Board-controlled governance instrument

Constitutional Governance

The codebase implements the RMCE BUILD AFRICA™ Corporate Constitution and Governance Charter as a controlled decision system.

100/100 repository alignment. This score measures implemented constitutional controls and evidence, not legal adoption, licensing, statutory approval or authority to bind RMCE. Current adoption state: pending-board-adoption-and-south-african-legal-review.

Constitutional coverage

One controlled governance model.

Articles implemented
32
Schedules implemented
8
Project gates
9
Board committees
5
Policy-suite controls
22
Mandatory register domains
10
Alignment criteria
20/20

Infrastructure project governance

G0–G8 decision gates.

G0

Opportunity

Pursue / decline

  • strategic fit
  • customer legitimacy
  • ethics
  • capability
  • country risk
  • payment risk

G1

Qualification

Bid / no bid

  • scope
  • procurement route
  • competition
  • partners
  • capacity
  • win strategy

G2

Tender approval

Submit / revise

  • estimate
  • schedule
  • terms
  • risk register
  • cash flow
  • margin
  • bonds
  • tax

G3

Contract execution

Sign / reject

  • final deviations
  • authority
  • insurance
  • security
  • payment
  • dispute terms

G4

Mobilisation

Proceed / hold

  • permits
  • design basis
  • team
  • programme
  • HSEQ plans
  • supply chain
  • baseline

G5

Construction control

Continue / correct

  • progress
  • forecast
  • quality
  • safety
  • claims
  • cash
  • changes

G6

Commissioning

Accept / rectify

  • test results
  • defects
  • training
  • manuals
  • spares
  • approvals

G7

Handover

Close / retain

  • acceptance
  • final account
  • as-builts
  • warranties
  • operations and maintenance transition

G8

Post-project

Learn / improve

  • margin bridge
  • claims outcome
  • client feedback
  • lessons
  • supplier score

Board architecture

Five scrutiny committees.

Mandatory registers

Evidence, expiry and accountable ownership.

Every register entry must identify owner, status, expiry, evidence location, renewal lead time and escalation threshold.

External prerequisites

Code cannot manufacture legal authority.

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