Experts identify hidden costs

Although the National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) was established to protect home owners and to regulate the home-building industry, ...(Read More...)

The Times - Johannesburg,Gauteng,South Africa
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Govt plans to repair defective state-built houses

THOUSANDS of defective government-built houses in the Eastern Cape are to be fixed.

The National Home Builders Registration Council (NHBRC) is calling for expressions of interest from suitably qualified companies to rectify all houses in the Eastern Cape with structural defects and not suitable for human habitation.

A total of 11 531 houses have been identified throughout the province for rectification. Municipalities where these houses have been identified are Nelson Mandela Bay, Ukhahlamba, Chris Hani, Amathole, Buffalo City, Alfred Nzo, O R Tambo and Cacadu.(Read More...)

The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth,Eastern Cape,South Africa
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Ugie building contractor willing to fix poor homes

POWER Construction, the company that built about 2 000 homes for the poor in Ugie, returned to this north-east Cape town last week, with Housing Minister Lindiwe Sisulu, to tell the community it would accept responsibility for fixing structures if any were found to have been poorly constructed...

Sisulu told the community that she had asked the National Home Builders' Regulation Council (NHBRC) to carry out a forensic audit of the houses built in ...(Read More...)

The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Department cracks down on sub-standard builders

THE national housing department has commissioned the National Home Builders‘ Registration Council (NHBRC) to conduct a forensic audit on selected state-funded housing projects, starting in Transkei, to determine the extent of sub-standard housing in the Eastern Cape.

The move was prompted by housing delivery woes in the province, which was allocated R1,05-billion this financial year by the national government for housing delivery.

Contractors who have done shoddy work, and those who have abandoned construction sites after having been paid, will be tracked down and made to repay the money, be suspended or deregistered...(Read More...)

The Herald Eastern Cape - Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape, South Africa
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Quality inspection ordered at Eastern Cape housing project

The National Home Building Regulation Council (NHBRC) began a forensic audit into the Ugie housing project in the Eastern Cape on Monday, after a number of ... (Read More...)

Engineering News (press release) - Garden View,South Africa
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