item: #1 of 280 id: as-100 author: Taylor, Robert title: Systems thinking for project management: implications for practice and education date: 2010-06-30 words: 8729 flesch: 44 summary: It is indeed time to review the theoretical foundations that inform project management practices, and specifically to consider the usefulness of process-based approaches to the planning and control of projects. It is their collective view that the much-lamented failures of project management practice may not be attributable to poor practice but rather that they could be a product of operating assumptions and paradigms that are simply not fit for the purpose in all cases. keywords: approaches; change; complex; complexity; control; die; management; nature; new; planning; practice; project; project management; systems; thinking; world cache: as-100.pdf plain text: as-100.txt item: #2 of 280 id: as-101 author: Berry, Frank; Verster, Basie; Zulch, Benita title: ’n Verkennende meting van die kommunikasievolwassenheid van die bourekenaars- en ingenieursprofessies in die konstruksiebedryf date: 2010-12-31 words: 6967 flesch: 46 summary: Respondente met ’n bourekenkundige agtergrond het die bou- rekenaar in die elemente om effektiewe mondelinge kommunikasie te handhaaf met uitsondering van die elemente ‘selfvertroue’ en ‘oorredingsvermoë’ meer positief as die van die ingenieur aangedui. Verder is die elemente met die uitsondering van ‘wetenskaplikheid’ meer positief as die van die ingenieur aangedui. keywords: aangedui; dat; deur; die; die bourekenaar; die ingenieur; die respondente; effektiewe; elemente; gemiddeld; geweegde; het; ingenieur; instrumente; kommunikasie; meer; positief; professies; respondente; tabel; van die; vir; volgens; wat; word cache: as-101.pdf plain text: as-101.txt item: #3 of 280 id: as-102 author: Ladzani, Watson; Seeletse, Solly title: The status of business social responsibility among SMMEs in the built environment of Gauteng Province, South Africa date: 2010-12-31 words: 6575 flesch: 53 summary: Lepoutre & Heene (2006: 257) refer to small businesses that are involved with business social responsibility activities as small business social responsibility (SBSR) while Perrini (2006: 308) refers to them as SMEs with corporate social responsibility. Investigating the impact of firm size on small business social responsibility: A critical review. keywords: africa; bsr; business; csr; die; enterprises; management; performance; research; responsibility; small; smmes; social; south; status; study cache: as-102.pdf plain text: as-102.txt item: #4 of 280 id: as-103 author: Moyo, Admire; Crafford, Gerrit title: The impact of hyperinflation on the Zimbabwean construction industry date: 2010-12-31 words: 10033 flesch: 50 summary: Construction investment is subject to: Low returns from the constructed structure;• High returns through derived demand;• High initial investment costs, and• Acta Structilia 2010: 17(2) 60 A general shortage of investors given the aforementioned • factors. Given the problems inherent in construction investment, fluctuations in the rate of inflation pose an additional problem that further adds to the industry’s unattractiveness to investors (Oyediran, 2006: online). keywords: 2008; 2009; collapse; construction; construction industry; crafford; currency; die; government; hyperinflation; industry; investment; labour; money; online; rank; rate; research; table; van; variables; zimbabwe cache: as-103.pdf plain text: as-103.txt item: #5 of 280 id: as-104 author: Ntema, John; Marais, Lochner title: State involvement in self-help housing: Reflections from the Free State date: 2010-12-31 words: 8199 flesch: 52 summary: One of the key requirements of PHP policy was the establishment of self- help groups called Housing Support Centres (HSCs), a concept similar to the international concept of housing cooperatives. The objective of the South African government in implementing PHP through Housing Support Centres was to ensure that the housing delivery process was both inclusive and community-driven (South Africa. keywords: africa; beneficiaries; centres; department; help; housing; housing support; php; project; self; south; state; support cache: as-104.pdf plain text: as-104.txt item: #6 of 280 id: as-105 author: Phiri, Mulima; Smallwood, John title: The impact of corruption on the Malawian construction industry date: 2010-12-31 words: 5742 flesch: 51 summary: He (Melnikov 2008: 2-3) analyses the roots of corruption; the stages in mitigating corruption, and the measures to combat corruption. Studies by Begovic (2005: 6) on mitigating corruption state that “the vested interest of corrupt politicians is unlikely to be abated by any study”. Table 4 indicates that 86.9% (52.2%+38.8%) of the 92 respondents identified dismissals as the most effective measure of mitigating corruption, with a MS > 3.40 ≤ 4.20 (neutral to effective/effective); whereas the least effective method of mitigating corruption was the publishing of names (2.00). keywords: 2005; award; bribery; construction; contracts; corruption; impact; industry; maintenance; project; relative; tender cache: as-105.pdf plain text: as-105.txt item: #7 of 280 id: as-106 author: Boshoff, Douw title: The impact of affordability on house price dynamics in South Africa date: 2010-12-31 words: 3053 flesch: 59 summary: Bearing this in mind, it is expected that CPI itself is not directly linked to the value increases of residential property, as CPI is merely the reflection of the cost of living of households, while housing prices are a combination of various factors such as (but not limited to) opportunity cost of ownership rather than rent; demand and supply equilibrium levels, and cost of ownership, such as maintenance, interest rates, rates and taxes, and so on. 2. Demand for property When considering macro-economic behaviour, with specific reference to housing, what immediately comes to mind is that house prices in the long term should follow inflation. keywords: demand; die; house; housing; interest; price; property; rent; south cache: as-106.pdf plain text: as-106.txt item: #8 of 280 id: as-107 author: Mooya, Manya title: The South African property industry: Overview and issues for research date: 2010-12-31 words: 7031 flesch: 50 summary: Mooya (2007: 16) used three sources as a basis for the review of South African property research. South African property research is unlikely to make much international impact if it does not focus on those areas for which local researchers are uniquely placed to explore. keywords: african; construction; development; industry; management; market; mooya; property; property industry; property research; research; sector; south; south africa cache: as-107.pdf plain text: as-107.txt item: #9 of 280 id: as-109 author: Maritz, Tinus title: Doubts raised on the validity of construction and payment guarantees date: 2011-06-30 words: 9372 flesch: 47 summary: 5.6 Minister of Transport and Public Works, Western Cape v Zanbuild Construction (2011)6 The SCA was once again called upon to consider the legal nature of construction guarantees in South African law. The results of these communications are included in the comments following Table 2. 6.2 Trends indicated by the data collected Table 1: Application of the JBCC construction and payment guarantees as viewed by contractors and developers Statement SA 5 A 4 N 3 D 2 SD 1 Mean 1 The introduction of construction guarantees provided by financial institutions in place of the retention fund and performance surety has been well accepted by all stakeholders in the building industry keywords: agreement; bank; building; construction guarantee; contract; demand; die; employer; guarantee; guarantor; jbcc; jbcc construction; jbcc guarantees; jbcc payment; payment guarantees cache: as-109.pdf plain text: as-109.txt item: #10 of 280 id: as-110 author: Clark, Anneke title: Exploring the People’s Housing Process: An application of the 1986 Rhodes Policy Network model date: 2011-06-30 words: 8903 flesch: 51 summary: Policy network models The development of the literature on policy networks was driven by political science scholars who wished to capture the realities of policy processes (Skogstad, 2005: 1). The relationship case study networks have with other PHP networks mainly included exchange visits to learn from successes and challenges of current projects (DOH, 2002:26; DAG, 2003a: 18). keywords: case; characteristics; community; dag; development; doh; housing; members; model; network; people; php; policy; process; project; rhodes; studies; support cache: as-110.pdf plain text: as-110.txt item: #11 of 280 id: as-111 author: Baloyi, Lucius; Bekker, Michiel title: Causes of construction cost and time overruns: The 2010 FIFA World Cup stadia in South Africa date: 2011-06-30 words: 5774 flesch: 53 summary: Factors causing project cost overruns Since the 1980s various studies have investigated the causes for project cost overruns on construction projects. Construction cost factors in Nigeria. keywords: causes; client; construction; cost; cup; delays; factors; fifa; management; overruns; projects; stadia; time; world cache: as-111.pdf plain text: as-111.txt item: #12 of 280 id: as-112 author: Chiocha, Charles; Smallwood, John; Emuze, Fidelis title: Health and safety in the Malawian construction industry date: 2011-06-30 words: 4306 flesch: 45 summary: Although this finding is further supported by the difference in the incidence of different causes of accidents that resulted in injuries and fatalities on construction sites in South Africa and Singapore, the findings of the empirical study imply that construction H&S in a developing country such as South Africa lags behind that of a developed country such as Singapore in the three main areas mentioned above. The uniqueness of the industry, which collectively poses a challenge in terms of construction H&S, may provide a platform for holistic improvement initiatives (Smallwood, 2000: 467-471). keywords: construction; die; h&s; health; industry; malawi; management; safety; site; smallwood; south cache: as-112.pdf plain text: as-112.txt item: #13 of 280 id: as-113 author: Buys, Fanie; Hurbissoon, Roneesh title: Green buildings: A Mauritian built environment stakeholders’ perspective date: 2011-06-30 words: 6735 flesch: 47 summary: This was confirmed by the majority of the survey respondents who stated that green building materials are more durable than traditional materials, resulting in cost savings. This was confirmed by the majority of the survey respondents who stated that green building materials are more durable than conventional materials, resulting in cost savings. keywords: buildings; construction; contractors; cost; design; die; energy; environment; green; majority; materials; online; professionals; respondents; use cache: as-113.pdf plain text: as-113.txt item: #14 of 280 id: as-114 author: Fouche, Heather; Smallwood, John; Emuze, Fidelis title: Technology management in construction: Lessons for the practice of architecture date: 2011-12-31 words: 6107 flesch: 38 summary: According to Phaal et al. (2004: 7), technology management deals with all aspects of integrating technological issues into business decision-making, and it is directly relevant to a number of business processes, which include strategy development, innovation and new product development, and operations management, to name but a few. Arguably, therefore, technology management focuses on the principles of strategy and organisational involvement in technology choices that are guided by the purpose of creating value for investors (Narayanan, 2001: keywords: agree; construction; disagree; employees; firms; management; mss; new; project; respondents; technologies; technology cache: as-114.pdf plain text: as-114.txt item: #15 of 280 id: as-115 author: Aiyetan, Olatunji; Smallwood, John; Shakantu, Winston title: A systems thinking approach to eliminate delays on building construction projects in South Africa date: 2011-12-31 words: 6175 flesch: 41 summary: Winston Shakantu A systems thinking approach to eliminate delays on building construction projects in South Africa Peer reviewed Abstract It is obvious that the performance of firms and their market competitiveness hinge on project delivery time. Keywords: Systems thinking, building construction projects, South Africa Dr Olatunji Aiyetan Department of Construction Management Faculty of Engineering Built Environment and Information Technology Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Port Elizabeth South Africa. keywords: client; construction; contractor; delivery; design; die; industry; interventions; management; performance; project; qualification; stage; time; work cache: as-115.pdf plain text: as-115.txt item: #16 of 280 id: as-116 author: Adendorff, Chris; Appels, Gaynor; Botha, Brink title: Strategic management: An Eastern Cape construction SME case study date: 2011-12-31 words: 8704 flesch: 54 summary: In other words, it makes more sense for construction businesses to diversify into related areas as they can source the inputs needed for the new products from within their current capabilities, skills and resources. However, construction SMEs face many problems when dealing with construction projects, and, as a result, poor performance and poor quality of work are unfortunately prevalent among SMEs in the construction industry (Dlungwana, Noyana, Nxumalo, Rwelamila & Van Huysteen, 2002: 2). keywords: business; construction; construction industry; construction sme; die; equipment; industry; management; project; resources; sme; smes; strategic; strategy; tender; works cache: as-116.pdf plain text: as-116.txt item: #17 of 280 id: as-117 author: Smallwood, John; Ncunyana, Nceba; Emuze, Fidelis title: Preferential procurement in the public sector: The case of Amathole date: 2011-12-31 words: 5145 flesch: 40 summary: Nevertheless, although the construction sector is perceived to be promoting government’s policy and preferential procurement with its perceived benefits, Kajimo-Shakantu & Root (2006: 306) Acta Structilia 2011: 18(2) 70 argue that preferential procurement policies remain a ‘contested’ concept from a conflict theory perspective. At the beginning, an interim strategy for public sector procurement reform in South Africa, commonly known as the ten-point plan, was developed by the Department of Public Works. keywords: act; africa; cidb; construction; consultants; die; government; institutions; pppfa; procurement; sector; south cache: as-117.pdf plain text: as-117.txt item: #18 of 280 id: as-118 author: Laubscher, Jacques title: Tracing the origins of the Southern African building regulations, with specific reference to the period between 1650 and circa 1740 date: 2011-12-31 words: 5436 flesch: 56 summary: 80 Oorsigartikels • Review articles Jacques Laubscher Tracing the origins of the Southern African building regulations, with specific reference to the period between 1650 and circa 1740 Peer reviewed Abstract This paper uses contemporary definitions of building regulations and building standards to establish the first performance standard (and the source of building regulations) for Southern Africa. Keywords: Building regulations and its origin, building standards, building codes, Code of Hammurabi, Jan van Riebeeck, regulating the built environment Abstrak Binne die artikel word ‘n kontemporêre definisie van ‘n bouregulasie en boustandaard gebruik ten einde die eerste voldoeningstandaard, asook die oorsprong van bouregulasies vir Suider-Afrika, te bepaal. keywords: africa; builder; building; building regulations; code; construction; die; environment; fire; hammurabi; house; online; regulations; van cache: as-118.pdf plain text: as-118.txt item: #19 of 280 id: as-119 author: Emuze, Fidelis title: Qualitative content analysis from the lean construction perspective: A focus on supply chain management date: 2012-06-30 words: 5451 flesch: 40 summary: The papers addressed theoretical models and analysis with the intention of providing explanations related to how construction supply chains work, their peculiarities, and what should be done to effectively implement SCM in construction. Coping with project uncertainty in construction supply chains. keywords: 2011; analysis; chain; construction; content; industry; lean; management; papers; project; research; scm; supply; supply chain cache: as-119.pdf plain text: as-119.txt item: #20 of 280 id: as-120 author: Zunguzane, Nyameka; Smallwood, John; Emuze, Fidelis title: Perceptions of the quality of low-income houses in South Africa: Defects and their causes date: 2012-06-30 words: 6401 flesch: 53 summary: 2.2 Defects in low income houses in South Africa According to Khumalo (2010: 2), one of the reasons for violent demonstrations and riots in South Africa is the lack of housing and the fact that available housing is likely to be badly constructed low-income houses with cracks. The sample strata consist of housing beneficiaries from Wentzel Park in Alexandria and housing contractors identifiable through the NHBRC database. keywords: building; construction; contractors; defects; houses; housing; income; income houses; income housing; quality; respondents; table cache: as-120.pdf plain text: as-120.txt item: #21 of 280 id: as-121 author: Aiyetan, Olatunji Ayodeji; Smallwood, John; Shakantu, Winston title: A linear regression modelling of the relationship between initial estimated and final achieved construction time in South Africa date: 2012-06-30 words: 4249 flesch: 49 summary: Time-cost relationships in Australia building construction projects. Therefore, this study was embarked on to establish a model for the estimation of final project delivery time in South Africa. keywords: construction; contract; design; die; factors; management; model; project; quality; study; time cache: as-121.pdf plain text: as-121.txt item: #22 of 280 id: as-122 author: Berry, Frank; Verster, Basie title: ’n Model vir die meting van die bourekenaar se kommunikasievolwassenheid date: 2012-06-30 words: 3296 flesch: 31 summary: Tabel 4: Voorgestelde determinante van kommunikasie volwassenheidsmodel Determinant Bourekenaar- standaard GBS Belangrikheid (%) in terme van determinant Kontraktuele kommunikasie 8.16 91% Kommunikasie deur instrumente 8.13 88% Inligtingstegnologiese kommunikasie 7.95 85% Skriftelike kommunikasie 7.85 86% Mondelinge kommunikasie 7.66 82% Leierskapkommunikasie 7.58 85% Die siening van die respondente betreffende die bourekenaar- standaard van volwassenheid van die gekose determinante wat die kommunikasievolwassenheidsmodel van die bourekenaar Berry & Verster • ’n Model vir die meting van die bourekenaar 65 vorm, het in dalende volgorde die volgende waarderingsuitslag aangedui: ‘Kontraktuele kommunikasie’ (8.16), ‘Kommunikasie deur instrumente’ (8.13), ‘Inligtingstegnologiese kommunikasie’ (7.95), ‘Skriftelike kommunikasie’ (7.85), ‘Mondelinge kommunikasie’ (7.66) en ‘Leierskapkommunikasie’ (7.58). 57 Frank Berry & Basie Verster ’n Model vir die meting van die bou- rekenaar se kommunikasievolwassenheid Peer reviewed Abstrak Die doel van hierdie artikel is om die identifisering en meting van die determinante van ‘ keywords: berry; bourekenaar; bourekenkundige; determinante; deur; die; instrumente; kommunikasie; kommunikasie deur; kommunikasievolwassenheidsmodel; professie; van; van die; vir; wat; word cache: as-122.pdf plain text: as-122.txt item: #23 of 280 id: as-123 author: Musonda, Innocent; Pretorius, Jan-Harm; Haupt, Theo title: Assuring health and safety performance on construction projects: Clients’ role and influence date: 2012-06-30 words: 10226 flesch: 48 summary: 3.3.3 Testing the direct influence of contractor H&S performance on project H&S performance Results of the SEM analysis yielded support for the hypothesis that contractor H&S performance had a direct positive influence on project H&S performance. Given these results, the hypothesis H4 could not be rejected, because contractor H&S performance had a direct positive influence on project H&S performance. keywords: client h&s; commitment; construction; contractor h&s; designer h&s; factors; fit; h&s culture; h&s performance; health; influence; model; project h&s; safety; safety performance; study cache: as-123.pdf plain text: as-123.txt item: #24 of 280 id: as-124 author: Seeletse, Solly; Ladzani, Watson title: Project cost estimation techniques used by most emerging building contractors of South Africa date: 2012-06-30 words: 5998 flesch: 48 summary: Emerging contractors are advised to use consultants to assist them and/or subcontract to established contractors with a reputable history. Keywords: Cost estimation, estimation methods, emerging contractors, tender Dr Solly Matshonisa Seeletse Department of Statistics and Operations Research University of Limpopo Medunsa campus PO Box 107 Medunsa 0204 South Africa. keywords: construction; contractors; cost; estimation; management; methods; price; project; responsibility; risk; sector; table; techniques; tender; use cache: as-124.pdf plain text: as-124.txt item: #25 of 280 id: as-125 author: Adendorff, Chris; Botha, Brink; van Zyl, Angelo; Adendorff, Gillian title: Financial implications for built environment consultants working at risk in South Africa date: 2012-06-30 words: 9446 flesch: 57 summary: At risk project continued At risk work used Co m m er cia l Ind us tria l Inf ra str uc tu re Re sid en tia l Ot he r Figure 6: Average percentage of projects continuing vs percentage of clients utilising work done at risk Source: Researcher’s own construction 60 00% 50 00% 40 00% 30 00% 20 00% 10 00% 0 00% No financial effect Very small financial risk Small financial risk Average financial risk Large financial risk Risk of bankkrupcy Figure 7: Financial risk faced by organisation because of remuneration model Source: Researcher’s own construction In order to test the above proposition, the extent of financial loss was calculated per respondent which indicated that his/her organisation did in fact endeavour doing work at risk. Do you have any other comments regarding remuneration models for professional consultants in South Africa completing work at risk? keywords: africa; construction; consulting; organisation; percentage; project; remuneration; respondent; risk; south; south africa; stage; turnover; value; work; zar cache: as-125.pdf plain text: as-125.txt item: #26 of 280 id: as-126 author: Emuze, Fidelis; Smallwood, John title: Infrastructure project performance in the South African construction sector: Perceptions from two provinces date: 2012-12-31 words: 6473 flesch: 43 summary: Inadequate coordination and integration of quality standard requirements within the supply chain may result in an unusually high level of defects, rework, and non-conformance relative to quality at construction project completion. Thus, in practical terms: H0 = Inadequate coordination and integration of quality standard requirements within the supply chain does not result in an unusually high level of defects, rework, and non-conformance relative to quality at construction project completion. keywords: construction; effect; h&s; hypothesis; logistics; management; mean; project; quality; relative; rework; site; south; table cache: as-126.pdf plain text: as-126.txt item: #27 of 280 id: as-127 author: Hugo, Jan; Stoffberg, Hennie; Barker, Arthur title: Mitigating climate change by minimising the carbon footprint and embodied energy of construction materials: A comparative analysis of three South African Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) stations date: 2012-12-31 words: 8314 flesch: 56 summary: The climate change mitigation potential of BRT stations has been determined by analysing their carbon footprint and embodied energy over the cradle to gate1 period. Although the embodied energy and carbon footprint of BRT stations are substantially less when compared with those Acta Structilia 2012: 19(2) 26 of the infrastructure, there are ‘few current’ comparable building typologies that serve similar functions within the same context (a BRT system) and can provide insight into the embodied energy and carbon footprint associated with the use of building materials, due to certain design solutions. keywords: brt; carbon; change; co2; die; energy; figure; footprint; hugo; retro; station; study; total; tram; vaya cache: as-127.pdf plain text: as-127.txt item: #28 of 280 id: as-128 author: Mooya, Manya; Cloete, Chris title: Governance structures for real estate transactions: Markets, networks and hierarchies in Windhoek’s urban low-income settlements date: 2012-12-31 words: 10044 flesch: 50 summary: Informal urban property markets and poverty alleviation: A conceptual framework. It is found that network governance structures are the predominant modes of organising transactions under conditions of informal property rights, while hierarchical mechanisms predominate in the freehold and group categories. keywords: activity; costs; count; estate; freehold; governance; group; land; markets; mooya; networks; property; property rights; rights; structures; transactions; type; windhoek cache: as-128.pdf plain text: as-128.txt item: #29 of 280 id: as-129 author: Buys, Fanie; Ludwaba, Daluxolo title: The potential of built-environment professionals’ contribution towards emerging contractor development date: 2012-12-31 words: 4626 flesch: 39 summary: Review of the literature In the following brief literature review, an attempt has been made to examine various strategies for, and collaboration between built-environment professionals and emerging contractors as a strategic tool in emerging contractor development; the conditions that necessitate, as well as those that enable the proliferation of Acta Structilia 2012: 19(2) 76 collaborative strategic alliances, and how contractor develop- ment in the South African context could benefit from such collaboration. The following are some of the results emanating from the survey among built-environment professionals to determine their role in Acta Structilia 2012: 19(2) 86 communicating with emerging contractors and their involvement in mentoring emerging contractors: • Built-environment professionals should ensure that there are open communication channels between them and emerging contractors. keywords: communication; construction; contractors; development; environment; government; professionals; south; work cache: as-129.pdf plain text: as-129.txt item: #30 of 280 id: as-130 author: Garbharran, Hari; Govender, Jeevarathnam; Msani, Thulani title: Critical success factors influencing project success in the construction industry date: 2012-12-31 words: 6049 flesch: 50 summary: This article assesses the perceptions of contractors and project managers on the critical success factors that lead to project success in the construction industry. Contractors, consultants and project managers in South Africa are finding it increasingly difficult to attract new clients. keywords: construction; contractors; factors; industry; management; managers; project; project managers; project success; public; success; success factors cache: as-130.pdf plain text: as-130.txt item: #31 of 280 id: as-131 author: Boshoff, Douw; de Kock, Leane title: Investigating the use of Automated Valuation Models (AVMs) in the South African commercial property market date: 2013-06-30 words: 7244 flesch: 49 summary: Introduction Limited research has been done globally and in South Africa regarding the use of AVMs for commercial property valuations. The primary objective of this article is to determine whether the commercial property sector in South Africa is ready to accept and adopt or reject AVMs for commercial property valuations. keywords: africa; avms; banks; commercial; data; development; interviewees; market; models; profession; properties; property; south; use; valuation; valuers cache: as-131.pdf plain text: as-131.txt item: #32 of 280 id: as-132 author: Harinarain, Nishani; Bornman, Christina-Louise; Botha, Mandie title: Organisational culture of the South African construction industry date: 2013-06-30 words: 5980 flesch: 47 summary: Understanding of their own and other firms’ organisational culture could reduce conflict and misunderstanding between stakeholders, and enable managers to make business decisions that could improve competitiveness and create a more harmonious working environment. Keywords: Organisational culture, construction industry, competing values, framework, Organisational Culture Assessment Instrument Abstrak Voortdurende verandering en globalisasie van die konstruksie-industrie, het die belangstelling in organisasiekultuur as ‘n rolspeler in die produktiwiteit en werkverrigting aangevuur. keywords: clan; clan culture; construction; culture; dominant; figure; firms; hierarchy; industry; market culture; south cache: as-132.pdf plain text: as-132.txt item: #33 of 280 id: as-133 author: Emuze, Fidelis; James, Matthew title: Exploring communication challenges due to language and cultural diversity on South African construction sites date: 2013-06-30 words: 7419 flesch: 48 summary: Table 15 shows the importance of effective communication between site managers and site workers, in a common language. Exploring communication challenges 53 Table 4: Perceived frequency of sharing a common culture between site managers and site workers being important to communication and morale Response (%) Mean scoreNever Always Unsure 1 2 3 4 5 0.0 17.5 23.8 36.5 22.2 0.0 3.63 The MS of 3.63 indicates that sharing a common culture between site managers and workers is sometimes important in terms of communication and morale. keywords: communication; construction; culture; diversity; language; managers; respondents; site; site managers; south; table; workers; workforce cache: as-133.pdf plain text: as-133.txt item: #34 of 280 id: as-134 author: Agumba, Justus; Pretorius, Jan Harm; Haupt, Theo title: Health and safety management practices in small and medium enterprises in the South African construction industry date: 2013-06-30 words: 7876 flesch: 57 summary: As such, H&S management practices constitute a vehicle to improve H&S performance. Furthermore, the respondents’ perception on H&S practices was also determined. keywords: 2007; construction; die; et al; factor; h&s; health; involvement; management; performance; practices; project; safety; smces; value; workers cache: as-134.pdf plain text: as-134.txt item: #35 of 280 id: as-135 author: Emuze, Fidelis; Mashili, Humbulani; Botha, Brink title: Post-occupancy evaluation of office buildings in a Johannesburg country club estate date: 2013-06-30 words: 6867 flesch: 52 summary: 89 Fidelis Emuze, Humbulani Mashili & Brink Botha Post-occupancy evaluation of office buildings in a Johannesburg country club estate Peer reviewed and revised Abstract The purpose of this article is to present the findings of a research project aimed at determining the level of satisfaction of building occupants in terms of Indoor Environmental Quality (IEQ) and the effect of IEQ on both the morale and the productivity of the employees working in the complex. 