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Agrément South Africa
PRESENTATION TO
PARLIAMENTARY PORTFOLIO COMMITTEE ON PUBLIC WORKS
11th November 2014
AGRÉMENT SOUTH AFRICA ANNUAL REPORT 2013/14
Committee Room 1, 90 Plein Street, Parliament, 09:30 – 12:45.
Joe Odhiambo, CEO Agrément South Africa
Thabelo Tshikomba, Financial Administrator Agrément South Africa
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Framework for the presentation
Performance Report
Progress Against planned targets
Governance matters
Financial Report
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Support Government Policy
 Agrément South Africa continued with its role as an
agent of the National Department of Public Works
(NDPW).
 The government’s Medium-term Strategic
Framework (MTSF) calls for the promotion of
sustainable livelihoods, enhancement of service
delivery as well as massive investment in public
infrastructure.
 These goals offer an opportunity for the introduction
and use of modern and improved innovative
construction technologies to the market that will
accelerate infrastructure roll out.
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Support Government Policy
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 The NDPW vision is to be a world-class public works
department. NDPW is proud to have an
internationally recognised technical assessment
agency
 Tabling of the draft bill before the national Cabinet
on 4 December 2013. The Bill recognises Agrément
South Africa as a public entity.
 The Bill was published in the Government Gazette on
17 January 2014. The public was invited to submit
comments to the NDPW before 17 February 2014.
 The draft Bill seeks to give Agrément South Africa
legal status.
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Support Government Policy
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 Evaluate the fitness-for-purpose of nonstandardised construction-related products or
systems for which a national standard does not
exist, for use in the construction industry.
 The NDPW considers the bill as a catalyst for the
creation of a dynamic and innovative
construction industry that positively impacts on
job creation while contributing to government’s
infrastructure plans.
 Various government departments rolled out
various pilot projects using Agrément South
Africa-approved construction technologies in the
year under review.
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Support Government Policy
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 Government is developing a strategy to implement
infrastructure roll-out using innovative construction
technologies.
 The strategy will result in a roll-out plan for the
construction of clinics, schools, housing and student
residences using innovative construction
technologies across the country.
 This will ensure the world’s best practice is
incorporated into this strategy. The key goal of the
implementation strategy is to ensure that
innovative technologies maximise industrialisation,
mitigate climate change, create jobs and align to
global sustainability objectives.
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Support Government Policy
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 The NDPW is of the strong opinion that this strategy
will increase the use of innovative construction
products, improve methods of construction and will
contribute towards government’s developmental
goals. Achieving these goals will make a positive
difference in the lives of ordinary citizens of our
beloved country.
The Building Industry's
4 Levels of legislation + 1
1
2
SOLUTIONS TO SATISFY THE
REGULATIONS
Act 103 0f 1977
Building Industry is to be
REGULATED
PERFORMANCE BASED REGULATIONS
Level 1
NRCS: REGULATION
KEEPER
3
4
South African National
Standards: SANS 10400
Other SANS documents:
SANS 204, SANS 10252
Local Authority:
Enforcer of
REGULATIONS
Voluntary
Mandatory
LEVELS OF LEGISLATION
5
Act 103 of 1977
GOAL
Level 2
FUNCTIONAL REQUIREMENTS
Level 3
PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS
Process
Level
EVALUATION
“Deemed to
Satisfy”
the
regulations
1
Rational
Assessment
Rational
Design
Competent
Person
Regulation 2008
SANS 10400 2010
Agrément
certificate
3
2
Courtesy of NRCS
8
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Typical Product Development Cycle
No Duplication of roles. Only Collaborative Synergies
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Impact and Achievements
 Met annual targets projections of outputs
 Aligns Strategy to support Key priority areas of Government &
DPW: Unemployment, Poverty & Inequality – Triple Challenge.
 Supports and aligned to government’s growth path which sets a
goal of 6 million job opportunities by 2019;
 Infrastructure: lays the basis for higher growth, inclusivity and job
creation.
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Annual performance against planned targets
Result
Annual Actual Actual Percentage
Target 2012/13 2013/14 change
Applications received:
16
33
30
90%
Evaluation offers made:
16
30
24
80%
Evaluation offers accepted:
16
24
33
137.5%
Certificates issued:
16
31
20
65%
Over the past 45 years of the Agrément's existence, it has approved hundreds
of buildings systems and products. Several of these have gone on to be used
as conventional products in industry, including PVC bath tubs, PVC piping and
Harvey roofing tiles amongst several other products. The impact of these
products on the construction industry is highly appreciated.
