Compliance
What cidb grading you need for a R2 million contract
The answer has two halves and most contractors only check one, which is why a current registration still loses the appointment at scope review.
Read→
All resources
CIDB
Compliance
Contractor accreditation in South Africa: who grants it
There is no single contractor accreditation in South Africa, only trade registers, each buyer's own list, and the check a client relies on.
Read→
Compliance
How to verify a cidb registration before you appoint
A certificate shows a firm was registered on the day it was printed. The register answers today, and grade, class and status all have to match the job.
Read→
Cost & decisions
How to join a contractor panel in South Africa
Six public buyers had built-environment panels open on 29 September 2026, and a panel place is applied for like a tender but paid for like a promise.
Read→
Compliance
How to find a reliable contractor in South Africa
A cidb grade is a claim the regulator can reopen. We find a reliable one with a dated register check and the habits no register records.
Read→
Compliance
Standard for Uniformity, and what it tells a client to check
The draft second edition does not touch your grading. It rewrites how every organ of state applies the register. Comments closed 30 September 2026.
Read→
Compliance
How to upgrade cidb grading, and how long it takes
One completed contract at the next grade's track record minimum, the turnover and capital beside it, and a 21-day pack. The grade follows the work.
Read→
Compliance
What does cidb 6CE mean, and who asks for it
A grade and a class, read together. In September 2026 one panel drew its line at 6CE, and the rest of the board drew it everywhere from grade 1 to grade 9.
Read→
Site & delivery
cidb grading levels explained, against real adverts
Nine grades, nine ceilings. The grade that earns is the one that matches work actually being advertised, not the one at the top of the table.
Read→
Compliance
The cidb blacklist and your live contract
The Minister counts 52 contractors off the cidb register against two in its first 22 years, and the gazette is already ahead of him.
Read→
Compliance
How to vet a contractor in South Africa
Four of the five checks that decide whether a contractor may lawfully work on your site are free, and most clients run only one of them.
Read→
The Arabella Brief
What changed this week, and what it costs you on Monday.
One email on a Friday, covering the week from Friday to Thursday so the week is closed when it is written. What actually changed, everything with a date on it, one development run through what it means for a contractor with forty people, and what we got wrong. A thin week is a short issue.