Agrément South Africa PRESENTATION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans

Agrément South AfricaPRESENTATION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE

FOR

THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS

Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans and Budgets for the 2013/14 financial yearOn 24 April 2013

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http://www.buildnet.co.za/akani/2005/mar/05.html

Vision & Mission Vision

To-be world class technical Assessment Agency Mission To promote the government’s objectives of economic

development, good governance and raising living standards and prosperity in South Africa. This will be achieved by encouraging and facilitating the use of innovative and non-standard construction products through its certification scheme thereby capitalising on the benefits to be gained.


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Impact and Achievements

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Exceeded all projections of outputs to date Aligns Strategy to support Key priority areas of Government &

DPW: Unemployment, Poverty & Inequality – Triple Challenge.The New Growth Path sets a goal of 5 million new jobs by

2020; identifies structural problems in the economy to be overcome and points to opportunities in specific sectors and markets (“jobs drivers”).

•The 1st jobs driver is infrastructure: laying the basis for higher growth, inclusivity and job creation.


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SIP’s & National Development Plan 2030



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Recommendations SIP’s & NPD Vision 2030 Strengthening broader technical capacity, hence for Agrément;

Review of the ‘technical infrastructure’ supporting testing and certification in the building & construction industry

scope must include building regulations, codes & certification and supporting infrastructure

R&D infrastructure – other than as support infrastructure to building regulations, codes and certification, and supporting infrastructure

The 17 Strategic Integrated Projects (SIPs). The SIPs cover a range of economic and social infrastructure. All nine provinces are covered, with emphasis on poorer provinces.



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Create Jobs: Create 11 million more jobs by 2030:Lower the cost of doing business and costs for householdsExpand Infrastructure Speed up and expand renewable energy and waste recycling & ensure buildings meet energy-efficiency standardsTransform urban and rural spaces: Stop building houses on poorly located land and shift more resources to upgrading informal settlements, provided that they are in areas close to jobs

A government that works well doesn’t just deliver more houses. It does more than that. It makes it possible for people to build or buy their own houses

SIP’s & National Development Plan Vision 2030


Board

Technical Committee

Technical Agency Agrément South Africa

Industry Technical Experts

Organisational structureWednesday 19 April 2023www.agrement.co.za

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GovernanceAnnual report 2012 tabled in parliament 29th September 2012The Minister of public Works approved the Agrément South Africa’s 2013/14 – 2017/18 strategic planStrategic and Annual Performance Plan 2013/14 – 2017/18 was delivered to the Parliamentary Stores in March 2013 for tablingBoard of Agrément South Africa conducts oversight on Agency operationsThe Chairman and the members of the Board of Agrément South Africa are duly appointed by the Minister of Public Works.By undertaking technical assessments of innovative systems for and on behalf of the Government, Agrément South Africa has made a great contribution in the safe introduction of innovative technologies in the country with commensurate benefits.



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Governance Matters: Values Agrément South Africa has excellent systems, processes &

linkages with global best practice. Agrément South Africa is well governed with strong control

systems. The Board addresses issues of corporate governance to ensure

compliance with treasury & national requirements. This ensures proper fiduciary management within the

Agrément South Africa.



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Board Governance 8 Board members. Appointed for a period of three years. Board Chairperson and Board members are appointed by the

Minister of Public Works. Current Chair is Mr. Pepi Silinga. Strategic planning session held annually. The Board of Agrément holds at least four meetings in a year Board focussed on consolidating its previous strategic plans and

moving the Agency forward. The Board's Technical sub-committee focused on key objectives

& ensured Agrément South Africa was well governed. Agrément’s financial statements are audited and received a

clean audit report


Ms Nteboheng NgcoboMBA, Civil EngineeringLecturer, University of Johannesburg

Mr Mninawe Pepi SilingaCEO Coega Development Corporation

Dr Jeffrey MahachiExecutive DirectorNHBRC

Mr MF MakamoManagerSABS

Mr Hans IttmannEx-DirectorCSIR

Ms Mariana MarneweckManagerNRCS

Ms Adelaide RanapeLegal ManagerWBHO

Mr DC FredericksManaging DirectorOHS E-Consulting

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Highlights of Performance1

Continuing to Maintain SANS ISO9001 certification.

Enhancing the technical skills of Agrément South Africa to ensure competence in handling complex technical assessments.

Continued utilisation of in-house specialist laboratory testing equipment.

