIPSA) SEPTEMBER 2006
SAIA has been involved in discussions with the Built Environment Professional Associations regarding the national JIPSA (Joint Initiative on Priority Skills Acquisition) initiative to attract, train and retain more built environment professionals to cope with 2010 and the longer term sustained growth of 6% that is forecast for South Africa.

Click here to download the JIPSA Survey results - 69 kb .PDF

SAIA NATIONAL SURVEY 2001
A comprehensive national survey was carried out in 2001, which highlighted several changing trends in the profession over the last decade of the twentieth century.

Click here to download the State of the Profession - SAIA Survey - 106kb .PDF