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Governance
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Annual report 2012 tabled in parliament September 2013.
The Minister of public Works approved the Agrément South
Africa’s 2014/15 – 2018/19 strategic plan.
Strategic and Annual Performance Plan 2014/15 – 2018/19 was
delivered to the Parliamentary Stores in March 2014 for tabling.
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.
Innovative systems have potential to teach people the
ways and gives them the means to take control over
their own future accommodation by allowing them to
build their own houses.
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Governance Matters: Values
 Agrément South Africa has excellent support systems,
business enterprise processes & very strong linkages with
global best practice organizations, processes and
individuals.
 Agrément South Africa is very well governed with strong
internal control processes and 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.
 Agrément is making a contribution to build a better
South Africa!
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Board Governance
8 Board members.
Appointed for a period of three years.
Current Chairperson is Mr. Pepi Silinga.
Strategic planning session held annually.
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.
 Financial statements are audited and received a
clean audit report.
Ms Nteboheng Ngcobo Mr Mninawe Pepi Silinga
University of
Coega Development
Johannesburg
Corporation
Dr Jeffrey Mahachi
NHBRC
Mr MF Makamo
SABS
Mr Hans Ittmann
HWI Consulting
Ms Mariana Marneweck
NRCS
Ms Adelaide Ranape
Legal Manager
Mr DC Fredericks
OHS E-Consulting
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Organisational structure
Board
Technical Committee
Technical Agency
Agrément South Africa
Industry Technical Experts
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Transformation
 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.
Percentage of staff either black or female: 93%
No.
%
Black Females
5
33%
Black Males
8
53%
White Males
1
7%
White Females
1
7%
Total
15 100%
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Board Members remuneration 2011/12
2011 -2012
ACTUAL
Adelaide
Ranape
Denzil
Fredericks
Hans
Ittmann
Ntebo
Ngcobo
Pepi Silinga
(Board
Chairperson
)
TOTAL
Board
Technical
Remuneration Remuneration Travel
Rate Meeting Meeting
Board
Technical Expenses
Attended Attended
TOTAL
1855
2
0
3710
0
92.00
3802.00
1855
3
2
5565
3710
458.00
9733.00
1855
3
1
5565
1855
275.00
7695.00
1855
3
3
5565
5565 3298.00
14428.00
3055
3
2
9165
6110
0.00
15275.00
17240 4123.00
50933.00
29570
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Board Members remuneration 2012/13
2012 2013
ACTUAL
Board Technical
Remuneration Remuneratio
Rate Meeting Meeting
Board
n Technical
Attended Attended
Adelaide
Ranape
Denzil
Fredericks
Hans
Ittmann
1947
3
1
5841
1947
183.00
7971.00
1947
2
4
3894
7788
1099.00
12781.00
1947
4
2
7788
3894
550.00
12232.00
Ntebo
Ngcobo
1947
3
3(1 x
chair)
5841
7101
3298.00
16240.00
Pepi Silinga
(Board
Chairperso
n)
3207
1
0
3207
0
0.00
3207.00
26 571
20 730
5130.00
52431.00
TOTAL
Travel
Expenses
TOTAL
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Board Members remuneration 2013/14
2013 -2014
ACTUAL
Rate
Board
Technical
Remuneration Remuneration
Meeting Meeting
Board
Technical
Attended Attended
Adelaide
Ranape
2056
3
1x
parliam
ent
(chair)
Denzil
Fredericks
2056
2
2
Hans Ittmann
2056
3
Ntebo Ngcobo 2056
4
Pepi Silinga
(Board
Chairperson)
1
TOTAL
3392
3 (1 x
chair)
2(1 x
chair)
0
Travel
Expenses
TOTAL
6168
3392
452.40
10012.40
4112
4112
732.80
8956.80
6168
7504
549.60
14221.60
8224
5448
3297.60
16969.60
3392
0
0.00
3392.00
28 064
20 456
5 032.40
53552.40
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Staff Members remuneration
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Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for Agrément South Africa
2013/2014
2012/2013
Variance
11 052 016
9 933 321
1 118 695
- Grant Received
9 121 053
8 686 842
434 211
- Contract income
1 930 963
1 240 329
690 634
- Local private sector
1 688 133
1 138 529
549 604
- Local public sector
5 000
31 400
-26 400
- International sector
237 830
70 400
167 430
4 250
14 170
- 9 920
11 056 266
9 947 491
1 108 775
REVENUE
Other income
Total operating income
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Statement of Revenue and Expenditure for Agrément South Africa
2013/2014
2012/2013
Variance
Employees’
remuneration
5 624 813
5 411 237
213 576
Depreciation
278 171
439 947
-161 776
5 008 197
4 447 686
560 511
Total operating
expenditure
10 911 181
10 298 870
612 311
Finance income
162 442
185 755
-23 313
Surplus/Deficit for the
year
307 527
-165 624
473 151
Expenditure
Operating expenses
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Notes on Revenue and Expenditure for Agrément South Africa
Revenue
 Grant income: Increased by 5%
 Contract Income: Increased by 56% because
of major increase in Local private sector
 Finance Income: Decreased by 13%
 Total Income: Increased by 11% overall
Expenditure
 Employees’ remuneration: Increased by 4%
 Operating expenses: Increased by 13%
 Depreciation: Increased by 37%
 Total operating expenditure: Increased by 6%
 Board Members remuneration:
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2012/13 AND 2013/14 ANNUAL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE GRAPH
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2014 ANNUAL FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE GRAPH
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Financial Comments
 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).