7. Recommendations This exploratory study shows that office buildings should be constructed in a manner that is environment friendly; meets occupants’ IEQ requirements, and supports their activities. keywords: air; building; control; die; evaluation; lighting; noise; occupants; office; performance; productivity; quality; respondents; work cache: as-135.pdf plain text: as-135.txt item: #36 of 280 id: as-136 author: Berry, Frank; Verster, Basie title: Die volwassenheid van die bourekenaar se kontraktuele kommunikasievermoë date: 2013-06-30 words: 4489 flesch: 49 summary: Die siening van die respondente van al die deelnemende groepe in terme van die Bourekenaarstandaard (GBS) teenoor Wêreldklasstandaard (GWS) betreffende die standaard van die bourekenaar in kontraktuele kommunikasie word in Tabel 4 getoon. Resultate en bespreking Die resultaat van die respondente van die totale groep se siening betreffende keywords: beginsels; billikheid; bourekenaar; dat; die; het; kan; kommunikasie; konstruksiebedryf; kontraktuele; nie; ondubbelsinnigheid; respondente; soos; van; van die; vir; volgens; volwassenheid; wat; wees; word cache: as-136.pdf plain text: as-136.txt item: #37 of 280 id: as-137 author: Emuze, Fidelis; Adlam, Ruan title: Implementation of Broad-Based Black Economic Empowerment in construction: A South African metropolitan area study date: 2013-06-30 words: 10920 flesch: 46 summary: The layout of the interview protocol is shown in Table 4. Table 4: The layout of the interview protocol Number Theme Question 1 Reasons for BEE 1-2 2 Statutory regulation of construction sector transformation 3-5 3 Transformation of the construction industry 6-7 4 Impediments affecting BBBEE in the construction sector 8-10 5 Exploitation of BBBEE in the construction industry 11-13 6 Improprieties related to BBBEE in the construction sector 14-17 3. 3.2 Statutory regulation of construction sector transformation In this theme, respondents focused on the core characteristics of the industry and the empowerment-oriented legislation that affected it. keywords: africa; bbbee; black; construction; construction industry; construction sector; contractors; development; die; economic; empowerment; firms; government; implementation; industry; management; procurement; sector; south; transformation cache: as-137.pdf plain text: as-137.txt item: #38 of 280 id: as-138 author: Bowen, Paul; Cattell, Keith; Edwards, Peter title: Workplace stress experienced by quantity surveyors date: 2013-12-31 words: 10116 flesch: 57 summary: Earlier articles have reported on the comparative levels of perceived job stress and job demand, control and support (JDC/S) factors (Bowen, Edwards & Lingard, 2013a: 393); the comparative relationship between job stress and harassment and discrimination at work (Bowen, Edwards & Lingard, 2013b: 620); stress, stress effects and coping mechanisms (Bowen, Edwards, Lingard & Cattell, 2013c), and predictive modelling of stress as a function of JDC/S factors (Bowen, Edwards, Lingard & Cattell, 2013d). The increasing significance of work stress was recognised in the European Commission’s Strategy on Health and Safety at Work 2002-2006, which identified psychosocial issues as an emerging occupational health and safety priority risk area (Commission of European Communities, 2002: 3). keywords: age; construction; control; demand; factors; gender; hours; job; job control; levels; quantity; respondents; scale; score; stress; support; surveyors; table; work; workplace cache: as-138.pdf plain text: as-138.txt item: #39 of 280 id: as-139 author: Boshoff, Douw title: Investigation into the supply of information and measurement of transparency in the listed property sector date: 2013-12-31 words: 6278 flesch: 46 summary: In addition, IAAO (2013: 16) defined an AVM as a computer programme for property valuation that analyses data using an automated process. With the difficulties that are experienced with property valuation, mass appraisal techniques have developed that are less time consuming, and can overcome fraud and valuer bias. keywords: analysis; boshoff; companies; data; information; market; portfolio; properties; property; regression; use; valuation; value cache: as-139.pdf plain text: as-139.txt item: #40 of 280 id: as-140 author: Bowen, Paul; Edwards, Peter; Lingard, Helen; Cattell, Keith title: Harassment and discrimination experienced by quantity surveyors in South Africa date: 2013-12-31 words: 9095 flesch: 52 summary: Previous research into work stress focused on the experiences of workers in developed countries. Acta Structilia 2013: 20(2) 56 Previous research has also shown that construction professionals experience high levels of work stress. keywords: africa; bowen; colleagues; construction; discrimination; gender; harassment; health; job; levels; quantity; religion; research; respondents; south; stress; work; workplace cache: as-140.pdf plain text: as-140.txt item: #41 of 280 id: as-141 author: Buys, Fanie; le Roux, Martyn title: Causes of defects in the South African housing construction industry: Perceptions of built-environment stakeholders date: 2013-12-31 words: 7416 flesch: 52 summary: Types of construction defects. Building defects can be the result of design errors by professionals, a manufacturing flaw, defective materials, improper use or installation of materials, not conforming to the design by the contractor, or any combination of the above (Ahzahar et al., 2011: 250). keywords: 2011; africa; building; causes; construction; contractors; defects; houses; housing; industry; lack; management; projects; quality; south cache: as-141.pdf plain text: as-141.txt item: #42 of 280 id: as-144 author: Ogwueleka, Amaka; Maritz, Tinus title: Incentive issues in the South African construction industry: Preliminary findings from project stakeholders date: 2014-06-30 words: 7319 flesch: 50 summary: The respondents’ responses based on benefits of incentive schemes disclose that the majority of stakeholders are unaware of the general principles of incentives and that there is a low level of participation in incentive projects. Figure 7: The most essential benefits of incentive scheme design in projects 6.7 Participation in incentive projects over the past five years keywords: construction; construction industry; design; die; incentive; industry; journal; management; ogwueleka; online; performance; project; respondents; schemes; south; use cache: as-144.pdf plain text: as-144.txt item: #43 of 280 id: as-145 author: Claasen, Rudolph; Cumberlege, Roy title: Discounting of quantity surveying fees in South Africa date: 2014-06-30 words: 6550 flesch: 45 summary: This article reports on a research study done to determine the effect of discounting of fees on the Quantity Surveying profession which tested the hypothesis: Discounting of fees have a negative effect on the rendering of Quantity Surveying services. Figure 1 illustrates a typical project life cycle, indicating the modest range of Quantity Surveying services rendered during the early Claasen & Cumberlege • Discounting of quantity surveying fees 29 stages of project development in comparison with the broader scope of services potentially applicable during the latter phase of a construction process. keywords: construction; cost; die; discounting; discounts; fees; project; quantity; respondents; services; south; stage; surveying; surveyors cache: as-145.pdf plain text: as-145.txt item: #44 of 280 id: as-146 author: Hugo, Jan; Barker, Arthur title: The carbon footprint and embodied energy of construction material: A comparative analysis of South African BRT stations date: 2014-06-30 words: 10027 flesch: 54 summary: The earlier study by Hugo, Stoffberg & Barker (2012) identified a series of guidelines to inform the design of low-carbon and embodied energy BRT stations and determined a specific station, the MyCiti station, as the most efficient in terms of its carbon footprint and embodied energy intensity. Only the ticket offices in BRT stations utilise air conditioning and artificial lighting; the ticket office of the Switch station has been designed to use alternative energy-efficient technologies, and the remaining stations use minimal artificial lighting. keywords: 2012; brt; carbon; co2; design; die; energy; figure; footprint; hugo; myciti; station; structure; study; switch; use cache: as-146.pdf plain text: as-146.txt item: #45 of 280 id: as-147 author: Ndihokubwayo, Ruben; Crafford, Gerrit; Buys, Fanie title: Model for setting priority construction project objectives aligned with monetary incentives date: 2014-06-30 words: 12542 flesch: 45 summary: An understanding of the importance of monetary incentives offered towards achieving project objectives will create conducive procurement environment handling the personnel allocated to construction projects meeting their performance requirements. While incentives have been recognised as motivational tools for individual employees to achieve certain goals, the South African construction industry has not fully exploited the various avenues to initiate motivation approaches aligned with project objectives in order to enhance the successful delivery of construction projects. keywords: age; average; cidb; construction; development; environment; experience; gender; health; importance; incentives; industry; members; model; needs; objectives; performance; project; project objectives; south; table; team; test; years cache: as-147.pdf plain text: as-147.txt item: #46 of 280 id: as-148 author: Bosman, Gerhard; van der Westhuizen, Diaan title: The effects of climatic conditions on attitudinal changes towards earth construction in South Africa date: 2014-06-30 words: 9077 flesch: 53 summary: However, concerns about climate and rain exceeded concerns about collapse when considering earth building materials after rainstorms. In order to improve people’s perceptions of earth building techniques and materials, areas with high year-round rainfall may need more training programmes about the benefits of earth construction than arid regions, if we were to ever change prevailing perceptions of earth building materials. keywords: adobe; areas; blocks; bricks; building; climate; conditions; construction; earth; materials; people; perceptions; rainfall; survey; survey ii; van cache: as-148.pdf plain text: as-148.txt item: #47 of 280 id: as-149 author: Buys, Fanie; van Rooyen, Roelof title: The strategic management of construction companies during recessionary cycles date: 2014-12-31 words: 7646 flesch: 58 summary: Construction industry companies are also advised that they should revise their short-term strategic plans on a quarterly basis, while the long-term vision should be assessed and adapted annually, whenever necessary. Conclusions The literature revealed that many construction organisations encountered difficulties with profitability in the construction industry between August 2010 and December 2012. keywords: 2010; companies; construction; contractors; implementation; industry; management; new; organisation; respondents; strategies; strategy; van; work cache: as-149.pdf plain text: as-149.txt item: #48 of 280 id: as-150 author: Cruywagen, Hoffie title: Towards the establishment of a relevant national tender price index for the South African building industry date: 2014-12-31 words: 7805 flesch: 60 summary: 2.5 Problems with indices There are some inherent problems in the use of tender price indices. Personal communication on tender price indices in Ireland. keywords: bills; building; construction; cost; index; indices; items; period; price; projects; quantities; rates; south cache: as-150.pdf plain text: as-150.txt item: #49 of 280 id: as-151 author: Okorie, Victor; Emuze, Fidelis; Smallwood, John; van Wyk, Jacobus title: The influence of clients’ leadership in relation to construction health and safety in South Africa date: 2014-12-31 words: 8978 flesch: 49 summary: By obtaining cost advice relative to construction H&S during the project-planning stage, a client proactively takes cost risk-control measures, such as adequate budgeting for H&S and problems arising during construction (Steven, 2010: 63-64). However, despite these limitations, the survey Acta Structilia 2014: 21(2) 64 provided important findings on clients’ leadership approach towards construction H&S management: • Poor leadership, lack of commitment to, involvement and participation in H&S exist among the top management among clients; • Unethical behaviours are prevalent among top leaders; • Project H&S plans are inadequate and inappropriate, thus militating against contractors complying with legislative requirements and achieving healthy and safe workplaces; • H&S is not accorded status equal to that afforded to cost, quality, and time in respect of project success parameters, the consequence being, inter alia, inadequate financial provision for project H&S by clients in the BoQs, and contractors’ inability to make adequate financial provision for H&S in their tenders, and • keywords: 2009; behaviour; clients; construction; construction h&s; contractors; design; h&s; h&s leadership; leadership; management; performance; project; safety; south; workers cache: as-151.pdf plain text: as-151.txt item: #50 of 280 id: as-1518 author: Fester, Ferdinand; Haupt, Theo title: Construction management experiential learning: Views of employers and university of technology academics date: 2006-12-31 words: 5921 flesch: 45 summary: Views on the following aspects of experiential learning (EL) were sought from academic staff and industry employers: • Table 5 provides an indication of preferences for the location of experiential training within the academic program of construction management students. keywords: assessment; construction; education; employers; experience; experiential; haupt; industry; learning; management; students; training; work cache: as-1518.pdf plain text: as-1518.txt item: #51 of 280 id: as-1519 author: Bowen, Paul; Cattell, Keith; Michell, Kathy; Kabayadondo, Elby title: The effectiveness of construction project briefing as an interpersonal communication process date: 2006-12-31 words: 6894 flesch: 52 summary: This involved the use of design documents, project briefs, and artefacts such as the design models. Abstract The main purpose of construction project briefing is to effectively transform the needs of the client from an abstract form into a concrete form. keywords: 2001; bowen; briefing; building; client; communication; construction; construction project; design; design team; information; process; project; study; team cache: as-1519.pdf plain text: as-1519.txt item: #52 of 280 id: as-152 author: Gibberd, Jeremy title: Sustainability impacts of building products: An assessment methodology for developing countries date: 2014-12-31 words: 5273 flesch: 45 summary: 69 Oorsigartikel • Review article Jeremy Gibberd Sustainability impacts of building products: An assessment methodology for developing countries Peer reviewed and revised Abstract This article investigates sustainability impacts of building products during production stage in developing countries. keywords: 2014; assessment; building; cycle; impacts; life; materials; methodology; products; sustainability; year cache: as-152.pdf plain text: as-152.txt item: #53 of 280 id: as-1520 author: Khan, Zainu; Haupt, Theo title: Community participation — a necessary element of community development projects date: 2006-12-31 words: 8450 flesch: 46 summary: However since the quest- ionnaire related to community development projects this response would be beneficial to effective community participation. Acta Structilia-13(2) 39 Zainu Khan & Theo Haupt Community participation — a necessary element of community development projects Abstract This article presents a number of important findings of a research project evaluat- ing the importance of community participation in infrastructure delivery in the Western Cape. keywords: 1995; africa; communities; community; community participation; construction; delivery; development; infrastructure; needs; participation; people; process; procurement; projects; south cache: as-1520.pdf plain text: as-1520.txt item: #54 of 280 id: as-1521 author: Smallwood, John title: The practice of construction management date: 2006-12-31 words: 8991 flesch: 45 summary: The research reported on in the article constitutes phase two of the study ‘The practice of construction management’, which follows two previous surveys conducted to determine knowledge areas and skills required, and their fre- quency of use. Keywords: construction management, discipline, knowledge, skills Prof. John Smallwood, Head of Department of Construction Management, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, PO Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6013, South Africa. keywords: areas; construction; construction management; die; knowledge; levels; management; middle; practice; project; quality; skills; subject; table cache: as-1521.pdf plain text: as-1521.txt item: #55 of 280 id: as-1522 author: Spocter, Manfred title: A macro analysis and GIS application of urban public space closures in Cape Town, 1975 - 2004 date: 2006-12-31 words: 8038 flesch: 61 summary: Acta Structilia-13(2) 90 Manfred Spocter A macro analysis and GIS application of urban public space closures in Cape Town, 1975 — 2004 Peer reviewed Abstract Citizens in Cape Town have been claiming urban public space for private use since the 1970s. Types of urban public space closures The urban public spaces that are closed are described in the government gazettes by the types of urban public spaces that they are. keywords: area; cape; cape town; city; closures; group; land; south; space; space closures; spocter; study; suburbs; total; town; urban cache: as-1522.pdf plain text: as-1522.txt item: #56 of 280 id: as-1524 author: Buys, Fanie title: Payment certification problems: Who is to blame? date: 2006-12-31 words: 4027 flesch: 49 summary: Peer reviewed Abstract Problems with payment certificates in the construction industry have always been a popular topic which has attracted wide attention, but especially nowadays with complex and fast-track projects. Keywords: payment certificates, construction industry, disputes, JBCC 2000 Abstrak Probleme met betalingsertifikate in die konstruksie industrie het altyd wye aandag geniet en is veral deesdae tydens komplekse en snelgang projekte ’n gewilde onderwerp. keywords: certificates; contractors; employer; payment; quantity; surveyors; work cache: as-1524.pdf plain text: as-1524.txt item: #57 of 280 id: as-1527 author: Smallwood, John; Haupt, Theo title: Impact of the South African construction regulations as perceived by project managers date: 2006-12-31 words: 6038 flesch: 51 summary: Clients shall, inter alia: • prepare H&S specifications for the construction work — given that designers may specify materials that are hazardous due to the non-availability of alternative non- hazardous substance containing materials, or require hazardous processes, for which there are no alternatives, designer and project manager input may be required; 131 Smallwood & Haupt • South African construction regulations • ensure that principal contractors (PCs) have made provi- sion for H&S costs in their tenders — a design may require a specific method and sequence of construction as sched- uled by the designer, and therefore the designer and pro- ject manager may need to assess the contractors’ finan- cial provision at tender or bidding stage; • provide PCs with any information that might affect H&S — designers or project managers may be the source of the requisite information, such as the actual position of a high voltage cable; • appoint PCs for projects — project manager input may be necessary in terms of the assessment of contractors’ suit- ability for a project in general, but possibly relative to a project that entails a high level of risk; • ensure that PCs implement their H&S plans — a design may require a specific method and sequence of con- struction as scheduled by the designer, and therefore the designer and project manager may need to assess the contractors’ performance during construction; • stop work that is not in accordance with the H&S plans — non-conformance to the method and sequence of con- struction in terms of the implementation of H&S plans by PCs may require intervention by project managers, and • ensure that sufficient H&S information and resources are available to the PC where changes to the design or con- struction are made — project managers should ensure that designers supplement the design change details with H&S information if necessary, particularly if the design change entails the use of hazardous materials or hazardous processes. Acta Structilia-13(2) 127 John Smallwood & Theo Haupt Impact of the South African construction regulations as perceived by project managers Peer reviewed Abstract International research indicates that construction clients and built environ- ment consultants such as project managers, designers, and quantity surveyors influence and can contribute to construction health and safety (H&S). keywords: construction; design; h&s; health; impact; managers; parameters; project; regulations; sacr; safety; smallwood; south cache: as-1527.pdf plain text: as-1527.txt item: #58 of 280 id: as-1530 author: Lazarus, Spencer; Haupfleisch, Dries; Verster, Basie title: The development and assessment of an integrated skills development model for emerging construction contractors date: 2006-12-31 words: 3845 flesch: 39 summary: Acta Structilia-13(2) 145 Spencer Lazarus, Dries Hauptfleisch & Basie Verster The development and assessment of an integrated skills development model for emerging construction contractors Peer reviewed Abstract Many strategies for emerging contractor development that are based on instru- ments such as targeted procurement have generally failed to empower emerg- ing contractors because they are implemented without well-defined skills trans- fer frameworks. The programme must be Project and Quality managed at all times; • All stakeholders must adopt an integrated and holistic approach to emerging contractor development; • Contractors performance must be measured and quali- fied appropriately; • Two years in training for emerging contractors has been identified as a shortcoming of the programme; • An appropriate exit strategy for the contractors must be designed an implemented covering a span of 3 additional years; • keywords: assessment; construction; contractor; development; management; mentorship; model; programme; project; quality; skills cache: as-1530.pdf plain text: as-1530.txt item: #59 of 280 id: as-156 author: le Roux, Felix; Lowies, Gert title: Residential property development and financial ratio analysis: a South African perspective date: 2009-06-30 words: 9508 flesch: 48 summary: Le Roux & Lowies • Residential property development and financial ratio: a South African perspective 25 There was no clear statistically significant relationship between the number of years spent in the residential property development business and the use of financial ratio analysis, but it was clear that developers who have been in the development business for more than ten years tend to a large extent to use financial ratio analysis in their businesses. Therefore this study was directed at the principles of applying the ‘traditional’ approach to financial ratio analysis. keywords: analysis; business; developers; development; die; figure; financial; firm; management; profitability; property; property developers; ratio; ratio analysis; return; roe; statements; table; total; use; van cache: as-156.pdf plain text: as-156.txt item: #60 of 280 id: as-1561 author: de Villiers, Andre title: Cognitive computing tools in architectural project management education: Approach, process and evaluation date: 2006-06-30 words: 6248 flesch: 47 summary: Keywords: architectural education, cognitive tools, commercial software, dynamic modelling, evaluation, practice management, project management 1 Navorsingsartikels • Research articles Prof A.J. de Villiers, Department of Architecture, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Using their own dissertation projects (explained in the next subsection), students are required to simu- late