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Legal Forum

During the period under review as previously decided The Forum inter alia considered/discussed the
by the Forum, the Chairmanship and Venue for the following at meetings:
meeting was rotated amongst the members of the The OHS Construction Regulations, promulgated
Forum. Meetings were held on 19 February, 4 June in February 2014.
and 5 September. Unlimited liability requirements by Clients
2014 ECSA Fee Guidelines
As usual the Forum contributed greatly to the re-
Anti-corruption legislation (international & local)
organisation, development and updating of the ninety
and implications for CESA
Practice Notes, and liaised regularly with the service
Alignment of the Construction Charter to the
provider in this regard.
BBBEE Generic Code (promulgated in
October 2013)
The Forum continued its work on the cooperative
The ‘Designation as Local’ by dti of BEPG
revision of the cidb’s Professional Services Contract
Services
(PSC) version 2 on behalf of the Built Environment
Professions Grouping (BEPG).
The Forum having been approved by Council in
2010, has been formally recognised by the Board as
Besides their work on the PSC, the Forum contributed
one of its Committees and plays a valuable role in the
extensively to the updating of CESA’s suite of contract
functioning of CESA
documents;
The Client/Consulting Engineer Form of
Agreement, September 2014.
The Short Form of Agreement and Wallace Mayne
Manager: Contractual Affairs
The Sub-consultancy Form of Agreement.

These documents are stocked in the CESA Bookroom
and are proving very popular with member firms
and non-member firms as well as clients. The three
CESA Forms of Agreement mentioned above have
been submitted to the cidb for consideration and
incorporation into the cidb Standard for Uniformity.
In addition CESA referred a number of documents to
the Forum for comment from a legal point of view as
follows:
BEPG Position Paper on Procurement of
Professional Services
Risk Management Implementation Guideline
CESA Annual Review 2013 / 2014
(RMIG)

WALLACE MAYNE
Manager: Contractual Affairs

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