 The funds are ring fenced within the Built Environment
Unit in a separate Competence Area.
 The CSIR received an unqualified audit report.
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Contribution of Agrément South Africa products
 Provides independent authoritative assessment of
system performance thus peace of mind & assurance of
fitness for purpose of certificated products.
 Leads to improvement in performance of existing
products.
 Allows for the safe introduction of innovative
construction products.
 Enhances the export potential of South African
manufactured products.
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Outcomes
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Cost-effective construction results in doing more with less input
Efficient construction improves performance & human lives
Environmentally sustainable construction improves the Earth
Operating costs – Has potential to lower running costs
Reduces Risk asset failure by incorporating global best practice
Socially acceptable construction results in community buy-in
Improved quality construction improves Return on Investment
Enhanced role of the construction sector in economic growth
Better-skilled construction employees with better jobs
Skill transfer to local community results in community buy-in
Job creation – improves lives of communities in need for jobs
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Technical Outputs
These certificates are technical documents that:
 describe the system or product
 summarise the assessed performance
 list the uses for which the subject of the certificate has been
assessed to be fit for purpose
 give the conditions and requirements that must be met if the
assessed performance is to be attained
 state which National Building Regulations are deemed to be
satisfied by the subject of the certificate.
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Technical Outputs
Building systems: the following aspects are assessed:
 structural strength and stability
 behaviour in fire
 water penetration
 thermal performance and energy requirements
 durability and the maintenance required
 the likelihood of condensation forming on the inside of the
building
 acoustic performance
 the applicant’s quality management system.
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Activities defined.
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Provides assurance of fitness-for-purpose of innovative, nonstandard construction as well as on-going quality assurance.
Works with industry in the development of cost-effective, innovative
technology & non-standardised construction technology.
Disseminates correct, objective & relevant information in respect of
the technical, socio-economic and regulatory aspects
Supports policy makers in the use of innovative technologies.
Actively involved in the SABS’s standards generation committee and
various other technical committees.
Supports the application of the National Building Regulations.
Maintains international links with peer organisations and export
activities by facilitating the approval of South African innovative
construction products to countries abroad.
facilitates the acceptance of innovative products within the context
of the government’s new priorities and policies.
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Quality Management System
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.
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Quality Management Validity review
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.
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Quality management Implementation
The certificate holder must include, and elaborate on, the following for
manufacturing and erection/installation processes, where applicable:
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management responsibility
contract review
design control
purchasing
process control
inspections, testing and measuring equipment
control of non-conforming products
corrective and preventive action
product identification, control and traceability
control of records
handling, storage, packaging and transportation
training
internal quality audit.
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Target
2014/15
2008/09 2009/10 2010/11 2011/12 2012/13 2013/14
Applications received:
12
17
17
29
36
33
33
Evaluation offers made:
12
16
15
24
33
30
30
Evaluation offers
accepted:
12
12
7
19
16
24
24
Certificates issued:
12
9
12
15
20
31
31
 Building products:
86
65
71
84
94
95
95
 Building systems:
95
70
80
98
102
116
116
 Roads products:
15
10
11
15
16
17
17
No. of Board meetings
4
3
4
3
4
4
4
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Technical
Outputs1
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Weber Brush Coat
Single-coat application for weather- proofing walls
Applied using a block brush
Supplied in 20 kg bags and mixed on site with water.
Exelis Development Building System
Single-storey structure Utilises factory-produced wall and roof panels.
Walls are light-weight sandwich panels comprising a polyurethane
(PU) or expanded polystyrene (EPS) core encapsulated in two layers
of magnesium oxide (MgO) boards.