the dynamics of project management and control, and gen- erate reporting mechanisms. keywords: computing; control; cost; learning; management; practice; project; software; stage; students; time; tools; use; value cache: as-1561.pdf plain text: as-1561.txt item: #61 of 280 id: as-1563 author: Cruywagen, Hoffie; Snyman, Emile title: Affordability of quantity surveying services on construction projects in South Africa date: 2006-06-30 words: 4871 flesch: 52 summary: The main findings of the research were that quantity surveying services can be rendered affordable, but the quantity surveyor is more exposed to the risk of not being able to render the service affordable on certain projects types and the risk further increases with a decrease in project value. Pirie (2004) adds to this by saying that 29 Cruywagen & Snyman • Affordability of quantity surveying services many uncompromising South African clients are pursuing cost-based selection of engineers rather than quality-based selection. keywords: cost; fees; professional; project; quantity; south; surveying; surveyors; tariff; time cache: as-1563.pdf plain text: as-1563.txt item: #62 of 280 id: as-1566 author: Povey, Althea; Cattell, Keith; Michell, Kathy title: Mediation practice in the South African construction industry date: 2006-06-30 words: 6979 flesch: 49 summary: The domin- ance of the legal sector in construction mediations was confirmed by an ABA Forum on the Construction Industry survey, where Stipano- wich & Henderson (1992: 323) found that most mediators (64,5%) were attorneys and 21,4% were retired judges. The research showed that the mediators’ knowledge and utilisation of specific mediation process skills and techniques were limited. keywords: adr; construction; die; dispute; industry; mediation; mediation process; mediator; parties; process; resolution; respondents cache: as-1566.pdf plain text: as-1566.txt item: #63 of 280 id: as-157 author: Goldswain, Craig; Smallwood, John title: Toward improved construction health, safety, and ergonomics in South Africa: A working model for use by architectural designers date: 2015-06-30 words: 11954 flesch: 48 summary: The key outputs This model component realises architectural design and a range of documentation, which can be improved in terms of designing for construction H&S, if architectural designers adequately engage the process. It is evident from the outset that inhalation, absorption, and ingestion can be considered integral of construction health hazards and risks; falls onto different levels, MVAs, and struck by are integral of construction safety hazards and risks; WMSDs or ‘body stressing’ are integral of construction ergonomics hazards and risks, and these notwithstanding any interrelationship between categories. keywords: 2006; construction; construction health; data; design; designers; h&s; hazards; health; hse; model; online; process; range; research; risks; safety; sample; smallwood; south; study cache: as-157.pdf plain text: as-157.txt item: #64 of 280 id: as-1570 author: Minnaar, Enla; Cloete, Chris title: Evaluation of design criteria for economically viable sustainable housing in Gauteng, South Africa date: 2006-06-30 words: 5388 flesch: 56 summary: These education programs need to disseminate information on topics like alternative energy, building materials and maintenance to future homeowners. Officials at building sites seem not to be able to explain the system in understandable terms, either. keywords: 2000; africa; building; design; earth; energy; heat; holm; houses; housing; materials; pretoria; south; system; table; use; water cache: as-1570.pdf plain text: as-1570.txt item: #65 of 280 id: as-1571 author: Steyn, Das; Jooste-Smit, Petria title: Informal small brickyards in the Free State townships are enhancing local economic development date: 2006-06-30 words: 6943 flesch: 67 summary: A scenario is sketched in which the economic impact of earth bricks are compared with other bricks like burnt and cement bricks and cement blocks. Earth bricks are derived from an environmentally friendly pro- duction process which does not burn the bricks but uses sustain- able energies such as the sun and wind. keywords: adobe; africa; blocks; bricks; brickyards; building; clay; development; die; earth; material; production; soil; south; state cache: as-1571.pdf plain text: as-1571.txt item: #66 of 280 id: as-1577 author: Oladapo, Ade; Odeyinka, Henry title: Tender evaluation methods in construction projects: A comparative case study date: 2006-06-30 words: 7612 flesch: 54 summary: (Equation 10) RandomIndex(RI) Table 6: Pairwise comparison of contractor selection criteria and their weightings 125 Oladapo & Odeyinka • Tender evaluation methods RI is obtained from tables created by Saaty (1990) and its value depends on the size of the comparison matrix. 106 Ade A Oladapo & Henry A Odeyinka Tender evaluation methods in construction projects: a comparative case study Peer reviewed Abstract A review of tender evaluation practices from around the world revealed the inadequacy of the ‘lowest bidder’ criterion for contractor selection. keywords: ahp; attribute; construction; contractor; criteria; decision; evaluation; maa; methods; multi; process; project; selection; table; tender cache: as-1577.pdf plain text: as-1577.txt item: #67 of 280 id: as-158 author: Gewanial, Colin; Bekker, Michiel title: Project manager attributes influencing project success in the South African construction industry date: 2015-06-30 words: 5375 flesch: 48 summary: In conclusion, the results should guide project managers, recruitment officers and organisations, in general, to assess their current status and approach Gewanlal & Bekker • Project manager attributes... 35 to project management development in order to improve the likelihood of developing and implementing successful projects. Each category was further divided into six factors, as explained in Table 1. Table 1: Categories for project manager attributes Category 1 – Interpersonal factors (attributes concerning interaction with team members) 1.a Supervision of project team 1.b Ability to delegate authority 1.c Ability to motivate team members 1.d Sense of teamwork Gewanlal & Bekker • Project manager attributes... 37 1.e Stakeholder management (parent organisation) keywords: ability; attributes; category; construction; factors; industry; management; managers; project; skills; south cache: as-158.pdf plain text: as-158.txt item: #68 of 280 id: as-159 author: Burger, Michelle; Verster, Basie; Zulch, Benita title: The construction project manager in South Africa: Analysis of industry-specific knowledge date: 2015-06-30 words: 7983 flesch: 50 summary: Keywords: Construction project management, built environment, indus- try know ledge, project management knowledge, experience, type of knowledge required Abstrak Projekbestuurpaaie is gewoonlik deur verskeie agtergrond en kennisbasisse, dus mag projekbestuurders se kennisstel verskil. The construction project manager... 53 means that a construction project manager does not need technical knowledge of the built environment, but that he can rely solely on project management knowledge. keywords: areas; construction; construction project; environment; industry; knowledge; management; management knowledge; manager; order; pmbok; project; project management; project manager cache: as-159.pdf plain text: as-159.txt item: #69 of 280 id: as-160 author: Deacon, Henry; van der Lingen, Elma title: The use of the critical path and critical chain methods in the South African construction industry date: 2015-06-30 words: 7009 flesch: 56 summary: Keywords: Critical path method, critical chain method, construction, project management, CCPM Abstrak Die doel van die artikel is om die Suid-Afrikaanse konstruksiebedryf se gebruik van die kritiesepadmetode en die kritiesekettingmetode te ondersoek. Since its introduction in the late 1950s, the CPM has proven to be a useful tool for planning and controlling construction projects (Dilmaghani, 2008: 10). keywords: ccm; chain; companies; construction; cpm; die; management; method; path; project; research; respondents; scheduling; south; use cache: as-160.pdf plain text: as-160.txt item: #70 of 280 id: as-163 author: Olwagen, Juan; Cumberlege, Roy; Moss, Ian title: Continuing Professional Development in the quantity surveying profession: Quantity surveyors’ perceptions date: 2015-12-31 words: 6773 flesch: 48 summary: With regard to CPD activities relating to Category 1, respondents most often participate in attending workshops, lectures, seminars, and Acta Structilia questionnaires, all of which they regard as being important CPD activities. 48.5 18.1 17.4 11.6 2.9 1.5 2.01 Examinations, evaluations and assessments 50.7 18.8 15.9 8.0 5.1 1.5 1.96 Mentoring of registered candidates 37.5 6.3 3.1 9.4 0.0 43.7 3.45 4.2.3 Factors affecting CPD participation This section determines to what level certain factors restrict the participation in CPD activities. keywords: activities; council; cpd; development; die; professional; quantity; respondents; sacqsp; south; surveying; surveyors cache: as-163.pdf plain text: as-163.txt item: #71 of 280 id: as-164 author: Maletswa, Girles-kate; Boshoff, Douw title: An analysis of the quality of property management principles in the South African public sector – A focus on residential property date: 2015-12-31 words: 7832 flesch: 51 summary: 3. Research approach The study followed an opinion-based study with a descriptive design approach based on property managers employed by the DPW as well as tenants of residential properties leased from the DPW. The data was collected through questionnaires completed by property managers and tenants based on the key leasing themes identified from the review of literature. keywords: department; dpw; lease; leasing; maintenance; properties; property; property managers; rental; security; state; tenants cache: as-164.pdf plain text: as-164.txt item: #72 of 280 id: as-165 author: Sanya, Emile Adijibadé; Kowanou, Houénou; Tchehouali, Dèfodji Adolphe title: Valorisation of waste plastic bags in cement-mortar composites as coating of local sand aggregates: Physicomechanical characterisation and potential uses date: 2015-12-31 words: 11612 flesch: 51 summary: Similar values for water absorption ratios have been reviewed and published for cement mortars and concretes (Neville, 2000: 463-643; Wood, 1991: 630-643; Pumia et al., 2003: 134-140), and represent some of the best values in the field of counteracting water penetration. 12.1250 R2 = 1.0 Plastic bags content in cement mortars (%) W a te r a b so rp tio n o f c e m e nt m o rt a r ( % ) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 0 Figure 8: Specimens of water absorption ratios versus incorporated melted waste plastic bags percentages at different cement-mortar composites age keywords: absorption; aggregates; bags; cement; coating; composite; days; figure; mortar; plastic; plastic bags; ratio; sand; sand aggregates; specimens; waste; waste plastic; water cache: as-165.pdf plain text: as-165.txt item: #73 of 280 id: as-166 author: Buys, Fanie; van Schalkwyk, Tanya title: The relevance of ethical conduct in creating a competitive advantage for entry-level emerging contractors date: 2015-12-31 words: 12178 flesch: 56 summary: Management is an important factor that influences a firm’s growth, and this is especially applicable to new emerging contractors. 4.1 Ethical conduct and sustainable competitiveness This section of the questionnaire covered the topic of ethical conduct, together with sustainable competitiveness, and dealt with the respondents’ perceptions regarding ethical conduct in the construction industry and among new emerging contractors, as well as the importance of sustainable competitiveness, in order to ensure ethical conduct and the survival of these contractors. keywords: c c; c o; c t; construction; contractors; e c; e e; e nt; e o; e s; g c; industry; m e; n e; o n; ra c; t e; t o cache: as-166.pdf plain text: as-166.txt item: #74 of 280 id: as-167 author: Jacobs, Esti title: The status quo of green-building education in South Africa date: 2015-12-31 words: 7568 flesch: 44 summary: The rands and sense of green building: Building the business case for green commercial buildings in South Africa. Abstract There is countrywide a lack of relevant and necessary professional and tertiary institutions offering education and training in green building in South Africa. keywords: africa; building; building education; departments; education; environment; green; institutions; question; research; respondents; south; south africa; sustainability; table cache: as-167.pdf plain text: as-167.txt item: #75 of 280 id: as-169 author: Talukhaba, Alfred; Taiwo, Adekunle title: Knowledge management as a performance enhancing tool in construction project management in South Africa date: 2009-06-30 words: 9854 flesch: 47 summary: 2.5 Knowledge mapping in construction organisations Egbu & Robinson (2005: 31-49) posit that the point of departure for structuring construction project knowledge is to develop a knowledge map. Theoretical frameworks discussed earlier were used in two parts, i.e. the analysis of the current levels of knowledge management among the surveyed construction project managers, and subsequently, measurement of construction project management performance. keywords: construction; construction project; information; knowledge; knowledge management; levels; management; management performance; management use; measurement; performance; processes; project; project management; respondents; south; use cache: as-169.pdf plain text: as-169.txt item: #76 of 280 id: as-1694 author: Nketekete, Molefi; Emuze, Fidelis; Smallwood, John title: Risk management in public sector construction projects: Case studies in Lesotho date: 2016-12-31 words: 7233 flesch: 57 summary: Delays have been identified as major project risks in public construction projects (Mpaki, 2014a: 25; Ntsukunyane, 2015: 4). The construction industry has embraced project management (PM), which entails risk management (RM) as one of its essential knowledge areas. keywords: areas; case; construction; cost; impact; interviewees; lesotho; management; medium; perceptions; project; risk; risk management; stage; table; time cache: as-1694.pdf plain text: as-1694.txt item: #77 of 280 id: as-170 author: Karusseit, Catherine; Gibberd, Amanda title: Towards inclusion: a critical appraisal of legislation and the South African Standard, Part S date: 2009-06-30 words: 6122 flesch: 52 summary: The old Part S (SABS 0400) and new Part S (SANS 10400-S) will be distinguished from one another on points difference however where Part S remains unchanged it is simply referred to as Part S. Part S is the construction industry’s reference point on access for people with disabilities, whether adults or children. keywords: act; africa; building; disabilities; people; sabs; sans; south; south africa cache: as-170.pdf plain text: as-170.txt item: #78 of 280 id: as-1700 author: Winckler, Christiaan; Boshoff, Douw title: The valuation of commercial grain silos date: 2016-12-31 words: 11094 flesch: 59 summary: He favours the income-capitalised approach or Winckler & Boshoff • The valuation of commercial grain silos 29 the discounted cash-flow approach when determining the value of grain silos. The purpose of this qualitative study is to establish which valuation methodology is best applicable to grain silos and to explore the factors that make grain silos unique in the determination of their value. keywords: business; capitalisation; capitalisation method; capitalisation rate; expense; grain silo; income; method; property; property expense; silos; storage; valuation; value cache: as-1700.pdf plain text: as-1700.txt item: #79 of 280 id: as-1701 author: van Eck, Elzane; Burger, Michelle title: Effective utilisation of generation Y Quantity Surveyors date: 2016-12-31 words: 7709 flesch: 50 summary: Managers or supervisors of generation Y employees should, however, not be discouraged. Suggestions were then made as to how QS employers could better utilise generation Y employees. keywords: attributes; construction; die; employees; expectations; generation; literature; p p; quantity; sacqsp; surveyor; van; work cache: as-1701.pdf plain text: as-1701.txt item: #80 of 280 id: as-1705 author: Haupt, Theo; Harinarain, Nishani title: The image of the construction industry and its employment attractiveness date: 2016-12-31 words: 9630 flesch: 56 summary: Given the poor image of the construction industry, it is infrequently the career of choice when compared with other industries, which arguably had more positive images. Young people viewed any career that involved manual labour as a low-status career due to the low wages in comparison with other industries, and the lack of clear career paths (Tucker, Haas, Glover, Alemany, Carley, Rodriguez & Shields, 1999: 1). keywords: career; construction; construction industry; die; employees; image; industry; mean; perceptions; school; south; std; students; table; work cache: as-1705.pdf plain text: as-1705.txt item: #81 of 280 id: as-1706 author: Maritz, Tinus; Prinsloo, Hendrik title: A decision support framework for extension of time claims for the JBCC Principal Building Agreement date: 2016-12-31 words: 11037 flesch: 58 summary: 1.2 Objective The main objective of this study is to develop a framework with the use of a decision-tree analysis to provide guidance for the assessment of delay claims. The framework would assist in providing a platform to standardise the assessment of delay claims when making use of the JBCC agreement. keywords: analysis; claim; clause; completion; construction; contractor; decision; decision tree; delay; determine; eot; framework; programme; time; tree; use; ü ü cache: as-1706.pdf plain text: as-1706.txt item: #82 of 280 id: as-1707 author: Zulch, Benita title: A proposed model for construction project management communication in the South African construction industry date: 2016-06-30 words: 10657 flesch: 40 summary: Project communication skills (Listening, Verbal competency, Motivation, Meetings, Writing competency, Explaining, Trusting, Presentation, Questioning, Humour and laughter, Self-disclosure); Applications of communication (Decision-making and problem-solving, Conflict management, Team development and team-building, Negotiation, Persuasion, Reinforcement, Reflecting); Leadership com muni cation (Leadership). 2.2 Project communication levels Le Roux, De Beer, Ferreira, Hübner, Jacobs, Kritzinger, Labuschagne, Stapelberg & Venter (1999: 286-287) and Dow & Taylor (2008: 44-47) suggest that project management communication takes place on internal and external communication levels. keywords: 2006; 2007; 2008; 2011; 2012; applications; communication; communication skills; construction; construction project; edition; information; leadership; management; management communication; managers; model; online; project; project communication; project management; project managers; team; van; zulch cache: as-1707.pdf plain text: as-1707.txt item: #83 of 280 id: as-1708 author: Bond-Barnard, Taryn; Fletcher, Lizelle; Steyn, Herman title: Exploring the influence of instant messaging and video conferencing on the quality of project communication date: 2016-06-30 words: 10903 flesch: 47 summary: 36 Navorsingsartikels • Research articles Exploring the influence of instant messaging and video conferencing on the quality of project communication Peer reviewed and revised Abstract Growth in computer-mediated communication (CMC) technologies such as instant messaging (IM) and video conferencing (VC) has led to a need to explore the utilisation and influence of these tools on the quality of project communication, which must still be established. Keywords: Project communication, computer-media- ted communication, instant messaging, video confe- ren cing, virtual teams Abstrak Die groei in rekenaar-bemiddelde kommunikasie- tegnologie soos kitsbood skappe en videokonferensies het gelei tot ʼn behoefte om die benutting en invloed van hierdie tegnologie op die gehalte van projekkommunikasie te verstaan aangesien dit nog nie vasgestel is nie. keywords: barnard; bond; business; cmc; communication; extent; instant; management; personal; project; project communication; project management; quality; research; respondents; team; technology; use cache: as-1708.pdf plain text: as-1708.txt item: #84 of 280 id: as-171 author: Othman, Ayman; Harinarain, Nishani title: Managing risks associated with the JBCC (principal building agreement) from the South African contractor’s perspective date: 2009-06-30 words: 11102 flesch: 58 summary: For years the South African construction industry had a very poor reputation in managing construction risks. Flanagan & Norman (1993) classified construction risks • as political, economic, technical, external relations, management, design, environmental, legal and operational. keywords: c o; c ti; construction; contractor; e c; e n; jbcc; m e; management; n c; n g; n s; o n; p e; pba; project; risk cache: as-171.pdf plain text: as-171.txt item: #85 of 280 id: as-1710 author: Mabona, Lesetja; Shakantu, Winston title: Ineffective programme management on the delivery of health infrastructure projects: A case of the Northern Cape date: 2016-06-30 words: 9755 flesch: 38 summary: The coordinated Mabona & Shakantu • Ineffective programme management on ... 79 management processes of programme management require the application of knowledge, skills, tools, and techniques to meet the programme requirements and to obtain benefits and control not available by managing projects individually (Standard for Programme Management, 2013). With poor programme management coordination the department develops functional silos that are unable to synchronise the integrative metho dological approaches from construction management and operations management and their critical success factors relevant in programme management. keywords: benefits; care; components; construction management; delivery; department; die; facility; health; hospital; ncdoh; objectives; operations management; programme management; programmes; project; project management; research cache: as-1710.pdf plain text: as-1710.txt item: #86 of 280 id: as-1712 author: Saidu, Ibrahim; Shakantu, Winston title: The contributions of construction material waste to project cost overruns in Abuja, Nigeria date: 2016-06-30 words: 6040 flesch: 54 summary: 99 Oorsigartikels • Review articles The contributions of construction material waste to project cost overruns in Abuja, Nigeria Peer reviewed and revised Abstract Material wastage on construction sites can contribute to cost overruns. Saidu & Shakantu • The contributions of construction material waste ... 101 Material wastage has become a serious problem, and requires urgent attention in the Nigerian construction industry. keywords: construction; contributions; cost; cost overrun; data; die; management; material; material waste; overrun; project; van; volume; waste cache: as-1712.pdf plain text: as-1712.txt item: #87 of 280 id: as-172 author: Verster, Basie; Hauptfleisch, Dries title: Education, training and mentorship in pursuit of maturity in quantity surveying date: 2009-06-30 words: 6147 flesch: 37 summary: Results on project management maturity in South Africa, based on a research project conducted by the University of the Free State, in conjunction with the Wirtschafts Universität in Vienna in 2006 forms the basis of the article as well as the development of an education, training, mentorship and Continuing Professional Development (CPD) model to promote quantity surveying professional maturity. Verster & Hauptfleisch • Education, training and mentorship in pursuit of maturity in quantity surveying 125 Figure 1 illustrates an overview of project management maturity in South Africa, based on a research project conducted by the University of the Free State, in conjunction with the Wirtschafts Universität in Vienna in 2006. keywords: africa; construction; development; die; education; management; maturity; mentorship; profession; project; quantity; quantity surveying; research; south; surveying; training cache: as-172.pdf plain text: as-172.txt item: #88 of 280 id: as-1728 author: Marais, Lochner; Botes, Lucius; Pelser, Andre; Venter, Anita title: The non-payment of mortgage bonds in South Africa: The voice of defaulters date: 2005-12-31 words: 8702 flesch: 60 summary: Reward programmes were also mentioned by 8% of the respond- ents as a possible method of improving mortgage bond payments. As a majority group, black Africans reacted with widespread resist- ance to the apartheid government through the boycotting of rent, as well as refusal to pay the fees charged for services and to make mortgage payments (Kroukamp, 1995; Parker, 1995; Sono, 1995). keywords: 2003; africa; bonds; botes; die; finance; housing; income; mortgage; non; payment; pelser; respondents; sector; south; south africa cache: as-1728.pdf plain text: as-1728.txt item: #89 of 280 id: as-173 author: Steenkamp, Dienie title: The impact of storm water on Langenhoven Park: an integrated approach can make a difference date: 2009-06-30 words: 5455 flesch: 59 summary: Storm water as a resource If storm water is regarded as a resource and not as something to drain as quickly as possible, there are many options to handle storm water, as demonstrated in the following paragraphs. 