JPOMA GM Angela Rivers attended the IBT Summit on 3 February 2026.
The IBT Presidential Summit brought together government, industry, financiers, researchers, innovators, and communities to shape a national agenda for accelerating the adoption of Innovative Building Technologies in South Africa. https://ibtsummit.co.za/
Key takeaways
1) We need more creative, cooperative, quicker, better, cheaper housing.
2) We need more decent housing in functioning human settlements.
Innovation in the building sector is a critical!
Challenges Facing the Implementation of IBTS and Intervening Mechanisms in South Africa
Panel discussion
Key points:
What are the barriers?
Research, sustainability, climate change, transition to more sustainable concepts, education, construction delays, policy, scaling, social acceptance.
Solutions
Climate resilience products, 3D printing of houses, precinct-level interventions, green buildings, collaboration, local government needs to be included as they drive implementation.
Barriers Associated with IBTs and Applied Measures and Interventions
Panel discussion
Key points:
Need to encourage new innovation through design, inspect and certify. It is not about project delivery it is about the process and we need to get communities involved from the beginning.
Community investment is everything.
Regulation does not support quick innovation, Regulation has not kept up with the pace of innovation. There needs to be more support in the transition from informal to formal housing.
New technology needs to support job creation
