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Pretoria, 0001
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Pretoria, 0001
West Coast Region
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Liesbeek Park Way
Rosebank
Cape Town
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PO Box 615
Rondebosch
Cape Town, 7701
Eastern Cape
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The Acres Office Park
20 Nile Road Perridgevale
Port Elizabeth
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PO Box 3013
North End
Port Elizabeth, 6056
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15 Garth Road
Waterval Park
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PO Box 30087
Mayville, 4058

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Engineering & Built Environment​

This sector is responsible for the development of standards in the area of automotive components for vehicles, buses, lifting equipment and other aspects of transportation, buildings, construction, civil, timber, mechanical engineering, mining and mining equipment, paraffin stoves, liquefied petroleum gas, vessels under pressure, solar water heaters, storage vessels for petroleum products, rail, and road.


It develops and maintains relevant national standards and other normative documents in the following areas

  • Construction
  • Water and sanitation
  • Solar heating systems, energy efficiency, alternative fuel vehicles
  • Fire safety, security, including safes, strong-room doors and locks
  • Personal Protective Equipment
  • Non-destructive testing
  • Timber, furniture
  • Petroleum Industry – equipment and systems
  • Ferrous and non-ferrous metals 
  • Plastic products, including pipes, packaging, gloves
  • Automotive, including cranes, small craft, bearings, jacks, lift trucks
  • Lifts, escalators, conveyors​
  • Engineering materials, including mechanical testing of metals
  • Firearms, ammunition and ranges
The programme manager for the department is:
Ms Lerato Magalo
Telephone: +27 (0) 12 428 6920

See Mining and Minerals brochure 

See Chemical Petrochemical brochure​ 


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Participate in the Process

Become a member of the SABS technical committees and contribute to development of national standards either as a professional, organisation or representative of government.

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Propose a Standard

Standards are found in virtually every aspect of our daily lives, from the towering sky scraper, the cars that we drive, electronics we use and the houses we live in.

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