Welcome to the Council for the Built Environment (CBE)
The Council for the Built Environment (CBE) was established as a statutory body by Parliament (Act 43 of 2000) to provide leadership to, and ensure good governance of the professions, while serving as a two-way channel for coordinated input, into the restructuring and development process, between the professions and Government.
To provide for the establishment of a juristic person to be known as the Council for the Built Environment; Act no 43 was enacted.
This Act mandated the CBE to:
transform the built environment professions to deliver on the needs of society in South Africa, based on internationally competitive practices while reflecting the composition of the South African population;
protect the public in South Africa from unsafe practices by built environment professionals and ensure good governance in the provision of professional services related to the built environment by practitioners in both the public and private sector;
ensure uniform implementation of mandated policy amongst councils that govern the various built environment professions; and
advise government on issues related to built environment professionals.
In summary the above mandate can be prescribed primary as follows: to ensure sound governance of the built environment professions, in order to ensure the protection of public interest. The governance of these professions is achieved through sustainability, protection of health, safety and the environment; development of human resources and the establishment of a discussion forum for the built environment professions.