143 Dienie Steenkamp The impact of storm water on Langenhoven Park: an integrated approach can make a difference Peer review Abstract Langenhoven Park is a suburb situated north-west of Bloemfontein, Mangaung. keywords: areas; development; drainage; flood; langenhoven; management; park; planning; runoff; storm; storm water; system; water; wetlands cache: as-173.pdf plain text: as-173.txt item: #90 of 280 id: as-1731 author: Lindeque, AS; Cloete, Chris title: Public participation in lower and higher socio-economic areas in South Africa date: 2006-12-31 words: 6039 flesch: 49 summary: 3. Public participation in first and third world context Although the concept of public participation (termed ‘citizen par- ticipation’ in North American literature) evolved in the United States in the 1950s and early 1960, full and official sanction for this term was not provided for in the British legislation until 1968 when the Town and Country Planning Act was passed. Keywords: Planning, public participation process, socio economic areas, stake- holders A.S. Lindeque, Department of Construction Economics, University of Pretoria, South Africa. keywords: areas; case; community; development; die; mabopane; muckleneuk; participation; participation process; project; public; socio; south cache: as-1731.pdf plain text: as-1731.txt item: #91 of 280 id: as-1736 author: Vosloo, Piet; Maritz, Tinus title: Landscaping: An analysis of current contracting processes and documentation date: 2005-12-31 words: 8652 flesch: 53 summary: 4. Problem areas en countered in landscape contracts In south Africa the Following problem areas con be identified in the Field of landscape contracting and landsc ape maintenance: A lack of suitable forms of landscape contract. In works contracts, the tendency is to follow the recommen- dations laid down by professional associations and learned societies and to utilise standard industry documents and systems, which are adapted to suite the need, style and culture of the organisation calling for bids. keywords: africa; building; construction; construction contract; contract; employer; engineering; form; jbcc; landscape; landscape contractor; landscape maintenance; landscape subcontractor; landscape work; landscaping; maintenance; south; subcontractor; work cache: as-1736.pdf plain text: as-1736.txt item: #92 of 280 id: as-1737 author: Minnaar, Enla title: Commentary on “site managers manual on energy and water efficient housing” date: 2005-12-31 words: 4384 flesch: 54 summary: 70 Enla Minnaar Kommentaar • Commentary Commentary on “site managers manual on energy and water efficient housing” Peer reviewed Abstract An attempt to address the general lack of instruction material on energy effi cient housing existing in South Africa needs to be evaluated by the target audience. The site managers are even instructed to try to talk both men and women and to become the advisors to the homeowner once he or she has managed to get invitations to energy efficient houses when the homeowners have moved in. keywords: africa; beyers; construction; energy; house; housing; managers; manual; n.d; site; south; water cache: as-1737.pdf plain text: as-1737.txt item: #93 of 280 id: as-1738 author: Detering, AR; Campbell, Malene; de Kock, Johan title: City-regional councils: A myth or method for better planning? The case of the Khomas region (Namibia) date: 2005-12-31 words: 6828 flesch: 49 summary: In contrast, the Khomas Regional Council has budgeted a mere N$ 2 888 560 for capital projects to serve the entire Khomas Region (Khomas Re- gional Council, 2004). Keywords: Windhoek Local Authority Council, Khomas Region, Namibia Abstrak As gevolg van ’n gebrek aan fondse, kapasiteit, kundigheid en ondervinding kan die Khomas Streeksraad nie die funksies, soos vereis word van streeks- rade, uitvoer nie. keywords: authority; authority council; city; council; development; khomas; khomas regional; local; namibia; planning; regional; regional council; windhoek cache: as-1738.pdf plain text: as-1738.txt item: #94 of 280 id: as-1739 author: Steyn, Gerald title: African courtyard architecture: Typology, art, science and relevance date: 2005-12-31 words: 5061 flesch: 56 summary: This study attempts to determine the relevance of traditional African courtyard houses for contemporary urban solutions by investigating a number of representative examples in terms of their potential for densification, ability to provide privacy and psychological well-being, climatic behaviour and responsiveness to social and economic needs. The study suggests that, from the synthesis of historic precedent and custom, a contemporary model of courtyard houses could be developed that would contribute towards much more compact, low-energy an d socio-economically equitable neigh- bourhoods. keywords: acta; african; arab; architecture; courtyard; figure; form; houses; housing; living; middle; settlement; space; steyn; structilia cache: as-1739.pdf plain text: as-1739.txt item: #95 of 280 id: as-174 author: Berry, Frank; Verster, Basie; Zulch, Benita title: Kommunikasie-volwassenheidsmodel vir die meting van bourekenkundige kommunikasie en kommunikasieinstrumente date: 2009-12-31 words: 4494 flesch: 42 summary: Skriftelike kommunikasievermoë word as ’n determinant vir die model van die kommunikasievermoë van die bourekenaar gereken (Berry, 2008: 122). Tegnologiese vermoë word as ’n determinant vir die model van die kommunikasievermoë van die bourekenaar gereken (Berry, 2008: 127). keywords: berry; bourekenaar; communication; deur; die; die bourekenaar; effektiewe; geweegde; instrumente; kommunikasie; kommunikasievermoë; konstruksiebedryf; kontraktuele; respondente; tabel; van; van die; vir; volwassenheidsmodel; wat; word cache: as-174.pdf plain text: as-174.txt item: #96 of 280 id: as-1742 author: Hauptfleisch, Dries title: Bemagtiging: ’n Geïntegreerde model vir die ontwikkeling van opkomende kontrakteurs in die konstruksiebedryf date: 2005-12-31 words: 1933 flesch: 51 summary: 2.4 Geakkrediteerde konstruksiementor • Moet geakkrediteer wees deur die Universiteit van die Vry- staat (UV) program (skriftelike eksamen en psigometriese evaluering), of by wyse van ‘n ander aanvaarbare keu- ringsproses. n Spesifieke opdrag is om rolspelers wat nie waarde toevoeg nie te identifiseer, regstellende optrede te vereis, of uitsetting van die program aan te beveel. keywords: aan; construction; die; hauptfleisch; kontrakteurs; model; moet; opkomende; van; vir; wat; word cache: as-1742.pdf plain text: as-1742.txt item: #97 of 280 id: as-1745 author: le Roux, Schalk title: Om argitektuur te skryf date: 2005-12-31 words: 5899 flesch: 69 summary: te verwoord nie – dit is as dit ver- wyderd praat van die geheim van skepping en skepper wat dikwels veel te groot aandag kry en nie deur leek of soms selfs die argitek verstaan word nie. Die gevierde argitektuurkritikus, Ada Louis Huxtable, het vyf-en-twintig jaar gelede reeds versugtend protesteer: I cannot think of better words for what is going on in architecture right now than ambiguous, strange and askew… Architects’ writings today go beyond permissible ambiguity. Die vestiging van ’n professie is deur die stigting van die eerste Institute vasgelê. keywords: aan; architects; architecture; argitekte; argitektuur; daar; dat; deur; die; dit; eerste; eeu; eie; geskryf; het; hierdie; hulle; institute; instituut; kan; maar; moontlik; nie; nuwe; ook; oor; roux; skryf; south; suid; tot; van; vir; wat; werk; word cache: as-1745.pdf plain text: as-1745.txt item: #98 of 280 id: as-1746 author: Haupt, Theo; Deacon, Claire; Smallwood, John title: Importance of healthy older construction workers date: 2005-06-30 words: 6131 flesch: 52 summary: Age effects and influence The possible ill effects on older construction workers of the harsh environmental work conditions of noise, dust, toxins, and fumes are often more of a concern than in other industries. 3 Haupt, Deacon & Smallwood • Healthy older construction workers This paper reports some of the findings of a study that sought to test the following hypotheses: • Older workers comprise an increasingly large proportion of the construction workforce; • The prevalence of injuries/disease/disability is higher among older than younger workers; • Older workers have problems related to several occupa- tional and non-occupational diseases such as deafness or noise induced hearing loss (NIHL), TB, high blood pressure (hypertension), diabetes, and HIV and AIDS; • These diseases affect absenteeism among and work per- formance of older workers; • Contractors do not undertake nor support health related interventions; • Medical surveillance and testing is necessary to identify the health condition of workers and implement effective treatment interventions. keywords: 2001; age; construction; construction workers; diseases; haupt; health; industry; infections; medical; problems; smallwood; south; study; workers; years cache: as-1746.pdf plain text: as-1746.txt item: #99 of 280 id: as-1749 author: Verster, Basie; Berry, Frank title: The property development challenge: Creating wealth through regional and rural projects date: 2005-06-30 words: 4136 flesch: 56 summary: Recently developers have tended to be more sympathetic regarding the pos sible negative influence of project development. The challenge is to match economic, environmental, health and social sustainability with growth, in respect of small projects, or small benefits from big projects. keywords: africa; development; eco; education; environment; health; projects; property; state; sustainability; tourism; verster cache: as-1749.pdf plain text: as-1749.txt item: #100 of 280 id: as-1750 author: Pienaar, JS; Cloete, Chris title: Hostel conversion through the Institutional Housing Subsidy as affordable housing: Case study of the Sethokga pilot project, Gauteng, South Africa date: 2005-06-30 words: 6241 flesch: 46 summary: The Public sector hostels redevelopment programme This programme makes provision for grant funding from central government for the upgrading/conversion of public and ‘grey- sector’ hostels to create: • humane living conditions for residents, and to • provide affordable and sustainable housing opportunities on a rental or ownership basis for people on low income. 49 Pienaar & Cloete • Sethokga hostel conversion project 50 Acta Structilia 2005:12(1) A socio-economic survey was con- ducted among a sample of five hundred residents in July 2000, and the results of this were used to plan and design the project 53 Pienaar & Cloete • Sethokga hostel conversion project 54 Acta Structilia 2005:12(1) and procure a contractor to do the construction work. keywords: africa; complex; conversion; government; hostel; housing; ownership; pienaar; project; rental; residents; sethokga; south; subsidy; survey cache: as-1750.pdf plain text: as-1750.txt item: #101 of 280 id: as-1751 author: Maritz, Tinus title: Efficiency in the provision of production specifications for the South African construction industry date: 2005-06-30 words: 5954 flesch: 49 summary: The review of the literature on the application and development of specification systems for the South African construction industry that follow, draws a distinction between the private and public sectors. Report 1: A description and comparison of national specification systems. keywords: building; construction; e c; e e; industry; information; maritz; production; quantity; south; specification; systems cache: as-1751.pdf plain text: as-1751.txt item: #102 of 280 id: as-1752 author: Wegelen, Hans title: ’n Oorsig oor boukonstruksie as vak in argitektuur aan die Universiteit van Pretoria in die tydperk 1943-2005 date: 2005-06-30 words: 4699 flesch: 58 summary: Agtergrond Formele onderrig van argitekte kon van die 17e tot diep in die 19e eeu in die Ecôle des Beaux Arts in Parys, Frankryk geneem word. 3 Kyk Bylae vir uiteensetting van die volledige kursus. produseer. keywords: aan; architecture; argitekte; argitektuur; boukonstruksie; building; departement; deur; die; dit; dié; geboue; het; hulle; konstruksie; leer; nie; ontwerp; oor; pretoria; soos; studente; tot; universiteit; vak; van; vir; wat; wegelin; word cache: as-1752.pdf plain text: as-1752.txt item: #103 of 280 id: as-176 author: Haupt, Theo; Madikizela, Kolosa title: Why do South African women choose careers in construction? date: 2009-12-31 words: 7708 flesch: 50 summary: Similar proportions of the sample (females) reported that because of discrimination women tended to avoid the sector and were unsure of the career possibilities in construction. Female (%) Discrimination impacts careers in construction negatively resulting in women rather choosing other careers 49.2 50.8 Discrimination creates a sense of being inferior 56.5 43.5 Discrimination results in less women in construction industry 0.0 100.0 Because of discrimination women tend to avoid construction and adhere to the conventional careers such as nursing 39.3 keywords: african; careers; construction; construction industry; die; discrimination; females; gender; industry; male; south; students; table; women cache: as-176.pdf plain text: as-176.txt item: #104 of 280 id: as-177 author: Musonda, Innocent; Haupt, Theo; Smallwood, John title: Client attitude to health and safety – A report on contractor’s perceptions date: 2009-12-31 words: 5766 flesch: 54 summary: Research conducted in Botswana revealed that the level of H&S awareness in the construction industry is low; H&S legislation is not complied with; the management of contractors is not committed Musonda, Haupt & Smallwood • Client attitude to health and safety 71 to H&S implementation; there is a lack of H&S management systems, procedures, and protocol, and clients and designers do not adequately participate in the implementation of H&S (Musonda & Smallwood, 2005: 61). In order to show commitment, clients should input adequate resources into construction H&S instead of relying on contractors (Huang & Hinze, 2006b: 180). keywords: attitude; clients; construction; contractors; h&s; health; management; project; respondents; safety; sites; smallwood cache: as-177.pdf plain text: as-177.txt item: #105 of 280 id: as-178 author: Maritz, Tinus; Schutte, Andries title: The calculation of acceleration costs on construction projects date: 2009-12-31 words: 4739 flesch: 45 summary: 4.2 Data collection procedure The main objective of the research was to acquire information from three groups of people (contractors, consultants and employers/ developers) concerning their opinions on and previous experiences with regard to project acceleration. The aim of this article is to create a better understanding of the complexity of acceleration claims. keywords: acceleration; acceleration claims; acceleration costs; claims; construction; contract; contractors; costs; project; section; time cache: as-178.pdf plain text: as-178.txt item: #106 of 280 id: as-179 author: Geminiani, Franco; Smallwood, John title: A critical review of the effectiveness of the Department of Labour (DoL) Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Inspectorate in relation to the construction industry in South Africa date: 2008-12-31 words: 4834 flesch: 50 summary: 3.3 Phase 3 During Phase 3, engineers, OH&S consultants in two categories, namely, construction OH&S consultants and generic OH&S consult- ants, insurers, Quantity Surveyors and Safety Health and Environment (SHE) were surveyed - a total of 236 questionnaires were mailed / faxed to OH&S consultants in the nine provinces of South Africa. Furthermore, to what extent does and can the OH&S Inspectorate influence management commitment and induce the realisation that H&S complements the other parameters such as cost, quality, and time. 2.3 Behavioural issues Attention to OH&S in the construction industry has increased dra- matically over the past decades. keywords: africa; construction; die; dol; industry; inspectorate; oh&s; safety; south; total; van cache: as-179.pdf plain text: as-179.txt item: #107 of 280 id: as-180 author: Buys, Fanie; Sidloyi, Xabiso title: Comparative analysis of design management procedures in manufacturing and architecture date: 2008-12-31 words: 4836 flesch: 43 summary: 3.3 Literature review A comprehensive literature review on the following aspects were undertaken to acquire the required insight into the topic: Design management processes and protocols in construction, • which identified existing design management processes and protocols in construction as well as problems. This research was conducted to determine the adequacy of design management processes used by Eastern Cape (EC) architectural practices and compare these with the design management processes used in manufacturing in order to establish prac- tices, theories, principles, technologies and deliverables that can be transferred from the manufacturing into the construction industry to improve efficiency of architectural design management. keywords: construction; design; improvement; industry; management; manufacturing; method; practices; processes; project; respondents cache: as-180.pdf plain text: as-180.txt item: #108 of 280 id: as-181 author: Ramokolo, Bruce; Smallwood, John title: The capacity of emerging civil engineering contractors date: 2008-12-31 words: 10056 flesch: 39 summary: The results of the testing of the hypotheses are as follows: Emerging civil engineering contractors lack construction • related qualifications is supported; Emerging civil engineering contractors lack construction • management competencies is partially supported; A range of factors contribute to the failure of emerging civil • engineering contractors is partially supported; The level of skills development in emerging civil engineering • contractors is inadequate is supported; The level of resources in emerging civil engineering contractors • is inadequate is supported; Construction management competencies are more • pervasive in successful established civil engineering contractor organisations than in emerging civil engineering contractor organisations is supported; and Established civil engineering contractor organisations are • better resourced than emerging civil engineering contractor organisations is supported. The article presents the findings of a Masters study, the objectives in general being to determine the current practices and performance of emerging civil engineering contractors in the Nelson Mandela Bay Metropole. keywords: construction; engineering; engineering contractors; knowledge; level; management; mean; mss; organisations; relative; skills; table; terms; training cache: as-181.pdf plain text: as-181.txt item: #109 of 280 id: as-182 author: Hoogendoorn, Gijsbert; Marais, Lochner title: Perceptions of crime and the built environment: the case of the Bloemfontein Central Business District (CBD) date: 2008-12-31 words: 8029 flesch: 60 summary: The literature indicates that the relation- ship between decentralised development and inner city crime, the relationship between crime and grime and the fact that percep- tions on crime are central to decisions regarding location and relo- cation of businesses and individuals has already been extensively debated. In South African urban discourse, however, crime studies and inner-city crime studies per se have been scant. keywords: 2005; africa; areas; bloemfontein; cbd; centres; city; city crime; crime; die; fear; perceptions; respondents; south; urban cache: as-182.pdf plain text: as-182.txt item: #110 of 280 id: as-183 author: Cumberlege, Roy; Buys, Fanie; Vosloo, Derick title: A review on the effectiveness of the Joint Building Contracts Committee Series 2000 Principal Building Agreement – A contractors’ perspective date: 2008-12-31 words: 3894 flesch: 55 summary: Keywords: Contract document, construction guarantee, contractors, disputes, JBCC 2000 PBA, retention Roy Cumberlege, Senior Lecturer, Department of Building and Quantity Survey- ing, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, P O Box 77000, Port Elizabeth, 6031, South Africa. It is clear from the above that there is a constant demand for the JBCC 2000 PBA, on a yearly basis, to be used as contract document. keywords: agreement; building; contract; contractors; die; document; industry; jbcc; pba cache: as-183.pdf plain text: as-183.txt item: #111 of 280 id: as-184 author: Moss, Ian; Smallwood, John title: An investigation of training and mentoring of emerging contractors in the Eastern Cape date: 2008-12-31 words: 3368 flesch: 49 summary: The results of the survey indicate that for the programmes to have the desired effect, the following recommendations should be con- sidered by the implementation agencies or institutions that are involved with training and mentoring in the construction industry: All facets of the training programme should be covered and • are equally important to the success of the mentees; More time should be spent relative to financial management • and cost control on a building project; Trainers and mentors should ensure that the emerging • contractors, after completion of the programme, have the ability to not only read and interpret the construction programmes, but have the ability to develop and understand construction programmes or bar-charts themselves; Mentors should dedicate more time to the mentoring • of emerging contractors relative to administration and management of a building site, and Institutions or implementing agencies that administer training • and mentoring programmes should budget for the monitoring of emerging contractors to ensure the successful completion of a sustainable programme. 115 Ian Moss & John Smallwood An investigation of training and mentoring of emerging contractors in the Eastern Cape Peer reviewed Abstract Having an effective mentoring programme in place in the construction industry is critical to the development and growth of emerging contractors as well as the industry as a whole. keywords: building; contractors; industry; management; mentoring; need; relative; training cache: as-184.pdf plain text: as-184.txt item: #112 of 280 id: as-185 author: Ndihokubwayo, Ruben; Haupt, Theo title: Origin – cause matrix: a practical approach for identification of waste associated with variation orders date: 2008-12-31 words: 6409 flesch: 62 summary: It is necessary to uncover non value-adding activities arising from variation orders in order to take proactive measures to reduce them. 126 Ruben Ndihokubwayo & Theo Haupt Origin – cause matrix: a practical approach for identification of waste associated with variation orders Peer reviewed Abstract This article has a two-fold aim, namely of reviewing the literature pertaining to waste associated with variation orders and providing a tool for identification of waste zones arising from a variation order. keywords: client; construction; contract; costs; n o; orders; origin; project; value; variation; variation orders; waste; works cache: as-185.pdf plain text: as-185.txt item: #113 of 280 id: as-186 author: Bowen, Paul; Cattell, Keith; Distiller, Greg title: South African quantity surveyors: issues of gender and race in the workplace date: 2008-06-30 words: 7895 flesch: 51 summary: Gender differences in job satisfaction. Even more scarce is literature examining the differences in job satisfaction of quantity surveyors on the basis of either gender or race. keywords: construction; differences; discrimination; gender; groups; job; non; quantity; race; satisfaction; south; surveyors; whites; women; work cache: as-186.pdf plain text: as-186.txt item: #114 of 280 id: as-187 author: Verster, Basie; Hauptfleisch, Dries; Kotzé (Zulch), Benita title: Dimensions of a mature quantity surveying profession date: 2008-06-30 words: 4875 flesch: 47 summary: Keywords: Learned society, mature profession, maturity model, quantity surveying Prof. JJP Verster, Head of Department of Quantity Surveying and Construction Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa. A questionnaire based on previous research results done by the authors (research on project management maturity) was compiled to identify and weigh the most important dimensions of a mature quantity surveying learned society. keywords: dimensions; management; maturity; profession; project; quantity; society; south; surveying cache: as-187.pdf plain text: as-187.txt item: #115 of 280 id: as-188 author: Bouwer, Rinus; Hendrick, Richard; Taylor, Megan; Kruger, Andre title: An assessment of the feasible application of environmental valuation methods on Rand Water open-space date: 2008-06-30 words: 12102 flesch: 51 summary: A pilot study to demonstrate the application of environmental and resource eco- nomics methods for the assessment of open space values in two case study areas: Metro South and Metro South East. One has to view Rand Water open spaces in relation to its core function, which is to provide water, and how these open spaces and their inherent ecological services contribute to the protection and maintenance of this key infrastructure. keywords: application; cost; environmental; goods; land; market; method; perman; properties; property; rand; rand water; resource; services; space; use; use value; valuation; valuation methods; value; water cache: as-188.pdf plain text: as-188.txt item: #116 of 280 id: as-189 author: Phoya, Sarah; Haupt, Theo title: Poverty alleviation of labour-based infrastructure delivery: the case of Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) date: 2008-06-30 words: 6308 flesch: 52 summary: This paper examines whether the primary objectives of employment creation and poverty alleviation, as defined, were indeed achieved in the execution of infrastructure projects in Dar es Salaam and par- ticularly the project in the Hanna Nassif informal settlement. For the poor who had previously engaged in low paying mar- ginal wage employment, access to infrastructure projects allowed them to move to better paying jobs. keywords: alleviation; construction; dar; employment; ilo; income; infrastructure; labour; lbt; level; poverty; poverty alleviation; project; residents; salaam cache: as-189.pdf plain text: as-189.txt item: #117 of 280 id: as-190 author: Jordaan, Tarina; Puren, Karen; Roos, Vera title: The meaning of place-making in planning: historical overview and implications for urban and regional planning date: 2008-06-30 words: 10463 flesch: 55 summary: Making urban places: Principles and guidelines for layout planning. The loss of place meanings and iden- tity is therefore very real in South Africa, and though place-making is not the panacea for this problem, it can redress it to some extent. keywords: contexts; design; development; environmental; human; identity; making; meanings; new; people; place; planning; sense; south; space; understanding; urban cache: as-190.pdf plain text: as-190.txt item: #118 of 280 id: as-191 author: Oladapo, Adebayo; Aladegbaiye, Olusola; Aibinu, Ajibade title: The development of location adjustment factors for construction price estimating in Nigeria date: 2008-06-30 words: 5128 flesch: 54 summary: This is why project location has been identified by Ahmad & Minka- rah (1988), Shash (1998) and Akintoye (2000) as one of the significant factors influencing contractors’ tender price levels. Also, in a global study of factors affecting contractors’ tender margins, Ling (2005) found that project location had a significant impact in many countries. keywords: adjustment; construction; cost; die; estimating; factors; index; lagos; location; nigeria; price; project; tender cache: as-191.pdf plain text: as-191.txt item: #119 of 280 id: as-1914 author: Barker, G; Hill, Richard; Bowen, Paul; Evans, Kathy title: Economic and regulatory approaches to improve the environmental performance of buildings in South Africa date: 2004-12-31 words: 8144 flesch: 36 summary: Perhaps the question is not whether economic mechanisms should be employed to improve environmental building performance, but rather how this should be achieved. The limitations of ecolabels for buildings stem from their de- pendence on voluntary building environmental assessment methods. keywords: 2000; africa; assessment; building; construction; environmental; green; market; methods; performance; south; sustainability cache: as-1914.pdf plain text: as-1914.txt item: #120 of 280 id: as-192 author: Hauptfleisch, Dries title: Facilities management: an analysis of evolving educational needs in a developing profession date: 2008-06-30 words: 2377 flesch: 46 summary: The problem at hand is to extract, from the present practice of facilities management, a knowledge profile and secondly to contextualise the results in terms of other applicable managerial concepts. There are reasons to believe that facilities management is in the process of becoming a driving force, not only in the scientific management and optimisation of fixed assets, but as an initiator of development in the built environment. keywords: die; education; facilities; facilities management; knowledge; maintenance; management; property; van cache: as-192.pdf plain text: as-192.txt item: #121 of 280 id: as-1921 author: Haupt, Theo; Munshi, Meenakshi; Smallwood, John title: Combating HIV and AIDS in South African construction through effective communication date: 2004-12-31 words: 5548 flesch: 50 summary: HIV and the workplace: Organizational con sequences of hiring persons with HIV and attitudes towards disclosure of HIV related information. The transient employment in construction of workers, who are often migrant, renders them particularly vulnerable to this apparent abuse with unintended consequences to the industry, while contributing at the same time to the rising rates of HIV infection. keywords: aids; behavior; communication; construction; employers; health; hiv; information; smallwood; south; table; workers cache: as-1921.pdf plain text: as-1921.txt item: #122 of 280 id: as-1925 author: Lipman, Alan title: Architecture, heritage, history, memory date: 2004-12-31 words: 5875 flesch: 55 summary: When observed, the code leads, in appearance, to neo-classical buildings. A critique of the symbolic nostalgias of post-modern design must, thus, be founded on acknowledging the specific local contexts in which designers work. keywords: africa; architecture; buildings; city; design; die; heritage; history; lipman; new; past; people; post; present; south cache: as-1925.pdf plain text: as-1925.txt item: #123 of 280 id: as-1928 author: Noble, Jonathan; Raman, Pattabi title: Collaborations: The Architecture of Ahrends, Burton and Koralek (ABK) edited by Kenneth Powell date: 2004-12-31 words: 2524 flesch: 51 summary: The unswervingly consistent use of the principles of modern architecture with openness and a sense of freedom is what distinguishes ABK’s work from those of their British contemporaries like Denys Lasdun, James Stirling, Edward Cullinan, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers and Michael Hopkins. Modern architecture of ABK takes its proper place in this beautiful garden setting. 