CEMENT & CONCRETE
New industry body – Cement & Concrete SA – open for business The Concrete Institute (TCI), Concrete Society of Southern Africa (CSSA) and the Association of Cementitious Material Producers (ACMP) have consolidated to form a single, non-profit entity called Cement & Concrete SA (CCSA). Bryan Perrie, CEO of CCSA, says the new platform has been mandated to promote and support the industry, to drive growth and deliver shared value through a unified platform for cement and concrete.
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new and inclusive membership model will make the portfolio of ser vices offered by CCSA available to individuals or corporates, either for free or at members’ discounted rates. These ser vices include courses presented by the School of Concrete
Technology (SCT), access to the Information Centre, attendance at technical events and webinars, publications, and hyperlinked listings on various electronic sources. Hanlie Turner, business development manager at CCSA, says that this membership model has been thought out ver y carefully. “We want to create value for our members
through tailored categories of benefits that are suited to the needs of different member profiles. We have categories for individual members, corporate members, retired members, academic members and emerging contractors. The different benefit categories for corporate members (bronze, silver, gold and platinum) offer various levels of affordability, as well as promotional benefits and marketing exposure. This is because the size and geographical operation of companies var y widely. We wanted to make membership as inclusive as possible.” Those in the Partner Members categor y have interests in the South African built environment economy and are strongly aligned to CCSA and its memorandum of incorporation. They often have existing relations and buy-in to the longer-term strategy and operation of CCSA. Partner
