sentences:  Nevertheless, he was appointed Inspector of Public Buildings, which allowed him to design all new public buildings, and supervise their construction and repair.Cape under British occupation 1806 onwards Despite Thibault's having served under General JW Janssens in the field, Sir David Baird who had become Acting Governor, reappointed him Inspector of Public Buildings.The British though preferred their Georgian Colonial architecture and used their own architects, so that Thibault had very few commissions.