69 Jonathan Noble & Pattabi G. Raman • The Architecture of ABK Figure 5: Keble College, Oxford. keywords: abk; architecture; college; die; figure; modernist; project; tradition; work cache: as-1928.pdf plain text: as-1928.txt item: #124 of 280 id: as-193 author: le Roux, Felix; Cloete, Chris title: The disclosure of costs and income on incomplete contracts in the financial statements of contractors date: 2007-12-31 words: 11079 flesch: 46 summary: • Built environment perspectives incorporated in AC109/IAS11 to assist in the understanding of construction contract accounting. 3. AC109/IAS11 and recognition of contract costs and revenue and recognition of proportionate profit based on the determination of percentage of completion on the date of the financial statements The standard guideline for accounting for construction firms is AC109/IAS11: Construction Contracts, which recognises that with large contracts the start and end dates usually fall into different accounting periods. keywords: ac109; accountants; accounting; auditors; completion; construction; construction accounting; construction contract; contract; contractors; costs; die; environment; ias11; measurement; professionals; respondents; statements cache: as-193.pdf plain text: as-193.txt item: #125 of 280 id: as-1933 author: Groves, Derham title: The art of the brick date: 2004-12-31 words: 4768 flesch: 69 summary: 72 Acta Structilia 2004:11(1&2) On the other hand, few people have noticed that brick chimneys are slowly disappearing from the Australian suburban skyline, due to technological advances in heating and cooking and also con- cerns about polluting the atmosphere. 84 Image 8: ‘Ladder’ by Cathy Drummond Acta Structilia 2004:11(1&2) Melbourne artist Cathy Drummond was invited to participate in “Not Brick Chimneys” because her paintings of brick buildings capture the colours and pointillist nature of brickwork extremely well. keywords: architecture; art; australia; brick; brick wall; brickwork; chimney; groves; image; melbourne; roof; wall cache: as-1933.pdf plain text: as-1933.txt item: #126 of 280 id: as-1934 author: McKenzie, Fiona title: Demographic challenges in non-metropolitan Western Australia: Community development strategies in a neo-liberal economic environment date: 2004-12-31 words: 9769 flesch: 47 summary: The push by government for Australian communities to be more self-determining and self-reliant has shifted the focus of community development to local leadership. For many in small rural, regional and remote communities, survival requires a good knowledge of local networks, time, an under- standing of the administration of community projects, knowledge of potential funding sources and the motivation to make a commit- ment to community development. keywords: 2001; areas; australia; capital; challenges; change; communities; community; development; government; growth; haslam; mckenzie; new; people; policy; population; regional; rural; services; state; western; western australia cache: as-1934.pdf plain text: as-1934.txt item: #127 of 280 id: as-1984 author: Gilbert, Guinevere; Cattell, Keith; Edwards, Peter; Bowen, Paul title: A sequential mixed methods research approach to investigating HIV/AIDS intervention management by construction organisations in South Africa date: 2017-06-30 words: 9882 flesch: 51 summary: 27 Navorsingsartikels • Research articles A sequential mixed methods research approach to investigating HIV/AIDS intervention management by construction organisations in South Africa Peer reviewed and revised Abstract Sequential mixed methods research is an effective approach for investigating complex problems, but it has not been extensively used in construction management research. If unitary approaches to construction management research are inappropriate or inadequate (or both), then alternative hybrid or multiple methods may be needed. keywords: africa; aids; analysis; approach; bowen; cattell; construction; construction industry; construction management; data; edwards; findings; firms; hiv; industry; intervention; management; methods; research; south; stage; survey; use; workers cache: as-1984.pdf plain text: as-1984.txt item: #128 of 280 id: as-1985 author: Saidu, Ibrahim; Shakantu, Winston title: An investigation into cost overruns for ongoing building projects in Abuja, Nigeria date: 2017-06-30 words: 7372 flesch: 54 summary: Preliminary study on causative factors leading to construction cost overrun. Keywords: Actual cost, cost overrun, estimated cost, Nigeria, building projects Ibrahim Saidu & Winston Shakantu Dr Ibrahim Saidu, Department of Construction Management, Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment, and Information Technology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Eastern Cape, Port Elizabeth, South Africa. keywords: building; causes; completion; construction; cost; cost overruns; die; factors; management; memon; percentage; projects; time; van; work cache: as-1985.pdf plain text: as-1985.txt item: #129 of 280 id: as-1986 author: van der Merwe, Jaco; Kleynhans, Bouwer; Cloete, Chris title: Volhoubare fasiliteitsbestuur in winkelsentrums in Pretoria date: 2017-06-30 words: 8351 flesch: 54 summary: Alhoewel daar klemverskille in die verskillende definisies voorkom, is die gemeenskaplike kenmerke van die definisies dat fasiliteitsbestuur streef na die optimale passing tussen mense en die bou-omgewing waarin mense werk, leef en speel (Cloete, 2002), deur die toepassing van ’n geïntegreerde benadering tot die instandhouding, verbetering en aanpassing van die geboue van ’n organisasie ten einde ’n omgewing te skep wat die primêre doelwitte van daardie organisasie sal ondersteun (Barrett, 1995: 167). Die waarde van die totale kleinhandelseiendom in Suid-Afrika was geraam op R534 miljard in 2015, teenoor ’n waarde van R340 miljard in 2012 (PSCC, 2016). keywords: 2010; aan; aangedui; acta; asook; belangrikheid; cloete; daar; daarvan; dat; deur; die; dit; energie; energieverbruik; fasiliteitsbestuur; figuur; gebou; gebruik; het; hierdie; hul; implementering; kan; management; mate; meer; nie; omgewing; ook; oor; persepsie; praktyke; pretoria; respondente; toegepas; toepassing; tot; van; van die; van volhoubare; vir; volhoubare; wat; water; winkelsentrums; word cache: as-1986.pdf plain text: as-1986.txt item: #130 of 280 id: as-1987 author: Boshoff, Douw; Krugell, Chris; van Heerden, Hennie title: Characteristics of the safety climate in teams with world-class safety performance on construction projects in South Africa date: 2017-06-30 words: 10306 flesch: 58 summary: Acta Structilia 2017: 24(1) 102 Country Description of the status of construction safety China This also seems to be the case with other leading countries, as indicated in Table 1. Table 1: The status of construction safety management in leading countries Country Description of the status of construction safety United States The census data from the U.S. Bureau of Labour Statistics (BLS) showed that a total of 774 workers died from injuries they suffered on construction sites in 2010, accounting for 16.5% of all industries. keywords: alpha; behaviour; characteristics; climate; construction; cronbach; group; level; management; number; performance; ppe; questions; respondents; safety; safety climate; safety performance; team; van; work cache: as-1987.pdf plain text: as-1987.txt item: #131 of 280 id: as-1991 author: Pearl, Rob; Akintoye, Akintola; Bowen, Paul; Hardcastle, Cliff title: Analysis of tender sum forecasting by quantity surveyors and contractors in South Africa date: 2003-12-31 words: 10720 flesch: 54 summary: An investigation into the accuracy of cost estimates during the design stages of construction projects. In searching for reasons why larger projects may attract better estimating accuracy, Ogunlana and Thorpe (1991) suggest that a major cause could be the managerial 11 Acta Structilia 2003: l 0(1 & 2) aspect that favours keener cost estimating (tendering) in high value pro­jects. keywords: accuracy; analysis; bidders; building; construction; contractors; count; forecasting; number; performance; price; projects; quantity; sum; surveyors; tender; type; variability cache: as-1991.pdf plain text: as-1991.txt item: #132 of 280 id: as-1993 author: Haupt, Theo title: From theory to practice: Students' perceptions of co-operative construction education experiences date: 2003-12-31 words: 8755 flesch: 57 summary: First-year students survey The sample comprised l 07 first year students, namely 60 (56, l %) from Cape Technikon and 47 (43,9%) from Peninsula Technikon. Thought it would be simple and not so difficult (7, l %) Expected more practicals (3, l %), and I did not expect it to be so academic (1.0%). keywords: construction; course; education; students; subjects; table; work; year cache: as-1993.pdf plain text: as-1993.txt item: #133 of 280 id: as-1994 author: Yusif, Ade; Odeyinka, Henry title: Performance evaluation of the Petroleum Trust Fund Educational and Health Infrastructure Rehabilitation Programme in North Western Nigeria date: 2003-12-31 words: 7270 flesch: 60 summary: An important lesson from the PTF programme is that, in addition to public need, availability of funds should be a major criterion for embarking on government projects. This was at a time when the minimum allowance for most government projects was about 45% (PTF 1998: 7). keywords: construction; consultants; contractors; cost; die; federal; government; performance; programme; projects; ptf; state; time; work cache: as-1994.pdf plain text: as-1994.txt item: #134 of 280 id: as-2000 author: Smit, Nico title: The maintenance of the productivity and value of farmland in savanna through the effective management of bush encroachment: Ecological considerations date: 2009-12-31 words: 12870 flesch: 62 summary: The role of competition in the spacing of savanna trees. Subsequently, woodcarving has developed into a major industry in many southern African countries and the wood of a wide range of tree species is being used. keywords: 1991; acacia; africa; bush; canopies; density; die; ecology; effect; encroachment; et al; grassland; grazing; growth; journal; management; mopane; plants; savanna; smit; society; soil; southern; species; thinning; tree; walker; woody; woody plants cache: as-2000.pdf plain text: as-2000.txt item: #135 of 280 id: as-2001 author: Bredeveldt, Toni; Alexander, Mark; Bowen, Paul title: The acceptability of concrete block construction in low cost housing in the Cape Peninsula date: 2009-12-31 words: 6716 flesch: 52 summary: All the materials suppliers reported that concrete block construction is the most affordable form of low cost housing construction because of the ease of construction as well as saving on construction time because the concrete block is a large unit. Secondly, to establish what current methods and materials are used for low cost housing construction in the Cape Peninsula by means of a questionnaire survey, and thirdly, to establish the end-users satisfaction levels with regard to the use of concrete block construction by means of a questionnaire survey. keywords: africa; block; block construction; cape; concrete; construction; cost; cost housing; die; end; houses; housing; low; materials; south; wall cache: as-2001.pdf plain text: as-2001.txt item: #136 of 280 id: as-2002 author: Haupt, Theo title: The state of construction safety and health education at higher education institutions in the Western Cape, South Africa date: 2009-12-31 words: 4170 flesch: 57 summary: Management 34 3 17 54 1,6852 0.9281 63.0% 5.6% 31.5% 100.0% Foreman 26 14 14 54 1.7778 0.8393 48,2% 25,9% 25.9% 100,0% Supervisor 13 35 6 55 1.9273 0,7163 23.6% 63.6% 10,9% 100,0% From Table 8 it is clear that students believed that construction (56, l %) was the industry most responsible for work-related accidents and fatali­ ties. 95,2% Worker 3 4,8% Total 68 100,0% With regard to who should be responsible for worker safety on construc­ tion sites, most students (85, l %) selected contractors as their most pre­ ferred party. keywords: construction; die; education; haupt; health; institutions; management; safety; students; table; worker cache: as-2002.pdf plain text: as-2002.txt item: #137 of 280 id: as-2003 author: Anyumba, Godfrey title: Ecolodges and tourism development: Planning and design contradictions and the consequences for historically disadvantaged communities in South Africa date: 2009-12-31 words: 5512 flesch: 51 summary: As our central concern here is with Historically Disadvantaged Communities in tourism it ought to be noted from the onset that the geographical regions of South Africa, which were designated as the homelands for the Black population, were not and are not short of out­ standing features with tourism development potential. Arising from its dual character, the 'New South Africa' inherited a very well organized tourism superstructure in the parts of the country where tourism development took place. keywords: africa; anyumba; communities; contradictions; development; die; ecolodge; ecotourism; hdc; market; paper; rondavel; south; south africa; tourism; tourism development; white cache: as-2003.pdf plain text: as-2003.txt item: #138 of 280 id: as-2005 author: Grant, Tim; Hes, Dominique title: Possible roles for environmental Life Cycle Assessment in building specifications date: 2009-12-31 words: 2894 flesch: 51 summary: While advances ore being made in the area of building modeling and LCA data, a bigger challenge still exists in the development of simple yet rigorous indicators of environment. New developments in LCA methodology and data con be expected over the next five years and these will increase the possi­ bilities for integrating LCA into more general decision-making process­ es. References BONIFAZ, O. & NIKODEM, H. et al 1996. keywords: assessment; building; cycle; die; environment; impacts; lca; life; process; product cache: as-2005.pdf plain text: as-2005.txt item: #139 of 280 id: as-2006 author: Joubert, Ora title: A new Student Centre and the pedestrianization of the University of the Free State campus date: 2009-12-31 words: 826 flesch: 47 summary: Student Centre architects: The Roodt Partnership. Bekendstelling • Introduction 'Ora Joubert A new Student Centre and the pedestrianization of the University of the Free State campus R egrettably, academic buildings in South Africa often suffer from a stigma of ideological nepotism - a social phenomenon that is seldom conducive to architectural excellence. keywords: centre; student; university cache: as-2006.pdf plain text: as-2006.txt item: #140 of 280 id: as-2007 author: Kotze, Paul title: BLUEPRINTS in black and white: The built environment professions in South Africa - an outline history by John Bizzell date: 2009-12-31 words: 908 flesch: 62 summary: The text is often pointless as it makes no real contribution to much of the more serious academic work which has been done in South Africa and elsewhere on the development of the South African physical landscape. The content of the book is broadly based on the assumption that South African built environment professionals have always reflected the dominant societal values and attitudes of the day. keywords: book; south cache: as-2007.pdf plain text: as-2007.txt item: #141 of 280 id: as-2078 author: Pearl, Rob; Bowen, Paul title: Construction time prediction: The forgotten service date: 2002-06-30 words: 3321 flesch: 49 summary: This article describes an experiment conducted with South African contractors and consultants to determine the way in which they forecast project construction time. The importance of the effective handling of this function is emphasised by the findings of Bowen et al (1999), who found that clients have dramatically unrealistic expectations of project time. keywords: bowen; construction; contract; duration; procurement; project; quantity; south; surveyors; time cache: as-2078.pdf plain text: as-2078.txt item: #142 of 280 id: as-2082 author: Chen, Jean; Wills, David title: Whither China's urbanisation? Patterns of development and problems date: 2002-06-30 words: 7148 flesch: 59 summary: especially in the provision of housing and transportation, which clearly are current priorities in urban China, may facilitate a reconciliation between optimality and urban growth. Year Figure l: Urban population growth in China ( 1949-1999) keywords: areas; cent; chen; china; cities; city; countries; development; die; economic; growth; population; urban; urbanisation; world cache: as-2082.pdf plain text: as-2082.txt item: #143 of 280 id: as-2088 author: Tsotetsi, Ana; Steenkamp, Dienie; van Zyl, Wallace; Botha, Wim title: The contribution of tourism planning to local development at Harrismith, Phuthaditjhaba and Clarens date: 2002-06-30 words: 6443 flesch: 54 summary: The findings reflect that the local community at Harrismith does not often visit local tourism products. whether it is natural or man-made, is the fundamental ingredient of tourism products. keywords: accommodation; africa; area; clarens; development; facilities; harrismith; phuthaditjhaba; planning; products; region; south; state; tourism; tourists; van cache: as-2088.pdf plain text: as-2088.txt item: #144 of 280 id: as-2095 author: Verster, Basie title: Property development: In search of an environmental sensitive development model date: 2002-06-30 words: 5109 flesch: 51 summary: Informed persons with a combination of various professional skills should assess and address environmental risk. The impact of environmental risk on property investment valuation. keywords: 2000; cost; development; die; environment; impact; influence; model; nature; new; people; property; risk; wildlife cache: as-2095.pdf plain text: as-2095.txt item: #145 of 280 id: as-2098 author: Martiz, Tinus title: A comparison between the June 1991 and Series 2000 JBCC Preliminaries editions date: 2002-06-30 words: 4468 flesch: 51 summary: The author is of the opinion that the above situation is an indication that the changes made to the 1991 and Series 2000 JBCC Preliminaries editions have generally been well received by quantity surveyors, architects and builders and, for the time being, will meet the needs of the building industry. Commentary • Kommentaar M J Maritz1 A comparison between the June 1991 and Series 2000 JBCC Preliminaries editions Abstract The use of 'standard' or 'model' preliminaries has simplified the tendering for and the administration of building contracts, entail economic advantages to all concerned. keywords: die; document; edition; items; jbcc; jbcc preliminaries; preliminaries; series; standard; use cache: as-2098.pdf plain text: as-2098.txt item: #146 of 280 id: as-2099 author: Zack, James title: Are you prepared for mediation? date: 2002-06-30 words: 4807 flesch: 63 summary: Mediation: the process What is mediation? One publication described mediation as follows (Harris, 1994: 5): Mediation is the private, confidential, and informal submittal of a dispute to a non-binding dispute resolution process. keywords: case; dispute; mediation; mediator; parties; points; process; settlement cache: as-2099.pdf plain text: as-2099.txt item: #147 of 280 id: as-2100 author: Laubscher, Jacques title: URBAN FUTURE 21: a global agenda for twenty-first century cities by Peter Hall & Ulrich Pfeiffer date: 2002-06-30 words: 865 flesch: 52 summary: However, in developed cities the birthrate is considered low (in some instances the birth rates have dropped to below replacement levels) and this poses other problems. Cities are places that offer both opportunities and risks. keywords: city; hall; urban cache: as-2100.pdf plain text: as-2100.txt item: #148 of 280 id: as-2136 author: Hauptfleisch, Dries title: Better housing for South Africa? date: 2001-12-31 words: 4903 flesch: 44 summary: Given the above background, the Housing Act 107 of 1997 states the following aims regarding housing provision: To provide for the facilitation of a sustainable housing development process; for this purpose to lay down general principles applicable to housing development in all spheres of government, to define the functions of national. provincial and local governments in respect of housing development and to provide for the establishment of a South African Housing Development Board, the continued existence of provincial boards under the name of provincial housing development boards and the financing of national housing programmes; to repeal certain laws; and to provide for matters connected therewith. keywords: africa; development; government; housing; land; national; policy; provision; sector; south; subsidy; support cache: as-2136.pdf plain text: as-2136.txt item: #149 of 280 id: as-2153 author: Juries-Whiteman, RC; Campbell, Malene title: Home-based businesses: Issues and problems with specific reference to Bloemfontein date: 2001-12-31 words: 5168 flesch: 56 summary: No 1 The 'neighbours' in the survey did not necessarily reside immediately next door to home businesses, but lived within close proximity to such enterprises. Executive Committee Minutes: home businesses in Kimberley. keywords: bloemfontein; businesses; development; government; home; land; local; people; planning; south; town; use; whiteman cache: as-2153.pdf plain text: as-2153.txt item: #150 of 280 id: as-2154 author: van Huyssteen, Elsona title: Other experiences of planning for reconstruction and transformation: A narrative of planning and development histories in Hammanskraal-Temba date: 2001-12-31 words: 6654 flesch: 58 summary: It was the task of the negotiating council of the multi-party negotiating process to set up a commission on the demarcation/delimitation of the SPR's (States/Provinces/Regions) to make recommendations on the demarcation of SPR's in South Africa, realising that regional boundaries will be relevant to the electoral process, as well as to the structures of the constitution [and to] hear representation from the public at large and from different areas of the country 4.5 Temba (Kudube ): Conflict regarding exclusion from the New South Africa With the dawning of the 1990s and president F W de Klerk's reformist speech, South Africa ushered in considerable change in Bophuthatswana, especially in the Temba-Hammanskraal area. keywords: africa; area; babelegi; bophuthatswana; development; die; hammanskraal; history; land; people; planning; pretoria; reconstruction; south; temba; transformation; van cache: as-2154.pdf plain text: as-2154.txt item: #151 of 280 id: as-2200 author: Kotze, Paul title: The Sophia Gray memorial Lectures and Exhibitions date: 2001-12-31 words: 2347 flesch: 58 summary: The annual Sophia Gray Lectures and Exhibitions: invitees and venues The topics of the lectures and the venues are as follows (The city where the invitee resided at the time of the invitation is indicated in brackets): 1989 Ms Mira Fassler Kamstra (Johannesburg) Mimicry & camouflage Old Presidency, President Brand Street. 