NBRB launches BIMS Public Awareness

National Building has launched a 3 months public awareness campaign of the Building Industry Management System (BIMS) an online platform digitizing all the building control processes. The system launched by the minister of works and Transport Gen Edward Katumba Wamala in December last year is fully operation in 11 cities, 31 municipalities and the local […]

Three Charged for Using a Prohibited Building Method

Three People were today charged before the Senior Magistrate of Kampala City Hall Court with two counts of building without a valid building permit and using a prohibited building method. Sharif Kaweesi, Ismael Ssempijja and Joseph Baleke all residents of Butikirwa Kisasi in Nakawa Division,Kampala were on 16th March 2023 arrested by police after they […]

SCHOOL FIRES – PLAY YOUR PART

Fire outbreaks in schools have happened and continue to happen; no school is safe from this problem, more so schools with boarding facilities. Investigation findings by the National Building Review Board (NBRB) a body mandated to ensure safety of the built environment have revealed that our practices are contributing to the scale and severity of […]

NBRB STOPS ILLEGAL BUILDING SITES IN HOIMA CITY

Friday our Compliance, Enforcement & Legal Teams last week responded to calls by the leadership of Hoima City, following public complaints about building operations failing to meet the building and safety standards. The first building on One Street lacked a building permit and was being constructed using the prohibited Steel and Timber Composite Building Method. […]

Understanding Building Fees

There have been numerous concerns over the building fees paid by a developer for building and occupation permits and for inspection of a building operation. Some developers have ended up paying less or more than the stipulated fees. Let’s start with the building permit fees; Under section 34(1,2) of the Building Control Act, 2013 a […]

Why We Should Embrace a “Digitized Building Sector”.

Last month, a two-floor building still under construction collapsed in Jinja City near Speke Courts Hotel, injuring a casual laborer who was on site. The findings of the preliminary investigations from the National Building Review Board (NBRB) a body mandated by the Building Control Act 2013, to monitor building developments revealed that the developer commenced […]

Minister Katumba Wamala launches the Building Industry Management System (BIMS).

The Minister for Works and Transport Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala has launched the Building Industry Management System (BIMS) an online platform automating all the Building Control Services. With BIMS a developer can now apply for Building and Occupation Permits, Commit the Services of Registered Professionals Schedule for Routine Building Inspections, Pay Building Control Fees and […]

NBRB INSTRUCTS BUILDING COMMITTEES TO IMPLEMENT THE STEEL-TIMBER CONCRETE COMPOSITE BAN

The National Building Review Board (NBRB) has directed all building committees in urban and local authorities to identify and carry out structural integrity tests on all buildings constructed using the steel – timber concrete composite building method. In a legal notice issued by the Minister of Works and Transport, Gen. Edward Katumba Wamala in consultation […]

Police issues fire safety guidelines to Education Institutions.

All Education Institutions must activate fire safety and security committees for staff and learners according to the new fire safety guidelines issued by police. All classes, departments and independent units must be represented on the committees. The major role of the committees will be to draw up and oversee implementation of safety and security policy […]

NBRB EQUIPS NEBBI MUNICIPALITY LEADERS AND STUDENTS WITH FIRE SAFETY TIPS

The Investigations Team from the National Building Review Board (NBRB) has engaged leaders of Nebbi Municipality and students of Sunrise secondary school on fire safety measures. On 31st May 2021, Nazareth House, a dormitory at Sunrise secondary school was razed down by fire leading to loss of school and students property. Investigations by the NBRB, […]