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Social facilitation is becoming a built environment profession — and it touches architects' scope of work
DPWI's Integrated Social Facilitation Framework is already moving to implementation, naming architects at Design Development stage and proposing a new SACPCMP-registered profession — with no SAIA response on record yet.
Peta De Jager
Sep 102 min read
The built environment professions may be about to change
The Draft Built Environment Professions Bill, 2026 would repeal all seven built-environment Acts — including SACAP's — and replace them with a single Act and a single regulator. Comments close 23 September 2026.
Peta De Jager
Sep 101 min read
SAIA responds to the draft General Public Procurement Regulations, 2026
SAIA has submitted six concerns on the draft Procurement Regulations to National Treasury and confirmed its support for CASA's parallel submission, warning the draft risks disqualifying qualified practices and undermining design integrity.
Peta De Jager
Jul 62 min read
National Building Regulations Amendment Bill, 2026 — open for comment
A new Coordinating Committee for the built environment, an internal appeals mechanism, and updated definitions — the NBR Amendment Bill is open for comment until 3 September 2026.
Peta De Jager
Jul 31 min read
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