73 Kotze/Sophia Gray memorial Lectures and Exhibitions On the 27th April 1871, Sophia Gray died of cancer at the age of 57. keywords: architecture; cape; exhibitions; gray; lectures; sophia; town; university cache: as-2200.pdf plain text: as-2200.txt item: #152 of 280 id: as-2201 author: Dewar, Neil; Shippey, Karen title: Bridging minds and markets: The South African experience date: 2001-12-31 words: 4242 flesch: 28 summary: This article reports on a survey of professionals in environmental impact assessment and environmental management in South Africa that elicited opinions on the quality and appropriateness of professional training. lnternasionaal • International N Dewar1 & K Shippey2 Bridging minds and markets: The South African experience3 Abstract At present an historical conjuncture of separate and essential unrelated developments concerning environmental management are occurring in South Africa. keywords: africa; assessment; certification; degree; die; education; impact; institutions; management; professionals; south; training cache: as-2201.pdf plain text: as-2201.txt item: #153 of 280 id: as-2265 author: Bothma, B; Cloete, Chris title: A facilities management system for the maintenance of government hospitals in South Africa date: 2000-12-31 words: 5230 flesch: 43 summary: This can partly be ascribed to a lack of accountability and a lack of maintenance systems. Budgets can be formulated for each item in accordance with the maintenance strategy: • Determine tasks and costs for upgrading of condition (if applicable): This can easily be determined by obtaining budget quotations • Determine the cost for preventative maintenance services and inspections: Budgets can be obtained from quotations • Allow for repair of major components: keywords: africa; building; condition; facilities; health; hospital; items; maintenance; management; priority; services; south; system cache: as-2265.pdf plain text: as-2265.txt item: #154 of 280 id: as-2266 author: Kusel, Kirstin; Conradie, Dirk; Holm, Dieter title: The development of Web-enabled Knowledge­ based (WBK) systems for the South African construction industry date: 2000-12-31 words: 5084 flesch: 42 summary: Construction projects involve several disciplines collaborating for relatively short periods of time in the various phases of the LCD process. Firstly, it makes the traditional control and command paradigm of project management inefficient, causing methodologies such as value management, which is concerned with resolving ambiguity by constructing a shared consensus of the project objectives, to be introduced into construction projects in an increasing degree. keywords: 2000; construction; cycle; design; development; die; industry; information; knowledge; lcd; life; process; project; system; web cache: as-2266.pdf plain text: as-2266.txt item: #155 of 280 id: as-2268 author: Smith, Willem title: South African wine farm valuation: A methodical approximation date: 2001-12-31 words: 5100 flesch: 61 summary: The subject matter A detailed study of the process of wine farm valuation to cover all its aspects is essential. This article focuses on the basic principles of wine farm valuation rather than on specialised scientific analysis. keywords: farm; income; market; method; property; sales; south; valuation; value; wine; wine farm cache: as-2268.pdf plain text: as-2268.txt item: #156 of 280 id: as-2269 author: Potgieter, Piet title: 'Beplanning' versus stads- en streekbeplanning date: 2000-12-31 words: 3604 flesch: 60 summary: In hierdie artikel word die reikwydte van die term 'beplanning' ('planning') oorweeg asook die rol van die stads- Nieteenstaande die teoretiese verskille en die verskillende benaderings wat deur verskillende filosowe en interpreteerders van die filosofie voorgestel en gepropageer is, dien al hierdie benaderings een sentrale doel, naamlik die ordening, vereniging en die rig van die mens se ondervindings ten einde praktiese uitkomste te verseker; met ander woorde beplanning. keywords: artikel; beplanning; die; dit; dot; hierdie; kan; nie; professie; soos; stadsen; streekbeplanning; teorie; van; vir; voorgestelde; wat; wet; word cache: as-2269.pdf plain text: as-2269.txt item: #157 of 280 id: as-2270 author: Chasey, Allan; Schexnayder, Ann title: Constructability: The key to reducing investment risk date: 2000-12-31 words: 5935 flesch: 35 summary: It is to the benefit of all project participants that the constructor be given the opportunity to use his/her full experience and expertise for project construction. Constructability has been shown to reduce construction costs by 10 to 20 times its implementation cost. keywords: architect; constructability; construction; cost; cycle; design; engineering; implementation; industry; life; planning; process; program; project; review cache: as-2270.pdf plain text: as-2270.txt item: #158 of 280 id: as-2271 author: Verster, Basie title: The Building Contract: A commentary on the JBCC Agreements date: 2000-12-31 words: 451 flesch: 43 summary: No 1 Eyvind Finsen 1 The Building Contract: A commentary on the JBCC Agreements Review by J J P Verster2 Like Finsen's previous books, The Building Contract, presents the industry, students and arbitrators with an excellent guide but does not represent a detailed investigation of construction contracts and the consequences of contracting or contractual issues. The first section covers general contractual issues and explains the role of construction professionals. keywords: construction; contract cache: as-2271.pdf plain text: as-2271.txt item: #159 of 280 id: as-2278 author: Britz, Bannie title: Architecture and the city: Conceptual shifts in a time of change date: 1999-12-31 words: 8384 flesch: 56 summary: Such cities recognise neither their inhabitants' cultural and social needs nor the realities of their everyday lives. Keywords: Cities, South Africa, multicultural city. keywords: 1988; architecture; buildings; cities; city; creation; criteria; design; diagram; inhabitants; needs; place; traditions; urban cache: as-2278.pdf plain text: as-2278.txt item: #160 of 280 id: as-2279 author: Sigle, Thys; Klopper, Carl; Visser, RN title: Value management in the South African construction industry date: 1999-12-31 words: 2864 flesch: 55 summary: Value management is the generic term used for the full spectrum of value techniques. Value management was applied in the United Kingdom (UK) for the first time in 1962 with the primary focus on manufactured goods. keywords: construction; industry; management; new; quantity; south; value; zealand cache: as-2279.pdf plain text: as-2279.txt item: #161 of 280 id: as-2280 author: de Lange, Erica; Holm, Dieter title: Die geskiedenis van die ontwikkeling van die termiese gemaksone-konsep date: 1999-12-31 words: 4944 flesch: 63 summary: DBT is die mees bruikbare meting van die spesifikasie vir gemak, maar vir die meting van die mate van ongemak of stres moet ander maniere gevind word wat ook ander om­ gewinsfaktore in ag neem: humiditeit, straling en lugbeweging. Sekere kombinasies van die veranderlikes gee gelyke ET waardes en dus gelyke temperatuur-sensasies. keywords: aan; burberry; deur; die; dit; dot; energy; geboue; gebruik; gemak; gemaklik; gemaksone; het; hierdie; holm; kan; klere; klimaat; lugtemperatuur; markus; mense; morris; nie; omgewing; temperatuur; termiese; van; vir; wat; word cache: as-2280.pdf plain text: as-2280.txt item: #162 of 280 id: as-2286 author: van Zyl, Wallace title: The South African townscape: Conservation & development conflicts date: 1999-12-31 words: 2305 flesch: 56 summary: Keywords:urban conservation, sustainable townscaping, South Africa. Commentary / Kommentaar 1999 Acta Structilia Vol 6 No 1 & 2 Wallace van Zyl 1 The South African townscape conservation & development conflicts Abstract This article examines some aspects of urban conservation practices in South Africa since World War Two. keywords: african; cape; conservation; public; south; square; town; townscape cache: as-2286.pdf plain text: as-2286.txt item: #163 of 280 id: as-2287 author: de Valence, Gerard title: Trends in buildings and procurement: Implications for construction economists in the twenty-first century date: 1999-12-31 words: 5485 flesch: 50 summary: Also, the method of project procurement and delivery used by the client determines the nature of competition in the industry. In both cases the traditional QS practice could be competing against aggressive new entrants into their field from other professions, such as accounting, finance and legal firms, that might try to use the increasing diversity and complexity of procurement methods to make a grab for a share of the market. keywords: 1994; 1995; 1996; build; clients; construction; delivery; design; engineering; industry; international; management; methods; procurement; project; value cache: as-2287.pdf plain text: as-2287.txt item: #164 of 280 id: as-2372 author: none title: The lease evaluation process for office buildings occupied by state departments in South Africa: An evaluation date: 1998-12-31 words: 7263 flesch: 55 summary: Operating costs of office buildings are those costs that keep the building operational during the period of the lease (Spedding & Holmes, 1994). FIGURE 7 Shape of office buildings Building A Building B 17 Brooker, Webb & Badenhorst / keywords: area; building; department; evaluation; lease; leasing; office; office building; office space; process; public; rentable; space; state; system; works cache: as-2372.pdf plain text: as-2372.txt item: #165 of 280 id: as-2373 author: Strydom, HA title: Grondslae en oogmerke van die publiekregtelike regulering van stedelike verblyf date: 1998-12-31 words: 4217 flesch: 62 summary: Hiervolgens is 'n plaaslike ower­ heid verplig om sy administrasie en sy begrotings- en beplan­ ningsprosesse so te struktureer en te bestuur dot voorrang ver­ leen word aan die basiese behoeftes van die gemeenskap en dot die maatskaplike en ekonomiese ontwikkeling van die ge­ meenskap bevorder word. Dit spreek vanself dot die toenemende differensiering en indivi­ dualisering van die samelewing, aangehelp deur ekonomiese bedrywighede, wetenskaplike ontdekkings en tegnologiese uit­ vindings, verandering kan bring in die wyse waarop die staats­ owerheid staatsdoeleindes identifiseer en by wyse van ower­ heidsregulering implementeer. keywords: aan; afrika; artikel; belong; der; deur; die; dit; dot; ekonomiese; grondwet; het; hierdie; kan; moet; nie; ontwikkeling; publiekregtelike; reg; samelewing; sou; staatlike; stoat; suid; van; van die; vir; wat; word cache: as-2373.pdf plain text: as-2373.txt item: #166 of 280 id: as-2374 author: Verster, Basie title: Strategies for successfully meeting the demands of quality and service excellence date: 1998-12-31 words: 4731 flesch: 55 summary: The determinants of quality This paper argues that quality, quality management, quality control, etc. are not functions but products of sound manage­ ment. Knowledge of the differences between construction projects and manufactured products assists the professional responsible for quality management, quality assessment and quality control in producing a project approaching the required standards of quality. keywords: 1997; 1998; building; construction; cost; design; management; nordnet; project; quality; service; team; time; vol cache: as-2374.pdf plain text: as-2374.txt item: #167 of 280 id: as-2375 author: Jooste-Smit, Petria title: Earth construction: A changing tradition date: 1998-12-31 words: 9963 flesch: 68 summary: In practice, how­ ever, the production of earth building materials remains competitive thanks to the wide range of levels of invest­ ment possible. Scientific experimentation can make a contribution to the change of perceptions regarding earth buildings. keywords: africa; building; construction; earth; earth building; earth construction; fathy; government; houses; materials; people; skills; south; system; tradition; training; use; way; work cache: as-2375.pdf plain text: as-2375.txt item: #168 of 280 id: as-2377 author: Heckroodt, Christo title: An evaluation of investment and investment decision-making in the construction industry in South Africa date: 1998-12-31 words: 2447 flesch: 57 summary: The risks associated with construction investments should be carefully managed and monitored, so as to act pro-actively on the possible negative effects of the indicated influencing fac- 98 1998 Acta Structilia Vol 5 Research un­ dertaken during the five years encircling the April 1994 events in South Africa, pointed out the influence of these factors, whether politically or economically, on construction investment. keywords: africa; construction; factors; figure; investment; south cache: as-2377.pdf plain text: as-2377.txt item: #169 of 280 id: as-2378 author: Jansen, J title: How functional value analysis unlocks the design paradox and will result in novel and cost-effective process engineering solutions date: 1998-12-31 words: 2215 flesch: 54 summary: Keywords: Design paradox, design process, project management focus, functional value analysis, examples, learning points. J JANSSEN 1 How functional value analysis unlocks the design paradox and will result in novel and cost-effective process engineering solutions Abstract Functional Value Analysis involves identifying clearly what each of the individual elements of a venture, project, product or service actually do. keywords: analysis; design; die; process; project; value; value analysis cache: as-2378.pdf plain text: as-2378.txt item: #170 of 280 id: as-2379 author: Campbell, Malene title: Silenced rivers: The ecology and politics of large dams by Patrick McCully date: 1998-12-31 words: 1291 flesch: 60 summary: Die skrywer wys byvoorbeeld daorop dot, in 'n poging om die probleme van die yl bevolkte droe westelike dele van die VSA deur middel van die sogenaamde Westelike Waterontwik­keling die hoof te bied, spekulante en groot grondeienaors die partye was wat die meeste voordeel uit die projek getrek het. McCully lewer beslis 'n bydrae tot die blootlegging van politieke realiteite, die rol van die Wereldbank en die talle onvervulde be­ loftes wat groat damme sou inhou. keywords: damme; dams; die; dot; groot; het; nie; van; wat cache: as-2379.pdf plain text: as-2379.txt item: #171 of 280 id: as-2381 author: Campbell, Malene; Lazenby, Kobus title: Bewoningstevredenheid onder inwoners van hoë- en mediumdigtheidsbehuising in Groter Bloemfontein date: 1998-12-31 words: 4033 flesch: 55 summary: 'n Belongrike rolspe­ ler van tevredenheid van die fisiese omgewing is die nabygelee notuurlike omgewing (Kaplan, 1985: 116). 'n Sosiale profiel van die inwoners Suksesvolle behuising moet nie net sosiaal en kultureel aanvaar­ baar wees nie, dit moet oak ekonomies haalbaar wees om te verseker dot die grootste deel van die bevolking dit kan bekos­ tig (Rapoport, 1969: 120). keywords: bewoningstevredenheid; bloemfontein; campbell; deur; die; dit; dot; het; hierdie; hoeen; hulle; inwoners; kan; moet; nie; omgewing; residensiele; satisfaction; sosiale; tot; uovs; van; vir; wat; word cache: as-2381.pdf plain text: as-2381.txt item: #172 of 280 id: as-2385 author: Verreynne, Saar; Steyn, Das title: Verdigting: 'n Beplanningstrategie vir die toekoms? date: 1997-12-31 words: 4177 flesch: 61 summary: Verdigting kan egter nie oral toegepas word nie, want die dravermoe van die natuurlike omgewing plaas beperkinge op vervoersisteme, nedersettings en grense vir groei (Barnett, 1995: 191). Voor- en nadele van verdigting word ook in die artikel ontleed en geevalueer. keywords: bestaande; deur; die; digthede; digtheid; dit; dot; gebiede; het; hierdie; hoer; kan; meer; nie; ook; probleme; soos; stedelike; tot; van; verdigting; verreynne; vir; wat; word cache: as-2385.pdf plain text: as-2385.txt item: #173 of 280 id: as-2386 author: Muller, Marius title: Contractor's plant: Whether to buy or to lease? date: 1997-12-31 words: 3137 flesch: 73 summary: The opposite of this scenario is that of leasing plant with a hire­ driver who is already familiar with the plant. T his article investigqtes the options available to the contractor for obtaining plant, either by buying or leasing it. keywords: asset; buying; company; contractor; costs; lease; leasing; plant; tax cache: as-2386.pdf plain text: as-2386.txt item: #174 of 280 id: as-2387 author: Wilson, GDH; Kok, L; Hattingh, PS title: Recreational pursuits of wheelchair users: Overcoming time-space limitations date: 1997-12-31 words: 3461 flesch: 64 summary: Limitations of capability Several factors affect the capability of wheelchair users to participate in recreation activities: time, physical accessi­bility, finances and transport (Fig. 2). 1997 Acta Structilia Vol 4 No 1 Recreational pursuits of Wheelchair users: Overcoming time-space limitations GOH Wilson, L Kok & PS Hattingh Summary Wheelchair users are individuals with unique and specific needs in terms of recreation. keywords: activities; limitations; recreation; space; time; transport; users; wheelchair; wheelchair users cache: as-2387.pdf plain text: as-2387.txt item: #175 of 280 id: as-2388 author: Berg, Peggy; Skinner, Mark title: Extended-stay lodging: A new high-return product date: 1997-12-31 words: 4611 flesch: 58 summary: Rooms departmental expenses in the emerging extended-stay properties are expected to be in the range of 10% to 12% of room revenue, whereas rooms departmental expenses 51 Berg & Skinner/ Extended-Stay Lodging at limited-service hotels average 24% to 28% of rooms revenue.2 The relatively low costs of rooms department expenses may be attributed to lower levels of required service. Because extended-stay guest units include kitchens and do not offer room service, restaurants, or gift shops, vending sales can be substantial. keywords: costs; economy; exhibit; expenses; hotel; product; property; revenue; room; service; stay cache: as-2388.pdf plain text: as-2388.txt item: #176 of 280 id: as-2389 author: Humphreys, Kenneth title: Sources of international cost data date: 1997-12-31 words: 7501 flesch: 55 summary: Monthly Stan- dard Building Cost Cost Indexes of many comtonents of construction and certainIndexes and Unit building types; Japanese ( 8) Price Data Bulletin Mexico Cifras de la Con- General construction index; Spanish (59) struccion lndice Nacional de Precios al Consumi- Consumer price index; Spanish (60) dor The Nethertands Die Workwoeri Be-gratings rob emen Unit �rices for chemical plant construction in the Nethertands;in de hemische In- Dute (61) dustrie (WEBCI) New Zealand Ministry of Works and Development Construction Cost Weighted construction cost index (62) Table 1 shows some details and location cost factors for a range of countries(78). keywords: aace; association; building; construction; construction cost; cost; cost data; cost engineers; countries; country; data; engineering; engineers; factors; index; indexes; information; international; labor; location; management; mexico; new; paper; price; project; sources; united cache: as-2389.pdf plain text: as-2389.txt item: #177 of 280 id: as-2390 author: Marx, Hendrik title: Bouwerk op kleigrond: Vanuit die oogpunt van 'n Siviele lngenieur date: 1997-12-31 words: 1929 flesch: 71 summary: Die posisie van die buitemure van die gebou in Fig. Die posisie van die buitemure van die gebou in Fig. keywords: die; dit; gebou; hier; kan; kleigrond; nie; plastiekmembraan; van; wat; word cache: as-2390.pdf plain text: as-2390.txt item: #178 of 280 id: as-2391 author: Potgieter, Piet title: Urbanisation: South Africa's Challenge by Derik Gelderblom & Pieter Kok date: 1997-12-31 words: 915 flesch: 56 summary: Verstedeliking in Suid-Afrika: perspektiewe op die dinamika en begeleiding van die proses ( 1989) (Urbanisation in South Africa: per­ spectives on the dynamics and the accompanying pro­ cess), as occasioned by the many prominent changes which have occurred in the country recently (K&G, 1994, p.ii). In hoofstuk 4 word op streeks­ ontwikkeling gekonsentreer en die integrasie van landelike­ en stedelike ontwikkeling met die klem op beleidsaspekte. keywords: die; south; urbanisation; van cache: as-2391.pdf plain text: as-2391.txt item: #179 of 280 id: as-2393 author: Muller, Marius title: Expert systems the fith generation - more than a genealogical pursuit date: 1995-12-31 words: 2930 flesch: 61 summary: Stockley (1987) maintains that with regard to Expert Systems it is important to realise the limitations of any Expert System when using it so as to avoid failure. Most Expert Systems at present are successful in areas involving surface knowledge, i.e. domain dependent knowledge (Basden, 1983), whereas the real success of Expert Systems lies in the area of deep reasoning, which is domain independent (Bowen and Erwin, 1991 ). keywords: 1987; brandon; building; cost; expert; systems; uncertainty cache: as-2393.pdf plain text: as-2393.txt item: #180 of 280 id: as-2394 author: Verster, Basie; Brummer, Cobus title: Die rol en betekenis van hipoteek as 'n vorm van sekerheidstelling in die boubedryf date: 1995-12-31 words: 3949 flesch: 64 summary: In Muller and Another, NNO v Bryant & Flanagan (Pty) Ltd 1976(3) SA 210 (D) het die aannemer nie aaneenlopend besitneming van die gebou behou nie (hy was vir drie maande afwesig van die terrein en hy was slegs in besit van die sleutel van 'n stoorkamer). As gevolg van herwinning of verbetering wat ontstaan wanneer 'n persoon, wat in besit is van die eiendom van 'n ander, noodsaaklike en/of nuttige uitgawes aangaan om die waarde van die eiendom te verhoog. keywords: aannemer; betaling; bouheer; dat; die; dit; eiendom; hipoteek; kan; ltd; nie; pty; sal; van; vir; wat; word cache: as-2394.pdf plain text: as-2394.txt item: #181 of 280 id: as-2395 author: Steÿn, Das title: Die kontras tussen beboude omgewing en lewens- en wêrelds-beskouings date: 1995-12-31 words: 3564 flesch: 64 summary: Argitektuur van die natuur- en kultuurvolke, van die Oudheid, die Ooste, die Gotiek). Wees vrugbaar en vermeerder en vul die aarde, onderwerp dit en heers oor die visse van die see en die voels van die hemel en oor al die diere wat op die aarde kruip . keywords: aan; argitektuur; dat; deur; die; dit; groot; het; hierdie; kan; kultuur; maar; mens; nie; ons; ook; oor; soos; tot; van; wat; wees; word cache: as-2395.pdf plain text: as-2395.txt item: #182 of 280 id: as-2398 author: Verster, Basie; Preller, Sollie title: Mentorskap as bestuurshulpmiddel binne bourekenaarsfirmas date: 1994-12-31 words: 4296 flesch: 55 summary: Mentorskap kan in die ffrma van die toekoms 'n sleutelrol speel Na die mening van die auteur behoort die mentorskapprogram as dee! van die ontwikkelingsproses hanteer te word, en kan dit die volgende behels: • Die mannekragbeplanningsfunksie. keywords: 1987; aan; binne; dat; deur; development; die; dit; kan; mentor; mentorskap; mentorskapprogram; moet; nasser; nie; ontwikkel; organisasie; protege; suid; tot; van; vir; voordele; wat; wees; word cache: as-2398.pdf plain text: as-2398.txt item: #183 of 280 id: as-2399 author: van Zyl, FDW; Matthysen, P title: Beplanning vir die voetgangerbeweging van die visueel gestremde date: 1994-12-31 words: 2884 flesch: 68 summary: Die rede vir die aanwesigheid van die meeste van die versperrings wat in hierdie artikel bespreek word, is onkunde. Die behoeftes van die visueel gestremde word egter gereeld oor die hoof gesien, wanneer dit by beplanning vir gestremdes kom. keywords: dat; die; dit; gestremde; het; hierdie; kan; nie; obstruksies; poging; van; vir; visueel; wat; word cache: as-2399.pdf plain text: as-2399.txt item: #184 of 280 id: as-2401 author: Stevens, AJ title: Life cycle costing and cost-effective design solutions date: 1993-12-31 words: 4808 flesch: 46 summary: Whereas traditional economic evaluation methods offer varying de�rees of proficiency in determinini optimum investment desirability, they fail to identify and evaluate the explicit relationships between capital costs and operating expenses. 7 (iii) Estimation of total costs applicable to the available alternatives: The estimated current value cash flow for the determined life cycle applicable to each element or component includes capital costs, running costs, mamtenance costs, repair and replacement costs, alteration costs, finance charges and residual costs or revenues. keywords: building; capital; cash; costs; cycle; income; interest; lcc; life; tax; value cache: as-2401.pdf plain text: as-2401.txt item: #185 of 280 id: as-2402 author: v H Botha, WJ; Kruger, JT title: Planning for the upgrading of informal settlements date: 1993-12-31 words: 4192 flesch: 59 summary: The role of the upgrading of informal settlements in providing low income housing will be discussed, as well as certain factors that play an important role in planning projects of this kind. ABSTRACT Planning for the upgrading of informal settlements is still a relatively unknown field for planners in South Africa and it is certain to receive more attention in future. keywords: community; housing; people; planning; services; settlements; upgrading cache: as-2402.pdf plain text: as-2402.txt item: #186 of 280 id: as-2404 author: Verster, Basie title: Die argitek, sy aanstellingsvoorwaardes en evaluering van sy magte date: 1993-12-31 words: 2109 flesch: 66 summary: Die beginsel wat egter duidelik deur gemelde hofsaak neergele word, is dat die argitek nie sonder die spesifieke ondersteuning van die klient die magte het om ander konsultante aan te stel nie al is by as boofagent aangestel. Wat bier ter sprake kom, is die magte en verpligtinge wat die argitek van die klient ontvang ln terme van hulle ooreenkoms en nie in terme van die boukontrak nie. 1. keywords: aan; argitek; bet; dat; die; dit; het; kan; magte; nie; van; wat; word cache: as-2404.pdf plain text: as-2404.txt item: #187 of 280 id: as-3313 author: Tembo-Silungwe, Chipozya K.; Khatleli, Nthatisi title: Deciphering priority areas for improving project risk management through critical analysis of pertinent risks in the Zambian construction industry date: 2017-12-31 words: 13282 flesch: 49 summary: 1 Navorsingsartikels • Research articles Deciphering priority areas for improving project risk management through critical analysis of pertinent risks in the Zambian construction industry Peer reviewed and revised Abstract Risk identification is the first step in the risk- management process. Keywords: Building sector, risk identification, Pareto analysis, project risk management, Zambia Chipozya Kosta Tembo-Silungwe Mrs Chipozya K. Tembo- Silungwe, School of Construction Economics and Management, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa. keywords: 2007; analysis; areas; building; categories; client; construction; construction management; consultant; contractor; cost; design; factors; financial; industry; international; interviews; journal; knowledge; management; planning; project; project management; risk; risk factors; risk management; sector cache: as-3313.pdf plain text: as-3313.txt item: #188 of 280 id: as-3314 author: van der Walt, Kobus; Boshoff, Douw title: An analysis of the use of mass appraisal methods for agricultural properties date: 2017-12-31 words: 11032 flesch: 56 summary: Van Schalkwyk (1992: 62) determined that the correlation between the debt per hectare, the population density and farm values is significant. Farm values are also highly correlated with the gross farm income. keywords: accuracy; analysis; appraisal; cod; data; estimates; farm; land; mass; model; mra; property; regression; significance; use; valuation; value; van; variable cache: as-3314.pdf plain text: as-3314.txt item: #189 of 280 id: as-3315 author: Saidu, Ibrahim; Shakantu, Winston title: A post-contract project analysis of material waste and cost overrun on construction sites in Abuja, Nigeria date: 2017-12-31 words: 8496 flesch: 47 summary: Furthermore, research evidence has shown (see Tables 1, 2 and 3) that the main factors causing construction material waste are similar to those causing construction- cost overruns on site; hence, Nagapan, Abdul-Rahman & Asmi (2012: 2-3) (see Figure 1) categorised cost overruns and time overruns as part of non-physical waste, and other material waste as physical waste on a construction site. A relationship between quality-of- estimating, construction material waste generation and cost overrun in Abuja, Nigeria. keywords: 2013; causes; construction; contract; cost; cost overruns; et al; malaysia; management; material; material waste; nagapan; nigeria; project; quality; research; site; waste cache: as-3315.pdf plain text: as-3315.txt item: #190 of 280 id: as-3316 author: Awuzie, Bankole; Isa, Rasheed title: Stakeholders’ perception of critical success factors for sustainable facilities management practice in universities in sub-Saharan Africa date: 2017-12-31 words: 8365 flesch: 47 summary: This approach was deemed appropriate for achieving the study’s objective which was to assess and rank the perceptions of university stakeholders on the various CSFs for SFM practice identified previously. It is expected that the study’s findings will contribute to the development of a viable SFM strategy in SSA universities. keywords: csfs; development; facilities; factors; knowledge; management; research; sfm; stakeholders; study; success; sustainability; universities; university cache: as-3316.pdf plain text: as-3316.txt item: #191 of 280 id: as-3317 author: Murwira, Davison; Bekker, Michiel title: Building an infrastructure project performance in the North-West Province Department of Public Works and Roads date: 2017-12-31 words: 5791 flesch: 48 summary: The major causes of construction projects failure in the NW DPWR topics listed in the questionnaire were extracted from reviews of the literature, resulting in the formulation of a questionnaire divided into two Acta Structilia 2017: 24(2) 134 sections, namely the respondent’s profile, and a ranking list of the 50 critical project failure factors where respondents were requested to rank each of the 50 critical project failure factors. To determine whether the parties displayed significant agreement in their rankings, the null hypothesis stated as owner and contractors, contractors and consultants, and owner and consultants do not agree on ranking of the causes of construction projects failure in the NW DPWR was tested at a 95% confidence level (2 tailed tests). keywords: building; causes; construction; consultants; contractors; cost; dpwr; factors; failure; infrastructure; management; owner; projects cache: as-3317.pdf plain text: as-3317.txt item: #192 of 280 id: as-3318 author: none title: Investigating alternative dispute resolution methods and the implementation thereof by architectural professionals in South Africa date: 2017-12-31 words: 6986 flesch: 45 summary: Yes 30.6% Moderate /Fair 41.6% 0% 10% 20% 30% 40% 50% 60% 70% 80% 90% 100% Familiarity with ADR Discuss ADR before entering into an agreement Knowledge on ADR methods and benefits Implementation and knowledge on ADR Figure 6: Graphic summary of the implementation and knowledge regarding ADR in the SAIA CAA 2008 5.2 Subproblem 1 Are architectural professionals familiar with, and well informed about ADR? Research revealed that the majority of the respondents are not familiar with the term ADR and could not provide a clear definition. The real-world problem is that architectural professionals do not apply ADR methods because of the lack of knowledge regarding the implementation and benefits of ADR. keywords: adr; adr methods; africa; alternative; arbitration; die; dispute; implementation; knowledge; methods; parties; professionals; resolution; sacap; south; south africa cache: as-3318.pdf plain text: as-3318.txt item: #193 of 280 id: as-3438 author: Renault, Bérenger; Agumba, Justus; Ansary, Nazeem title: An exploratory factor analysis of risk management practices: A study among small and medium contractors in Gauteng date: 2018-06-14 words: 13075 flesch: 48 summary: Risk management practices (RMP) have been developed in order to curtail project risks. Risk management practices (RMPs) have been developed, in order to curtail project risks. keywords: 2011; 2013; analysis; communication; construction; environment; factor; factor analysis; journal; measures; objectives; practice; project; project management; project risk; risk; risk management; smes; south; success; table; test; value cache: as-3438.pdf plain text: as-3438.txt item: #194 of 280 id: as-3439 author: Dosumu, Oluwaseun; Aigbavboa, Clinton title: An assessment of the causes, cost effects and solutions to design-error- induced variations on selected building projects in Nigeria date: 2018-06-14 words: 10384 flesch: 47 summary: 5.3 Solutions to design-error-induced variation in building projects Lastly, the interview of experts revealed that design error variation can be reduced by rechecking designed documents before presenting them for use, using computer programs rather than manual calculations and designs, knowledge sharing among designers, use of competent designers, clients giving more time to designers, site visitation before designing, having design checklists, paying adequate attention to details, proper planning and assessment of clients’ briefs, good understanding of projects and the roles to be played, and representation of contractor in the design phase of building projects. Table 10 also indicates that, when design error costs were compared with the total cost of variation (= 692,723,179.98), electrical drawings contributed 18.3% to total variation cost, mechanical drawings contributed 7.3%, structural drawings contributed 5.4%,d and architectural drawings contributed 5%, respectively, to total variation cost of the building projects investigated in this study. keywords: building; building projects; causes; construction; construction projects; cost; description; design; design errors; documents; drawings; error; omission; projects; specification; study; total; variation; variation cost cache: as-3439.pdf plain text: as-3439.txt item: #195 of 280 id: as-3440 author: Amansure, Ric; Adendorff, Chris title: Successful transformational change in revenue management among beneficiary communities of South African renewable energy construction companies date: 2018-06-14 words: 8242 flesch: 39 summary: Keywords: Beneficiary communities, community development, economic development, green energy, renewable energy, revenue management, socio- economic development, project management, transformational change Abstrak Transformatoriese verandering is die tweede van drie submodelle wat voortspruit uit die opbreking van die oorspronklike model na die data-analise as deel van ’n proefskrif getiteld A theoretical model for successful management of revenue for beneficiary communities of renewable energy companies in South Africa. Sleutelwoorde: Begunstigde gemeenskappe, ekonomiese ontwikkeling, gemeen- skapsontwikkeling, groen energie, hernubare energie, inkomstebestuur, projekbestuur en transformasieverandering, sosio-ekonomiese ontwikkeling Amansure & Adendorff • Successful transformational change ... 