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The Master Builders South Africa (MBSA) National Safety Competition (NSC) is the Flagship for Health and Safety in the Building Industry and culminates in a National Awards Ceremony in September each year.
Entry to the NSC is only by way of participation in the East Cape MBA's prestigious Regional Safety Competition. The competition is held in each of the three branches of the Association with local awards presented at our MBA functions throughout the Southern and Eastern Cape. The Regional Competition is conducted using the same criteria as the MBSA Star Grading System and the top regional scorers in each Category are entered into the National Competition.
Winners of the Competition, which has numerous categories for different sizes and type of projects, receive wide acclaim for their achievements but also enjoy the benefits of improved Health & Safety compliance on their building sites.
Subcontractor categories now also form part of the competition in recognition of the huge role that our subcontractors play in achieving compliance on site.
Sites with the highest score in their category accross all three regions which score of over 90% are entered into the National Safety Competition.
1. Competition:
Companies are invited to enter building sites which comply with the rules and regulations of the competition in the following categories:
Building Categories:
Other Categories:
2. Subcontractor Competition:
The competition has been widely supported in the industry encouraging Subcontractors to improve their efforts in Health and Safety and also be recognised for their role in Construction and Safety as a whole. Awards for this division of the competition are also presented at our Annual Dinners each year.
There are 10 categories for Subcontractors as listed below:
3. CIVIL WORKS CATEGORY
Rules - The rules for the Main Contractor Competition are applicable.
