Peer Review – Why and How
Regulating professionals to assure Quality
professional services
to the public.
As one of the services to members, the Joint Structural
Division decided to create a specialist listing of all
Structural Engineers in South Africa and southern Africa
who are registered in terms of the Engineering
Professions Act, 2000 (Act No. 46 of 2000). The reason for
this specialist listing is due to the third edition of SANS
10400-B being scheduled for publication in 2006.
SANS 10400 (2006) defines a competent person as a
person who is qualified by virtue of his experience and
training to make a determination regarding the
performance of a building or part thereof in relation to a
functional regulation. A Competent Person (Structures) is
a person who is registered in terms of the Engineering
Professions Act, 2000 (Act No 46 of 2000) as either a
Professional Engineer or a Professional Engineering
Technologist and is recognised by his peers as having
• An understanding of the environment within which
structural engineering is practiced
• An ability to produce viable structural solutions, within
the scope of a design brief, taking account of structural
stability, durability, aesthetics and cost
• An ability to determine and document the form and size
of structural members and related connections
Mastering Different Fields of Civil Engineering Works (VC-Q&A Method)