73 1. keywords: africa; beneficiary; change; communities; development; energy; factor; fit; governance; human; management; model; revenue; revenue management; south; sub; success; variables cache: as-3440.pdf plain text: as-3440.txt item: #196 of 280 id: as-3441 author: Burger, Michelle; Zulch, Benita title: A construction project management knowledge model: The type and level of knowledge required date: 2018-06-14 words: 9462 flesch: 47 summary: To understand the importance of the type of knowledge within the proposed model, it is important to determine and define project management knowledge (theory), technical (industry) knowledge and experience that are considered in project management. A blend of technical knowledge and project management knowledge is, therefore, required. keywords: areas; construction; construction project; experience; industry; knowledge; level; management; management knowledge; manager; nqf; project; project management; project manager; table; technical cache: as-3441.pdf plain text: as-3441.txt item: #197 of 280 id: as-3442 author: Adedire, Funmilayo; Adegbile, Michael title: Assessment of housing quality in Ibeju-Lekki peri-urban settlement, Lagos State, Nigeria date: 2018-06-14 words: 7383 flesch: 46 summary: © UV/UFS mailto:funmidire@gmail.com mailto:mboadegbile@yahoo.com mailto:mboadegbile@yahoo.com http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as25i1.5 http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as25i1.5 http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as25i1.5 Adedire & Adegbile • Assessment of housing quality 127 infrastructural development which has impacted on poor neighbourhood and locational quality in Lagos peri-urban settlements. Other factors such as neighbourhood quality, locational quality and regional response to patterns of development show that housing quality as a function is not limited to physical components of construction, but rather entails human satisfaction with urban attributes and facilities, environmental quality and locational advantages (El Din, Shalaby, Farouh & Elariane, 2013; Rapoport, 1998). keywords: area; building; correlation; dwelling; dwelling quality; housing; housing quality; ibeju; lagos; lekki; materials; neighbourhood; neighbourhood quality; peri; quality; settlements; urban; variables cache: as-3442.pdf plain text: as-3442.txt item: #198 of 280 id: as-3443 author: du Plessis, Hendri; Oosthuizen, Pierre title: Construction project management through building contracts, a South African perspective date: 2018-06-14 words: 11140 flesch: 63 summary: In order to find a relationship between construction contracts and construction project management, the general structure of these main contracts was analysed and tabulated under the categories of main themes and clauses. 3. Construction project management in South Africa Project management is regulated by professional bodies. keywords: c o; c t; construction; construction project; contract; d g; e c; e d; e e; e nt; e p; e s; g e; m e; management; project; project management; s c; south cache: as-3443.pdf plain text: as-3443.txt item: #199 of 280 id: as-3444 author: Janse van Rensburg, Nico title: Facilities Management Practice by A.C. Hauptfleisch date: 2018-06-14 words: 265 flesch: 60 summary: Changing Facilities Management could have a huge impact on the organisation, thus paving the way for new creativity and enthusiasm. Career Excel Academy Being in Facilities Management for over a decade, I was eager to find out if there is more that I can learn. keywords: book cache: as-3444.pdf plain text: as-3444.txt item: #200 of 280 id: as-350 author: Crafford, Gerrit title: Clients’ views on quantity surveying competencies date: 2017-06-12 words: 5762 flesch: 43 summary: Quantity surveying competencies The quantity surveyor is essentially a building economist, advising clients and architects on costs of alternative designs to ensure that the project is kept within the agreed budget (Seeley, 1997). Leveson (1996) indicates that quantity surveying competencies lie in the 37 Crafford & Smallwood • Clients’ views on quantity surveying competencies financial and contractual control of the building project, but advises quantity surveyors to pay attention to developing interpersonal skills. keywords: clients; competencies; construction; control; die; evidence; factor; importance; management; quantity; quantity surveying; research; skills; surveying; surveyors cache: as-350.pdf plain text: as-350.txt item: #201 of 280 id: as-3535 author: Badenhorst, MS title: Racial representation in the planning profession in South Africa: Some scenarios date: 1999-12-31 words: 2970 flesch: 63 summary: Furthermore, if an extended definition of planners is applied including those holding qualifications in areas other than town and regional planning, such as development planning, which typically draws more black students, as well as foreign qualifications, the linguistic domination is even less severe now than it was five years ago. Keywords:Planning profession, demographic composition, South Africa. keywords: 1998; die; planners; planning; profession; town cache: as-3535.pdf plain text: as-3535.txt item: #202 of 280 id: as-360 author: Bowen, Paul; Pearl, Rob; Cattell, Keith; Hunter, Kirsty; Kelly, John title: The role of value management in achieving best value in public sector service delivery in South Africa: a research agenda date: 2007-12-31 words: 6015 flesch: 50 summary: Best value in public service delivery is clearly not being achieved. The GNU intended improvement in public service delivery to apply to three types of delivery agency: (i) administrative agencies such as Ministerial offices which provide services to other departments rather than directly to the public; (ii) service delivery agencies, such as government departments which deliver services directly to the public; and (iii) “statutory agencies, such as the Public Service Commission and the Auditor-General, which are established by the Constitution or other legislation as bodies independent from the executive with important regulatory and monitoring functions with respect to the public service” (RSA, 1995). keywords: africa; delivery; government; management; project; public; research; review; sector; service; south; value; value management cache: as-360.pdf plain text: as-360.txt item: #203 of 280 id: as-3608 author: Bowen, Paul; Hill, Richard; Mabote, Relebohile; Cattell, Keith; Edwards, Peter title: The potential role of value management in environmental impact assessment: a Maseru case study date: 2009-12-31 words: 8309 flesch: 59 summary: EIA seeks to extend this limited delineation of project value to at least ensure that existing environmental and social attributes (that have value to society) will not be compromised by a project. Environmental values can be categorised as either economic or non-economic (Erikstad, Lindblom, Jerpåsen, Hanssen, Bekkby, Stabbetorp & Bakkestuen, 2008: 132). keywords: c o; d e; e c; e e; e n; e p; e s; eia; environmental; h e; m e; n d; n t; o n; o t; u n cache: as-3608.pdf plain text: as-3608.txt item: #204 of 280 id: as-3617 author: Nasila, Mutonyi; Cloete, Chris title: Adoption of Building Information Modelling in the construction industry in Kenya date: 2018-12-30 words: 11308 flesch: 44 summary: Table 10: Rotated component matrixa for BIM application barriers Variables Components 1 2 3 Factor 1: High cost of buying software and lack of training Factor 2: Lack of BIM standards and regulations Factor 3: Lack of BIM awareness and inadequate finance V37 High cost of buying and updating software .606 V38 Lack of awareness of BIM by stakeholders .648 V39 Lack of knowledge of BIM application by stakeholders .793 V40 Lack of awareness of benefits of BIM by stakeholders .545 V41 Lack of government regulations to support implementation of BIM .876 V42 Lack of training at the university and colleges on BIM application .504 V43 Poor collaboration of BIM information among stakeholders .604 Nasila & Cloete • Adoption of Building Information ... 27 Variables Components 1 2 3 Factor 1: High cost of buying software and lack of training Factor 2: Lack of BIM standards and regulations Factor 3: Lack of BIM awareness and inadequate finance V44 Resistance to adopt new technology, due to change in workflow system within companies .674 V45 Inadequate finance in small firms to start new workflow system for BIM .689 V46 Lack of government regulations to support implementation of BIM .861 V47 Lack of demand and interest from the clients on the application of BIM in the design and construction of projects .546 V48 Lack of case studies in Nairobi, Kenya that have implemented BIM and realised positive investment returns .489 .464 V49 Lack of training for architects and engineers, due to costly training requirements in terms of time and money .615 V50 Uncertainties over interoperability of BIM software with other software .631 V51 Lack of BIM standards .454 Extraction method: Principal Component Analysis Rotation method: Varimax with Kaiser Normalization a. Rotation converged in 4 iterations. This study deter mines the current state of BIM application, the benefits of BIM application and the BIM application barriers in Kenya. keywords: analysis; application; benefits; bim; bim application; building; component; construction; construction industry; data; design; factor; implementation; industry; information; lack; management; modelling; project; variables cache: as-3617.pdf plain text: as-3617.txt item: #205 of 280 id: as-3618 author: Agyekum, Kofi; Simons, Barbara; Botchway, Seth Yeboah title: Factors influencing the performance of safety programmes in the Ghanaian construction industry date: 2018-12-30 words: 11305 flesch: 56 summary: The existing theory focuses on the general state of health and safety management in the GCI; construction safety management systems; programmes and their elements for construction safety, and factors that influence the performance of construction safety programmes. 2.4 Elements of construction safety programmes López-Arquillos et al. (2015: 287) and Hallowell (2010: 28) confirm that construction safety programmes are made up of certain key safety elements such as ‘upper management support’; ‘employee involvement in safety and evaluation’; ‘substance abuse programmes’; ‘written and comprehensive safety and health plans’; ‘project-specific training and regular safety meeting’; ‘subcontractor selection and management’; ‘job hazard analyses and communication’; ‘record- keeping and accident analyses’; ‘emergency response planning’; ‘safety and health committees’; ‘safety manager on site’; ‘safety and health orientation training’, and ‘frequent worksite inspections’. keywords: construction; construction safety; die; elements; factors; firms; ghana; health; influence; lack; management programmes; performance; respondents; safety; safety elements; safety management; safety performance; safety programmes; site; spe; study; training; workers cache: as-3618.pdf plain text: as-3618.txt item: #206 of 280 id: as-3619 author: Balogun, Olanrewaju; Agumba, Justus; Ansary, Nazeem title: Evaluating credit accessibility predictors among small and medium contractors in the South African construction industry date: 2018-12-30 words: 8658 flesch: 52 summary: Keywords: Credit accessibility, determinants of credit accessibility, full credit, small and medium enterprises Abstrak Die belangrikheid van klein en medium konstruksie-ondernemings (KMO’s) in die Suid-Afrikaanse ekonomie is erken. This study determines the predicting demographic and socio-economic factors for credit accessibility for construction SMEs from financial institutions in South Africa. keywords: accessibility; africa; age; business; collateral; construction; credit; credit accessibility; die; institutions; journal; lack; position; predictors; research; small; smes; south; study cache: as-3619.pdf plain text: as-3619.txt item: #207 of 280 id: as-3620 author: Ramdav, Tashmika; Harinarain, Nishani title: The use and benefits of Quick Response Codes for construction materials in South Africa date: 2018-12-30 words: 8257 flesch: 58 summary: To explore the benefits of using QR Codes in the South African construction materials sector, this article determines how QR Codes could convey information for construction materials in South Africa, and how QR codes on construction materials can assist the South African construction industry in becoming more technologically advanced. 2.3 Advantages and disadvantages of QR codes 2.3.1 Advantages The main advantage of QR Codes is their versatility, which makes them very easy to use. keywords: benefits; codes; construction; customers; industry; information; marketing; materials; products; qr codes; respondents; south; use cache: as-3620.pdf plain text: as-3620.txt item: #208 of 280 id: as-3621 author: Aneke, Frank Ikechukwu; Awuzie, Bankole title: Conversion of industrial wastes into marginal construction materials date: 2018-12-30 words: 7717 flesch: 59 summary: To achieve this objective, a thorough geotechnical evaluation of a selection of readily available industrial wastes such as dolomitic waste (DW), silica fume (SF), and river sand (RS) deployed in different ratios according to the mass percentage of the fly ash (FA) waste to produce FA bricks was conducted. Findings suggest that the utilization of these industrial wastes in the production of FA bricks did not only portray some outstanding characteristics but also showed potential to make salient contributions to society’s sustainable aspirations. keywords: bricks; construction; curing; days; figure; materials; production; reaction; specimens; strength; temperature; waste; water cache: as-3621.pdf plain text: as-3621.txt item: #209 of 280 id: as-3622 author: Malindi, Mandy; Smallwood, John title: The impact of the Construction Regulations 2014 on a water utility’s projects’ health and safety (H&S) performance in South Africa date: 2018-12-30 words: 14186 flesch: 54 summary: There is a direct relationship between stakeholder H&S involvement and project H&S performance. The study also indicated that there is a direct relationship between stakeholder involvement and project H&S performance. keywords: c t; construction; e c; e e; e s; e t; g e; h&s; involvement; m e; m s; nd e; p e; project; regulations; s p; s r; stages; stakeholders cache: as-3622.pdf plain text: as-3622.txt item: #210 of 280 id: as-3623 author: Oosthuizen, Pierre title: Built: The hidden stories behind our structures by Roma Agrawal date: 2018-12-30 words: 498 flesch: 54 summary: Chapters such as “Price”, “Design”, Space”, and “Time” would not have looked out of place. (Does this generation read printed books?) keywords: book; chapter cache: as-3623.pdf plain text: as-3623.txt item: #211 of 280 id: as-363 author: Buys, Fanie; Tonono, Erol title: Reasons for the transformation of facilities management in the public sector date: 2007-12-31 words: 4733 flesch: 48 summary: Facilities maintenance management. Research was conducted to deter- mine whether the required policies and expertise are in place or whether there is a need for a transformation strategy in the public sector relating to facilities management. keywords: buys; facilities; facilities management; information; maintenance; management; managers; respondents; sector; table cache: as-363.pdf plain text: as-363.txt item: #212 of 280 id: as-365 author: Cruywagen, Hoffie title: Continuing professional development for the quantity surveying profession in South Africa date: 2007-12-31 words: 4729 flesch: 57 summary: The ASAQS is responsible (through its Chapters, which is situated in each province of the country) for the validation and monitoring of courses, seminars, lectures and conferences offered for gaining CPD points. Question: Does your company or place of employment encourage the gaining of CPD points? Acta Structilia 2007: 14(2) 98 This was an important question to see whether companies / firms support their employees in their effort to obtain CPD points by allow- ing them to attend such events, paying for their attendance, etc. keywords: activities; council; cpd; points; professional; quantity; south; surveyors; year cache: as-365.pdf plain text: as-365.txt item: #213 of 280 id: as-371 author: le Roux, Pieter; Esterhuysen, Wilandi title: Revitalisation of a historic building through performance evaluative research into workplace environmental conditions date: 2007-06-30 words: 8821 flesch: 39 summary: From a total of 47 workspace settings, 19 (40.4%) are enclosed offices, 23 (48.9%) are open plan offices, and the remaining 5 (11.1%) As part of this program, the historic Main Building was identified for revitalisation through an adaptive reuse program into office space for the executive management of the university. keywords: area; building; communication; employees; environment; floor; individual; office; performance; plan; research; workplace; workspace cache: as-371.pdf plain text: as-371.txt item: #214 of 280 id: as-383 author: Bester, Andre; Haupt, Theo title: The role of the CEO in the performance of construction Information Systems (IS): A Pilot Study date: 2007-06-30 words: 7626 flesch: 53 summary: The information provided in this article is based on a knowledge, attitude and perception (KAP) study that included a literature review and self-administered questionnaires with a small sample of CEOs of construction companies. Further, despite the use of IS in construction companies, very few, if any have a strategic plan in place for IS in their organisations. keywords: 1999; business; ceo; ceos; companies; company; construction; die; executive; importance; information; management; organisation; role; structure; systems; table cache: as-383.pdf plain text: as-383.txt item: #215 of 280 id: as-386 author: Buys, Fanie; Mavasa, Tamari title: The management of government immovable assets date: 2007-06-30 words: 3681 flesch: 46 summary: 4.1 Definition of asset management Respondents were requested to state to what extent they agreed with a given definition of asset management to determine their knowledge of asset management, namely “Asset management is a business discipline for managing the life cycle of infrastructure assets to achieve a desired service level while mitigating risk.” Introduction During the last decade, the concept of asset management,with particular reference to immovable assets, has gainedsupport on a global scale; many countries have embarked on implementing asset management principles and techniques in respect of all spheres of government. keywords: asset; asset management; immovable; management; rating; register; respondents cache: as-386.pdf plain text: as-386.txt item: #216 of 280 id: as-3872 author: Nyakala, Kgashane Stephen; Pretorius, Jan-Harm; Vermeulen, Andre title: Factor analysis of quality assurance practices in small and medium-sized road-construction projects: A South African perspective date: 2019-06-25 words: 15589 flesch: 50 summary: The researchers also recommend that these practices are for QA in construction projects undertaken by SMEs in South Africa. Identifying such factors will help SMEs management to understand the processes of improving the quality of construction projects and to successfully implement, monitor and deal with QAPs in road-construction SMEs (Ahadzie, Proverbs & Olomolaiye, 2008: 675). keywords: analysis; c e; c o; c t; construction; e d; e e; e nt; e p; e s; e ss; factor; implementation; m e; m p; management; o f; o p; p ro; project; quality; ro c; road; t e; variables cache: as-3872.pdf plain text: as-3872.txt item: #217 of 280 id: as-3873 author: Mishiyi, Hletela; Cumberlege, Roy; Buys, Fanie title: Challenges facing newly established quantity surveying firms to secure tenders in South Africa date: 2019-06-25 words: 9281 flesch: 56 summary: In terms of transparency in the awarding of tenders, clients need to provide detailed information regarding projects, beneficial network board to promote QS JVs/Consortium in order for established firms to assist new firms and accountability in public sector procurement ranked as the top-three with the factors; beneficial network board to promote QS consortiums and accountability in public sector procurement sharing the ranking three (3) all have a MS ranging between >4.20 to ≤5.00 , which indicates that owners/directors of NEQSFs perceive that these factors are very important for enhancing their chances of securing tenders in South Africa. Critical success factors, opportunities and threats of the cost management profession: The case of Australasian quantity surveying firms. keywords: 2011; africa; business; challenges; construction; corruption; environment; extent; firms; lack; neqsfs; quantity; research; securing; south; surveying; tenders cache: as-3873.pdf plain text: as-3873.txt item: #218 of 280 id: as-3874 author: Abosede, Afolabi Olubunmi; Opawole, Akintayo; Olubola, Babalola; Ojo, Grace Kehinde; Kajimo-Shakantu, Kahilu title: Performance analysis of small and medium-sized construction firms in Oyo State, Nigeria date: 2019-06-25 words: 11032 flesch: 52 summary: Project values in the case of small construction firms ranged between N1 million and N50 million, while those of medium-sized construction firms ranged between N51 million and N100 million. In determining the time and cost performance of projects executed by the firms, archival data on past projects were collected on 155 public projects executed by small construction firms and 29 public projects executed by medium-sized construction firms in the study area. keywords: analysis; building; company; construction firms; contract; contractors; cost; die; firms; management; medium; medium firms; nigeria; performance; projects; results; time; works cache: as-3874.pdf plain text: as-3874.txt item: #219 of 280 id: as-3875 author: Gaum, Tariené; Laubscher, Jacques title: The implementation of alternative dispute resolution methods by architectural practitioners in South Africa date: 2019-06-25 words: 7722 flesch: 42 summary: This article offers insight into the current preference and application of ADR methods by architectural practitioners in the South African built environment. Consequently, this is the most comprehensive study on the preferred use of ADR methods by architectural practitioners in the built environment of South Africa. keywords: adjudication; adr; adr methods; african; arbitration; architectural; construction; die; dispute; environment; mediation; methods; negotiation; parties; practitioners; resolution; south; study cache: as-3875.pdf plain text: as-3875.txt item: #220 of 280 id: as-3876 author: du Plessis, Hendri title: Facilitation of construction project management through building contracts: A South African perspective on the locally developed suites of contracts date: 2019-06-25 words: 9260 flesch: 54 summary: Two contracts are reviewed, and it is established that both contracts (General Conditions of Contract for http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/as mailto:duplessishb@ufs.ac.za mailto:duplessishb@ufs.ac.za https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6342-0702 https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6342-0702 http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as26i1.5 http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as26i1.5 Du Plessis • Facilitation of construction project management... 