Retaining in-house, highly-skilled technical experts to provide expert opinions in interpreting laboratory analysis and tests.



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Typical Product Development Cycle

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BUILT ENV. PROFESSIONALS



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Transformation

Percentage of staff either black or female: 92%

Agrément South Africa continued its strong emphasis on the development of human resources to enhance the skills level

and efficiency of technical staff. The technical committee has improved hugely in terms of both

the number and skill of experts. Transformation within the Agency has been addressed.

No. %Black Females 4 34%Black Males 6 50%White Males 1 8%White Females 1 8%Total 12100%



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A requirement for certification by Agrément South Africa: Is that each certificate holder has a quality management system in place that is documented in a quality manual. The quality management system and the implementation thereof as described in the quality manual must be approved by Agrément South Africa.No certificate will be granted until a satisfactory quality manual has been received and the quality management system approved by the Board of Agrément South Africa.The applicant must comply with Agrément South Africa’s quality management system which is broadly based on the SANS 9001: Quality management system. Assures credibility of the certificate.

Quality Management System



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Concept & Element

To ensure that all factors relating to the validity of certificate are systematically managed so that Agrément certification maintains its credibility

Conformance monitoring (ongoing quality inspection and reporting) and consequential corrective actions

Periodic validity review and consequential decision-taking

Validity review



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The certificate holder must include, and elaborate on, the following for manufacturing and erection/installation processes, where applicable:

management responsibilitycontract reviewdesign controlpurchasing process controlinspections, testing and measuring equipmentcontrol of non-conforming productscorrective and preventive actionproduct identification, control and traceabilitycontrol of recordshandling, storage, packaging and transportationtraininginternal quality audit.

Implementation



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Results for 2012/2013Actual

2010/2011Actual

2011/2012Actual

2012/2013

Applications received:

Evaluation offers made:

Evaluation offers accepted:

Certificates issued:

Certified systems under custodianship:

□ Building products:

□ Building systems:

□ Roads products:

Board’s meetings:

29

24

19

15

84

98

15

3

36

33

16

20

94

102

16

4

33

30

24

31

95

116

17

4



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Target

2012/13 2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

Applications received: 12 17 17 29 36 33Evaluation offers made: 12 16 15 24 33 30Evaluation offers accepted: 12 12 7 19 16 24

Certificates issued: 12 9 12 15 20 31

Building products: 86 65 71 84 94 95

Building systems: 95 70 80 98 102 116

Roads products: 15 10 11 15 16 17No. of Board meetings 2 3 4 3 4 4

Technical Outputs (Certificates Approved)



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2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13

Total Income 8 737 412 8 782 333 9 778 965 9 947 352

Total Expenses 8 590 975 8 550 714 9 876 645 9 957 313

Running Costs (Admin) 2 538 961 2 335 075 1 929 313 2 174 340

Human Resources (incl Perform Bonus) 4 757 491 4 640 583 5 082 398 5 069 820

Overhead Costs 1 294 523 1 575 056 669 072 695 917

Depreciation 369 948 375 056 369 948 439 947

Shared Services Costs 480 601 600 000 1 290 492 996 102

Executive Levies 480 601 600 000 535 422 581 187

Margin before Interest 146 437 231 619 -97 680 -9 961

Interest 147 597 107 570 182 508 185 755

Nett Margin 294 034 339 189 84 828 175 794



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Agrément South Africa [R'000] MTEF Estimates2013/14 2014/15 2015/16 2016/17 2017/18

External Income 9 121 9 730 10 314 10 933 11 589Other Income 1 541 1 839 1 949 2 066 2 190 Total Income 10 662 11 569 12 263 12 999 13 779Human Resources 5 550 6 022 6 383 6 766 7 172Pensionable Salaries 4 521 4 905 5 199 5 511 5 842Service Bonus 202 219 232 246 260Casual Employees 101 109 116 123 130Car Allowance 58 63 67 71 75Contribution Leave Gratuity 95 103 109 115 122Pension Fund Contribution 396 429 455 482 511Medical aid 53 58 61 65 69Other (UIF, Skills Dev Levy) 125 136 144 152 162Running Costs 2 625 2 849 3 020 3 201 3 393Quality Management 432 468 497 526 558Building, Equipment Repair & Maintenance 277 300 318 337 357Stationery 82 89 94 100 106Other Technical Assessments Costs 462 501 531 563 597Agency Operating Expenses 1 358 1 474 1 562 1 656 1 755Year-end Accruals 15 16 17 18 19Other Costs 2 255 2 446 2 593 2 749 2 914

