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SASFA IS A DIVISION OF

19 March2009

9th 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

• 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:

S Murray (Mitek) - Chairman, A Schlunz (Gyproc), J Stragier (Everite), H

Basson (ArcelorMittal SA), L Naidoo (Lafarge Gypsum), A Scott (Isover), M

Luchtenstein (Brits Nonwoven), S Cullender (Scottsdale), P Swanepoel

(Hazy Crest), 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 (Gyproc), Lance Woolley (Brits Nonwoven), B Hauptfleisch (SABS),

Anna-Marie Sassenberg (AMS Civil & Structural Consulting), Jack van Dyk

(Lafarge Gypsum), Steve Cullender (Scottsdale), Barend Oosthuizen (By

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

Training Committee

Hannes Basson (ArcelorMittal SA), W Venter (Lafarge Gypsum), Mike

Crawford (Group 5), Mike Slabbert (Saint Gobain), Hennie de Clercq

(SAISC), John 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

SASFA Membership Number of companies

Member category Dec-07 Dec-08 Growth

Dec 07 - Dec 08

Major material supplier 6 6

Other material, component and equipment suppliers 6 8 33%

Manufacturers of Light Steel Frame Building Systems

Large (>1000t / yr) 7 12 71%

Other (<1000t/yr) 4 5 25%

Merchants, service centres and distributors 8 10 25%

Building Industry member 10 18 80%

Design Consultants 6 6 0%

Associate member 8 9 13%

Total 55 74 35%

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Publicity

• Media coverage will remain high on our list of priorities.

• During 2008, we averaged 5 media articles per month – notable coverage was

obtained in Engineering News end Nov 2008.

• Focus during 2009 will be on education and training, as well as the roll-out of

the accreditation program.

• We also need to publicize completed projects – members to assist!

• Advertising programme had to be postponed due to budgetary constraints.

• Make use of Steel Construction – 9 pages every 2 months!

(Contact Renee Pretorius at 011 726 6111).

• Steel Awards – submissions before end May 2009.

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Publicity - website

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No of visits

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Training

• Erection and cladding course

• can be offered by Tjeka Training (3-5 day course)

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

SASFA course – in collaboration with major material suppliers

• LSFB for building inspectors

• course is being drafted

• aim to present to 10 major municipalities during 2009.

• SANS 517 Training Course

• follow up on Code Training Course presented in Feb / March 08.

• will be presented in major centres, 2nd half of 2009

• Planned course

• Quality management systems

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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 have been added –

resulted in a delay with publication of SANS 517 by SABS.

• Serves as basis for Rational Design

• Being re-’printed’ in CD format.

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Accreditation programme

• Stage 1 (LSFB Systems)

• University of Stellenbosch – started Nov 2008

• 4 systems are being evaluated

• Stages 3-4 (Erection, Building Completion)

• Preliminary Accreditation

• Multi disciplinary committee (engineer, cladding and lining specialists, NHBRC)

• Assesses builder’s understanding and competency with regard to LSFB

Builders must apply!

• Stage 2 (Manufacturing) – audits will follow as soon as Stage 1 has been completed.

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Authorities and Banks

• Local authorities

• Generally accepts rational design.

• Have not stopped any project

• Alignment and awareness will be improved with Inspectors’ Training

Course

• Financial institutions

• Active support is still being received from one of the leading banks

• Three of the large banks have granted bonds on LSFB

=> accepts LSFB, evaluates per submission.

• NHBRC

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

code.

• Accepts rational design projects

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Industry capacity

Current profiling capacity : trusses => 1.77m sq m / yr

: systems => 1.56 m sq m / yr

Manufacturing facilities Dec-07 Dec-08 Growth

vs Dec 07

Profilers Number 17 29 71%

Profiling machines Number 31 47 52%

Profiling capacity 106 lin m/yr 28 43 55%

103 tons/yr 25 39 55%

Products manufactured

trusses only % of total 50% 35%

full LSFB systems % of total 50% 65%

Geographic location

KZN % of total 20%

Cape % of total 18%

Gauteng % of total 49%

Free State % of total 3%

Mpumalanga % of total 7%

Capacity of SASFA members % of total 89%

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Plans for the next 12 months

• Publication of SANS 517

• Accreditation scheme

• Audit all systems (Stage 1)

• Audit manufacturers (Stage 2)

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

• Publicity

• Maintain high level of media coverage

• SAHF conference exhibition – Namibia

• Steel Awards

• Marketing

• raise awareness and understanding with all financial institutions and

building authorities

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Plans for the next 12 months (continued…)

•Technical

• arrange testing programme for assemblies in the Code

• collaborate with CSIR re evaluation programme

• expand library (books and electronic media)

• continue to act as ‘quality custodian’ for LSFB industry

•Training

• Finalise and implement SASFA Erection and Cladding Course

• Offer training course for inspectors

• Repeat Code Training Course, based on SANS 517.

• Expand involvement with building related departments at the Universities

• Offer a training programme in Quality Systems for members

• Expand SASFA membership by 10%

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What’s happening?

Activity levels at members range from quiet, through optimistic, to busy.

Most expect recovery during the latter part of the year. Some snippets:

• 2 x 500 unit residential developments in SA

• roof for a 7500 sq m shopping complex under way

• 450 residential units North of Pretoria – show house being built at present

• 200 unit affordable housing project in SA

• roof structures for 2 400 low cost housing units, Gauteng

• internal transformation of a 10 storey office block into residential units,

Johannesburg

• a number of larger, individual houses, country wide

• large potential housing projects in Namibia, Angola and Mozambique

• export opportunities to Sub-Saharan Africa

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It would appear that the African export market is key to bridging the quiet market conditions in RSA