RPM PHD Building System
Single-storey structure based on a sandwiched panel-system in which
fibre cement boards encapsulate a polyurethane core.
Incorporates galvanised light-weight steel frames.
The walls are finished with waterproof skim plaster and joints are
sealed with a silicon-based sealant.
Rhino Linings Waterproofing System to trafficable concrete roof
surfaces suitable for pedestrian traffic and light vehicular traffic
including car parking.
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Technical
2
Outputs
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Coffor Structural Formwork Building System
Permanent shuttering system for reinforced concrete structures.
Consists of two expanded metal laths, attached to vertical stiffening
sections. The set of metal lath and stiffening sections are further
strengthened by a horizontal rebar.
Specialised Insulated Panel Building System
Prefabricated components that are assembled on site.
The walls comprise expanded polystyrene (EPS) core with fire-stop
board on the inside, both encapsulated by pre-galvanised chromadeck
sheeting. Chromadek is a zinc treated steel sheet with a white powder
coated finish
Febajoint Bridge Deck Expansion Joint System
Asphaltic plug joint, aggregates, bridging plates & drainage channels.
The binder and aggregates are heated on site and combined in situ
to form a ‘plug’ in a trench cut through the deck surfacing.
Mechanical construction allowing extension and compression in
Bridges and overpasses where temperature changes can cause
expansion and contraction that may overstress a structure
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Technical
3
Outputs
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Britflex (BEJ) Bridge Deck Expansion Joint System
Single seal, surface-mounted system. Elastomeric seal, Rapid curing resin
compound, Provides unrivalled anchorage, No mechanical fixings.
AquaFRICTIONCourse (AFC) road surfacing system
Ultra-thin friction course (UTFC) 16 and 20 mm bituminous surface
Consists of asphalt placed on a film on tack coat by self-priming paver.
Used as a wearing course for heavily trafficked highways & major road.
Starfront Designer cost and cutting computer software
Assist the manufacturers of aluminium window, door and shop-fronts
to design, cost and manufacture products based on Wispeco (Pty)
Ltd’s aluminium extrusion systems.
UkuZwana Building System
Erection of single-storey structures utilising factory-produced or cast insitu cellular light-weight concrete (CLC) wall panels.
The foaming agent for CLC is Neopor.
Wall panel incorporates service connections and door and windows.
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Technical
4
Outputs
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IES Virtual Environment Software (version VE 2013) is an integrated software system for
environmental performance assessment of buildings either retrospectively or during the
design stages of a construction project using dynamic thermal simulation
Provides tools to design buildings that consume significantly less energy and incorporate
low carbon and renewable technologies.
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Technical
The Non-tacky Tack Coat
5
Outputs
Consists of bitumen emulsifier and filler which is applied to asphalt.
An effective binding agent for an overlaid asphalt layer.
Has a lower tackiness than conventional tack coats.
Retards pick-up of the tack under construction vehicles
Applied at ambient temperature prior to the an asphalt overlay.
Modified Calcium Carbonate Coating System is a singlecoat, polymer-based, textured, coloured wall coating for
use on all sound, and suitably prepared surfaces. It is
suitable for use in all regions of South Africa.
FrictionPave is an Ultra-thin Friction Course (UTFC)
Bituminous road surfacing system with a nominal compacted
thickness of between 16 and 25 mm. It is placed on a tack
coat using a self-priming paver.
Neopor Building System is for single and double-storey
structures. The walls are constructed of Cellular Light-weight
Concrete (CLC) cast in-situ. The CLC consists of sand, cement,
water and Neopor as the foaming agent. Externally walls are
finished with a 15 mm sand-cement plaster.
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Outputs
Technical
Power Profile Building System. The external walls are structural
prefabricated panels made up of expanded polystyrene core
encapsulated by zincalume sheets. The inside face of the panel is
lined with glass-wool insulation and fire-stop board.
Appletech Light Steel Frame Building System comprises cold rolled
light-gauge steel sections The frame has glasswool as infill material
and is clad internally with fire-stop Gypsum board. It is clad
externally with an Oriented Strand Board (OSB).
Conform Building System. The superstructure walls are constructed
of sliding and interlocking polyvinyl-chloride (PVC) modules
incorporating vertical and horizontal cavities in which reinforcement
steel are installed and filled with concrete. The PVC modules provide
permanent shuttering..
Ezee Build Modular Building System The superstructure walls
comprise galvanised three-dimensional welded wire mesh cages,
connected with specially designed connectors (stools, shoes, etc.),
which are filled with polystyrene slabs and finished both sides with
structural plaster.
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