Depreciation 537 582 617 654 694Indirect Cost Recovery 859 932 988 1 047 1 110Indirect Cost Recovery Unit 859 932 988 1 047 1 110

Total Costs 10 430 11 317 11 996 12 716 13 479Surplus (loss) before Performance Bonus 232 252 267 283 300Interest Income 115 125 132 140 148Performance Bonus 97 106 112 119 126NET MARGIN AFTER INTEREST 250 271 287 304 323


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MTEF Transfer Amounts in Thousands of rand

MTEF Transfer Amounts 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14

Agrément South Africa 7 504 7 879 8 273 8 687 9 121

Percentage Increase 5% 5% 5% 5%



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Financial statements Agrément South Africa (Agency) operates under ministerial

delegation of authority from the Minister of Public Works. The grant funding for the Agency is channeled from the

Department of Public Works (DPW) to the CSIR. The funds are ring fenced within the CSIR Built Environment Unit

in a separate Competence Area. The Agency’s transactions are subject to the policies, procedures

and governance processes of the CSIR. The Agency is audited as part of the CSIR Built Environment Unit. The CSIR has received an unqualified audit report for the last few

years and has been hailed as an example of good financial management.


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What is WFTAO • WFTAO is the World Federation of Technical

Assessment Organisations, a worldwide network for co-ordinating and facilitating the technical assessment of innovation in the construction field.

• WFTAO comprises officially recognised national bodies active in the field of technical assessments for construction products and systems.

• WFTAO currently has members from twenty-one countries across the global market.

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What service does WFTAO offer?• The members of WFTAO deliver favourable

technical assessments* of the fitness for use and continuing quality of innovative products and systems that deviate from established standard specifications.

• A technical assessment in the sense of WFTAO is an authoritative favourable declaration of technical fitness for an intended use of an innovative or non-standardised construction product, service or process.


Primary objective of WFTAO

• is to facilitate the transfer of national products to the global marketplace through the acceptance of technical assessments delivered by its members.


Assessment delivered by a WFTAO member will• Provide a means of demonstrating the fitness

for purpose of the product with building regulations

• Be more readily accepted by building control personnel

• Show that the holder’s manufacturing and QA systems meet high standards

• Save valuable selling time, by easing acceptance of new products in a conservative market

• Provide a good opportunity for press coverage for the holders to use the distinctive WFTAO logo on advertisements


Technical Outputs1


1 Ecobeam Building System2 Freyssinet Armoured Expansion Bridge Deck Joints

3 SARDA Building System

4 SIPWALL Building System (Automa)

5 Supreme Homes Building System

6 Cellular Concrete Building System

7 Africooker

8 BSIMAC 9 Energy Simulation

9 Designbuilder Energy Analysis Software

10 Pro-Phalt Infra Red Road Repair System

Technical Outputs1


11 Readykit Building System12 Uvuyo Building System13 Tutungeni Building System14 Plastermax15 Protea Building System16 Stuccomax17 Dandong-City Sandwich Wall Panel Building System18 Harmili Building System19 Ikhaya Future House Building Systems (Amendment)

20 Ikhaya Future House Double Storey Building Systems(Amendment)

Technical Outputs1


21 Connovate Modular Housing Building System22 Spunsualtion Illumina Roofing Radiant Barrier23 UCO Ardex Building System24 Vela Steel Building System (Amendment)25 Lepa Building System (Amendment)26 Calcamite Water and Liquid Storage Tanks27 Mega Grip Coating System28 Valamanzi Coating System29 Oceansafe Block Building System

30 JojoSeptic Tanks (Amendment)

31 Jojo Liquid Storage Tanks (Amendment)

Challenges & Great Opportunities

• Juristic persona through Legislative ProcessDelegated to the Chairperson of the Board of Agrément South Africa, when acting in conjunction with the wishes of the Board.

• Strictly Enforcement of building control legislation.

• Enhancing authority of Agrément South Africa by giving it legal mandate.


Thank you… for Achieving excellent resultsTEAM: Together Everyone Achieves More

SUPPORT

EFFORT

GOAL


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Agrément South Africa PRESENTATION TO THE PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE FOR THE DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC WORKS Strategic Plans, Annual Performance Plans