Ensuring quality builds in South Africa

In an article first published in the IFHE Digest 2014, Llewellyn van Wyk, principal researcher, Built Environment Unit (Building Science & Technology) at South Africa's Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR), describes the regulatory environment controlling the erection of buildings in the country--including so-called 'temporary' structures; the role of Agr6ment South Africa in certifying non-standard building technologies; the performance matrix developed by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) to evaluate innovative building technologies, the selection methodology, and the findings.