121 Construction Work 2015 and the Joint Building Contracts Committee’s (JBCC) Principal Building Agreement Edition 6.2) provide the employer’s agent (EA) the necessary authority to manage the project for its intended purpose. Keywords: General Conditions of Contract for Construction Work (GCC), Joint Building Contracts Committee (JBCC), Principal Building Agreement (PBA), project life cycle; construction project management. keywords: 2015; 2016; areas; building; clauses; construction; construction project; contract; control; cpm; die; gcc; jbcc; knowledge; management; pba; project; project management; saice; south cache: as-3876.pdf plain text: as-3876.txt item: #221 of 280 id: as-3877 author: Haupt, Theo title: An appraisal of the use of cannabis on construction sites date: 2019-06-25 words: 6135 flesch: 57 summary: Cannabis addiction has been found to lead to, inter alia, • Absenteeism and failing to execute major tasks and duties at work; • Giving up important activities because of cannabis use; • Unintentional increased frequency of use in larger doses, and • Inability to reduce or control the use of cannabis (Zwerling, Ryan & Orav, 1990: 2640). The authors declared no conflict of interest for this title or article Abstract There is increasing concern regarding the impact of the consumption of cannabis by construction site workers on workplace safety and performance. keywords: africa; cannabis; cannabis use; construction; construction sites; die; drug; effects; health; safety; sites; south; use; van; workers cache: as-3877.pdf plain text: as-3877.txt item: #222 of 280 id: as-3878 author: Alao, Oluwaseyi Olalekan; Jagboro, Godwin Onajite; Opawole, Akintayo; Kadiri, Dele Samuel title: Assessment of resuscitation strategies of abandoned projects: A case study of public tertiary education institutions’ buildings in Osun State, Nigeria date: 2019-06-25 words: 11538 flesch: 44 summary: Assessment of resus citation strategies of abandoned projects: https://orcid. org/0000-0002-5369-5155 DOI: http://dx.doi. org/10.18820/24150487/as26i1.7 ISSN: 1023-0564 e-ISSN: 2415-0487 Acta Structilia 2019 26(1): 167-200 Assessment of resuscitation strategies of abandoned projects: keywords: 2013; abandonment; alao; assessment; construction; die; education; government; institutions; management; nigeria; projects; research; respondents; resuscitation; strategies; study; universities; university; use; work; years cache: as-3878.pdf plain text: as-3878.txt item: #223 of 280 id: as-3879 author: Michell, Kathy; Nkado, Rymond; Bowazi, Kenneth title: Quantity surveying precontract administration by Fanie Buys date: 2019-06-25 words: 809 flesch: 43 summary: The book will serve as an extremely useful resource for quantity surveying students, lecturers and candidate quantity surveyors needing to develop and/or enhance their fundamental understanding of the process of measurement and the associated standard documentation processes in estimates, feasibility studies and Bills of Quantities. Besides feasibility studies, the Bill of Quantities and dimension paper with calculations of quantities has been included and makes those in academia and practice understand the processes well. keywords: book; quantity; surveying cache: as-3879.pdf plain text: as-3879.txt item: #224 of 280 id: as-389 author: Shakantu, Winston; Tookey, John; Muya, Manya; Bowen, Paul title: Beyond Egan’s supply chain management: advancing the role of logistics in the South African construction industry date: 2007-06-30 words: 7613 flesch: 49 summary: All the direct resource inputs are supplied and managed by a linkage of companies that can, in aggregate, be termed construction supply chains. Client-led strategies for construction supply chain improvement. keywords: 1998; chain; construction; construction industry; et al; industry; logistics; management; materials; role; scm; shakantu; south; supply; supply chain; waste cache: as-389.pdf plain text: as-389.txt item: #225 of 280 id: as-394 author: Bowen, Paul; Richards, Peter title: The management of clients’ strategic objectives using the JBCC principal building agreement: a case study date: 2007-06-30 words: 14309 flesch: 47 summary: Acta Structilia-14(1) 116 Peter Richards & Paul Bowen The management of clients’ strategic objectives using the JBCC principal building agreement: a case study Peer reviewed Abstract Meeting the strategic objectives of construction clients is paramount in construction procurement for the project to be regarded as successful by the client. It is concluded that construction clients who use the Agreement or its equivalent for the benefit of its convenience and familiarity should consider its adequacy to manage strategic objectives within the wider sense of the investment and business case of the construction project. keywords: africa; agent; agreement; building agreement; case; client; completion; construction; contractor; development; employer; jbcc; jbcc principal; management; objectives; principal; principal building; procurement; project; south; terms; works cache: as-394.pdf plain text: as-394.txt item: #226 of 280 id: as-397 author: Basson, Gert title: Project management processes simplified date: 2007-06-30 words: 3211 flesch: 47 summary: Keywords: project management, project processes, core processes, project management model, project flow diagram Abstrak Projekbestuur behels die toepassing van ’n hele aantal kennisvelde en prosesse op projekte. 161 Basson • Project management processes simplified Figure 1: Project management processes simplified Source: Basson, 1996: keywords: core; management; new; planning; pmi; processes; project cache: as-397.pdf plain text: as-397.txt item: #227 of 280 id: as-4165 author: none title: Decent working conditions for improved construction workers’ productivity on Zimbabwean building projects date: 2019-12-12 words: 14153 flesch: 50 summary: Construction workers potentially reacted to the contention by the ILO (2018e: 20) that the provision of personal protective equipment as a mere box-ticking exercise is not effective in safeguarding construction workers against site accidents. Although the national prerogative is “to promote and secure sustainable, full, productive and freely chosen decent employment for all the conditions of freedom, equity, security and human dignity” (Government of Zimbabwe, 2014: 25), lack of adequate health and safety requirements (Chigara & Moyo, 2014b: 157), lack of on-site facilities and non-compliance with statutory regulatory authorities (Chigara & Moyo, 2014a: 62) continue to affect construction workers. keywords: 2012; 2017; c o; conditions; construction; construction sites; construction workers; die; e c; emuze; health; ilo; industry; international; labour; management; moyo; online; productivity; provision; safety; sites; test; workers; working; working conditions; zimbabwe cache: as-4165.pdf plain text: as-4165.txt item: #228 of 280 id: as-4166 author: Haupt, Theo; Hadebe, Weziwe; Akinlolu, Mariam title: Effectiveness of contractor development programme in KwaZulu-Natal date: 2019-12-12 words: 11644 flesch: 50 summary: Keywords: CIDB, Construction Industry Development Board, contractor development, contractor development programme, contractor growth, contractor performance Abstrak Die artikel ondersoek die vlak van tevredenheid met die Suid-Afrikaanse Departement van Openbare Werke se kontrakteurontwikkelingsprogram (KOP) in terme van die doeltreffendheid daarvan. 2.2 Historical overview of contractor development programme The economic exclusiveness of South Africa emanates from the economic structures designed by the apartheid regime to protect the interests of the minority (Govender & Watermeyer, 2000: 3). keywords: africa; business; cdp; cidb; construction; contractor development; contractors; data; development; die; effectiveness; experience; grade; industry; management; programme; registration; respondents; satisfaction; skills; south; study; training cache: as-4166.pdf plain text: as-4166.txt item: #229 of 280 id: as-4167 author: Musonda, Innocent; Gumbo, Trynos; Okoro, Chioma title: An assessment of transformation strategies in South Africa: A multi-case study of the accounting, financial services, government, and construction sectors date: 2019-12-12 words: 12045 flesch: 35 summary: The materials used to conduct the study include sector transformation strategies, charters, journal articles, articles published in reputable South African newspapers, http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/as mailto:imusonda@uj.ac.za mailto:tgumbo@uj.ac.za mailto:chiomao@uj.ac.za http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as26i2.3 http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as26i2.3 Acta Structilia 2019: 26(2) 72 organisation reports, information publicly available on the internet, and interviews conducted with sector representatives. An assessment of transformation strategies in South Africa: A multi-case study of the accounting, financial services, government, and construction sectors. keywords: africa; aveng; business; cbe; council; development; die; economy; education; environment; financial; government; online; organisations; saica; sector; september; services; skills; south; south africa; strategies; strategy; transformation; transformation strategies cache: as-4167.pdf plain text: as-4167.txt item: #230 of 280 id: as-4168 author: Olugboyega, Oluseye ; Windapo, Abimbola title: Theoretical model of trust-based relationships in building information modelling supply chain for construction projects date: 2019-12-12 words: 11315 flesch: 44 summary: The systematic review enabled the development of a theoretical model of trust- based relationships in BIM supply chain which was subjected to meta-analysis for validation. Keywords: BIM, BIM supply chain, construction projects, trust-based relationships Abstrak Die struktuur van verhoudings tussen die projekdeelnemers het ’n beduidende impak op vertroue-ontwikkeling, terwyl die aantal deelnemers wat betrokke is in die verhouding, die kompleksiteit van vertroue verhoog. keywords: behaviour; bim; bim process; building; chain; components; construction; development; expectations; information; journal; management; members; model; project; relationships; reputation; supply; tbr; trust cache: as-4168.pdf plain text: as-4168.txt item: #231 of 280 id: as-4496 author: Isah, Yahaya ; Shakantu, Winston ; Ibrahim, Saidu title: Utilisation of forecasting technology for improving construction logistics in Nigeria date: 2020-06-29 words: 11730 flesch: 50 summary: The current theory focuses on construction logistics, construction forecasting logistics technology, and forecasting logistics tools used in construction. 2.3.5 manufacturing and retailing industries’ experiences of forecasting logistics technology The manufacturing and retailing industries have recorded tremendous achievement in the development and usage of forecasting technology in demand, sales, material, production, and product forecast (Althonayan, 2013: 20). keywords: c e; construction; construction industry; demand; die; e d; e m; e nt; e r; erp; forecasting; industries; industry; logistics; management; manufacturing; nd e; nd o; o n; retailing; technology cache: as-4496.pdf plain text: as-4496.txt item: #232 of 280 id: as-4498 author: Kasim, Oluwasinaayomi Faith ; Alabi, Adekunle Moruf ; Wusu, Sunday title: Risk assessment for hazard exposure and its consequences on housing construction sites in Lagos, Nigeria date: 2020-06-29 words: 10288 flesch: 55 summary: Although a number of studies has been done on construction hazard and risk assessment in general (Babovic, 2009: 22-26; Oladinrin, Ogunsemi & Aje, 2012: 50-60; Zolfagharian Ressang, Irizarry, Nourbakhsh & Zin, 2011: 151-161; Orji et al., 2016: 282-289), there is a dearth of study on exposure to hazards specifically in the housing construction industry. Fundamentally, two phases are required in the control and management of construction hazards. keywords: 2016; accidents; alabi; assessment; construction; construction sites; corporate; exposure; hazards; health; housing; housing construction; level; management; nigeria; respondents; risk; safety; sites; supervisors; table; workers cache: as-4498.pdf plain text: as-4498.txt item: #233 of 280 id: as-4499 author: Young, Graham ; Vosloo, Piet title: Isivivane, Freedom Park: A critical analysis of the relationship between commemoration, meaning and landscape design in post-apartheid South Africa date: 2020-06-29 words: 12695 flesch: 54 summary: A critical analysis of the... 113 sense of place, as place meanings are derived from embedded stories and metaphors. This article determines the effectiveness of landscape design in communicating the intent and meaning of commemorative places in a multicultural post- apartheid society. keywords: africa; analysis; commemoration; design; die; elements; experience; freedom; freedom park; identity; isivivane; landscape; landscape design; meaning; narrative; park; participants; people; place; south; study; young cache: as-4499.pdf plain text: as-4499.txt item: #234 of 280 id: as-4500 author: Tshidavhu, Fhumulani ; Khatleli, Nthatisi title: An assessment of the causes of schedule and cost overruns in South African megaprojects: A case of the critical energy sector projects of Medupi and Kusile date: 2020-06-30 words: 9840 flesch: 50 summary: Keywords: Cost overruns, energy sector, megaprojects, schedule overruns AbsTrAK Oorskryding van koste en skedules is die mees algemene uitdagings in mega- konstruksieprojekte regoor die wêreld, en Suid-Afrika is nie anders nie. In the transportation sector, for instance, Flyvbjerg, Bruzelius and Rothengatter (2003: 1) conducted the largest and most encompassing study of cost overruns on a sample of 258 major roads, tunnels, bridges, urban transit, and interurban rail projects in 20 countries on five continents. keywords: 2015; africa; causes; construction; cost; cost overruns; energy; factors; implementation; kusile; labour; management; medupi; megaprojects; overruns; power; schedule; south; south africa; study; years cache: as-4500.pdf plain text: as-4500.txt item: #235 of 280 id: as-4501 author: Vosloo, Christo title: Early sustainable architecture in hanging skyscrapers – A comparison of two financial office buildings date: 2020-06-29 words: 11015 flesch: 54 summary: Keywords: Hanging buildings, sustainable design, adaptability ABSTRAK Hergebruik, of die vermoë om ’n produk of gebou se lewensduurte vir so lank as moontlik te verleng nadat die oorspronklike funksie of gebruikspatrone verander het, is ’n sleutelbegrip in die literatuur oor volhoubaarheid. Thus, on the whole, hanging buildings can be described as late- modern buildings. keywords: architecture; bank; building; centre; design; die; energy; figure; floors; foster; green; hanging; hong; hsbc; kong; partners; skyscrapers; space; standard; structure; sustainability; use cache: as-4501.pdf plain text: as-4501.txt item: #236 of 280 id: as-4502 author: Ahmed, Ar.Sayed title: Architectures of informality edited by Ivan Kucina date: 2020-06-29 words: 1994 flesch: 47 summary: Informal architecture will primarily be a habitat trend, the focal voice of human beings in the next couple of decades. For all the above topics, architecture schools worldwide can now include informal architecture in their academic courses rather than overlooking it. keywords: architecture; community; economy; example; informality; inhabitants; settlements cache: as-4502.pdf plain text: as-4502.txt item: #237 of 280 id: as-5004 author: Hoffman, Danie ; Huang, Ling-Yi ; van Rensburg, Jean ; Yorke-Hart, Amy title: Trends in application of Green Star SA credits in South African green building date: 2020-12-17 words: 9719 flesch: 54 summary: Such trends may indicate similarities in the green-building approach followed by the consultant teams of the different certified green building projects in the application of green building credits. This study explored facets of green building developments to look for possible industry trends in the application of green building credits. keywords: achievement; application; average; building; category; credits; die; green; green star; percentage; rating; star; star sa; study; tool; trends; van cache: as-5004.pdf plain text: as-5004.txt item: #238 of 280 id: as-5005 author: Alumbugu, Polycarp ; Shakantu, Winston ; Tsado, Abel title: Assessment of transportation efficiency for the delivery of construction material in North-Central Nigeria date: 2020-12-17 words: 10099 flesch: 49 summary: Construction material transport costs include capital and operating costs. The authors declared no conflict of interest for the article or title ABSTRACT In Nigeria, knowledge on the management of construction material logistics system, especially in transportation, is inadequate. keywords: construction; construction material; cost; delivery; distribution; efficiency; handling; hours; loading; logistics; management; manufacturers; material; offloading; shakantu; study; supply; system; technology; time; ton; transportation; vehicles; warehouses cache: as-5005.pdf plain text: as-5005.txt item: #239 of 280 id: as-5006 author: Ofori, Peres title: Housing poverty in developing countries: Challenges and implications for decent accommodation in Swedru, Ghana date: 2020-12-17 words: 12734 flesch: 56 summary: The frequencies and/or percentages of responses were generated and reported, in order to analyse the number of housing units that are supplied annually, the respondents’ profile, their perceptual views on decent housing, the types and non-decent housing conditions in the Swedru municipality, the income status, and the extent of housing tenancy in households. The search for greener pastures in the cities encouraged rural communities to join their families in the cities, placing the burden on urban housing (Business World Ghana, 2012: 26). keywords: 2020; accommodation; africa; cities; countries; deficit; ghana; gss; habitat; households; housing; housing units; land; municipality; number; online; population; poverty; study; swedru; table; units; urban; world cache: as-5006.pdf plain text: as-5006.txt item: #240 of 280 id: as-5007 author: Oladeji, Jonathan ; Yacim, Joseph ; Wall, Kevin ; Zulch, Benita title: Macroeconomic leading indicators of listed property price movements in Nigeria and South Africa date: 2020-12-17 words: 10456 flesch: 54 summary: It thus seeks to investigate how much forecasting accuracy can be achieved by modelling the relationships between listed real estate and macroeconomic time series. The South African FTSE/JSE SA Listed Property (J253) is the annual capitalization of listed real estate on the JSE. keywords: african; correlation; data; estate; estate market; gdp; growth; indicators; interest; jse; leading; macroeconomic; market; model; money; nigeria; property; rate; real; south; table; test; variables cache: as-5007.pdf plain text: as-5007.txt item: #241 of 280 id: as-5008 author: Rantsatsi, Ndaleni ; Musonda, Innocent ; Agumba, Justus title: Identifying factors of collaboration critical for improving health and safety performance in construction projects: A systematic literature review date: 2020-12-17 words: 14412 flesch: 58 summary: A literature review method was adopted; identification test method was used to identify collaboration factors. Effects of cooperative procurement procedures on construction project performance: A conceptual framework. keywords: b o; c o; c t; collaboration; construction; e c; e e; e n; e nt; e s; e t; e w; e y; factors; h&s; m e; management; n o; o lla; o ra; performance; project; ra c; tio n cache: as-5008.pdf plain text: as-5008.txt item: #242 of 280 id: as-5009 author: Boshoff, Brian ; Mey, Cornelia title: The building emission reduction potential of South African residential building efficiency tools – A review date: 2020-12-17 words: 14261 flesch: 54 summary: Focus area – Energy efficiency and low carbon energy are generally required for Net Zero certifications, which will typically set a minimum level of energy efficiency. This is done by considering the tools’ areas of impact (energy efficiency, carbon footprint of energy supply, carbon footprint of building materials), and ultimately their potential reduction in the energy intensity of the residential building. keywords: africa; building; c e; carbon; change; climate; e ne; efficiency; emissions; energy; energy efficiency; green; impact; m e; n o; online; potential; reduction; residential; sector; south; tools; unep cache: as-5009.pdf plain text: as-5009.txt item: #243 of 280 id: as-5010 author: Oosthuizen, Pierre title: English-Afrikaans Bilingual Building Dictionary by Die Suid-Afrikaanse Akademie vir Wetenskap en Kuns date: 2020-12-17 words: 490 flesch: 47 summary: What is more unique to South Africa than Afrikaans? © Creative Commons With Attribution (CC-BY) Published by the UFS http://journals.ufs.ac.za/index.php/as Book review • Boekresensie Pierre Oosthuizen Mr Pierre Oosthuizen, Lecturer, Department of Quantity Surveying and Construction Management, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, 9301, South Africa. keywords: afrikaans; building cache: as-5010.pdf plain text: as-5010.txt item: #244 of 280 id: as-5375 author: Mnisi, Nontokozo ; Karam, Aly title: The impact of the integrated residential development programme on surrounding property values: Case study of Fleurhof, Johannesburg date: 2020-06-29 words: 12698 flesch: 58 summary: Main variable influencing residential property values using the entropy method – The case of Auckland. An examination of the factors affecting residential property values in Magodo neighbourhood, Lagos State. keywords: amenities; attributes; development; distance; fleurhof; housing; housing development; impact; model; negative; neighbourhood; online; price; property; property values; study; value cache: as-5375.pdf plain text: as-5375.txt item: #245 of 280 id: as-5430 author: Ola-awo, Wasiu Adeniran ; Alayande, Aisha ; Bashir, Ganiyu Olarewaju ; Oyewobi, Luqman Oyekunle title: Critical success factors for effective internal construction stakeholder management in Nigeria date: 2021-06-23 words: 11003 flesch: 42 summary: Project stakeholder management. Hierarchical structuring success factors of project stakeholder management in the construction organization. keywords: analysis; communication; construction; construction project; csfs; et al; factors; good; management; nigeria; project; project management; relationship; stakeholder management; stakeholders; study; success; yang cache: as-5430.pdf plain text: as-5430.txt item: #246 of 280 id: as-5431 author: Isah, Yahaya ; Shakantu, Winston ; Ibrahim, Saidu title: Utilisation of order processing technology for logistics process improvement in the Nigerian construction industry date: 2021-06-23 words: 15581 flesch: 49 summary: Isah, Shakantu & Ibrahim • Utilisation of order processing technology 61 The study has contributed to the body of knowledge in the following areas: extrapolated the tasks to which retail and manufacturing technologies could be used in construction industries in Nigeria; increased the understanding of the benefits of utilising order processing technologies in the construction process, and highlighted the ultimate benefit for an improved and increased uptake of order processing technology under the tasks and subtasks in construction. Therefore, this article examines order processing- related tasks in the manufacturing, retailing and construction industries; the percentage level of usage of order processing logistics technologies in the execution of these tasks, and the accruable benefits to construction from the utilisation of the order processing technology in the industries, in order to improve the order processing procedure of the Nigerian construction logistics. keywords: c e; construction; construction industry; e d; e e; e nt; e p; e ss; industries; industry; logistics; m e; management; manufacturing; material; n o; nt o; order; order processing; p m; p ro; process; processing; retailing; rfid; ro c; technology cache: as-5431.pdf plain text: as-5431.txt item: #247 of 280 id: as-5432 author: Jibrin, Ibrahim ; Shakantu, Winston title: Implementation of the value re-engineering concept in the Nigerian construction industry: Exploratory study date: 2021-06-23 words: 8156 flesch: 43 summary: Incremental adoption of VRE to construction process re-engineering by the NCI is to learn as much as possible from other industries that have had to respond to massive cultural changes (Ashworth, 2012: 73). However, the innovation aspect of VRE, especially the adoption and implementation processes, is overlooked, and very little is understood in the NCI. keywords: activities; adoption; bim; change; construction; construction industry; die; engineering; implementation; industry; journal; management; nci; new; organisation; process; value; vre cache: as-5432.pdf plain text: as-5432.txt item: #248 of 280 id: as-5433 author: Mahachi, Jeffrey title: Development of a construction quality assessment tool for houses in South Africa date: 2021-06-23 words: 8641 flesch: 51 summary: The delivery of quality houses is a broad challenge in the vast majority of developing countries. To address these concerns, the 1994 South African democratic government formulated and implemented the national housing policy and established several state entities to assist in the Mahachi • Development of a construction quality assessment tool 93 fast delivery of quality houses. keywords: africa; assessment; building; construction; construction quality; development; die; elements; houses; housing; income; nhbrc; online; quality; quality assessment; score; south; tool; walls cache: as-5433.pdf plain text: as-5433.txt item: #249 of 280 id: as-5434 author: Sogaxa, Athenkosi ; Simpeh, Eric Kwame ; Ndihokubwayo, Ruben title: Assessment of time management practices of small medium sized contractors in project delivery in the Eastern Cape Province, South Africa date: 2021-06-23 words: 9862 flesch: 51 summary: Keywords: Construction projects, leadership and sustainable success, project delays, SMEs, time-management, South Africa ABSTRAK Die doel van hierdie artikel is om die bestuurspraktyke van Klein tot Medium Ondernemings (KMO’s) In addition, Bouazza, Ardjouman and Abada (2015) claim that SMEs are challenged with business operations such as legal requirements, lack of trust from financial institutions, low business capacities, lack of managerial skills to manage construction projects successfully, and lack of technological skills. keywords: construction; construction project; construction smes; contractors; die; journal; leadership; management; management practices; meetings; planning; practices; progress; project; project management; respondents; site; smes; success; team; time; time management; work cache: as-5434.pdf plain text: as-5434.txt item: #250 of 280 id: as-5435 author: Albert, Idowu ; Shakantu, Winston ; Ibrahim, Saidu title: The effect of poor materials management in the construction industry: A case study of Abuja, Nigeria date: 2021-06-23 words: 9324 flesch: 45 summary: Construction materials management is defined as a reduction in the amount and environmental effect of material waste generated, by reducing the amount of materials used in a construction project (Adafin, Daramola & Ayodele, 2010: 62). Construction materials management on project sites. keywords: building; construction; construction materials; construction projects; construction waste; die; effect; industry; management; materials; materials management; materials quality; materials waste; nigeria; pmm; profitability; project; quality; site; waste; waste management cache: as-5435.pdf plain text: as-5435.txt item: #251 of 280 id: as-5796 author: Chombo, Ignatius Morgen ; Youm, Sang Hoon title: Building performance evaluation of public housing in Harare, Zimbabwe date: 2021-12-01 words: 7276 flesch: 47 summary: Building performance, public housing, residential building, Harare HOW TO CITE: From these studies, it is established Chombo & Youm 2021 Acta Structilia 28(2): 1-22 4 that the physical characteristics of residential buildings have a significant influence on occupants’ satisfaction with their residential environment. keywords: 28(2; acta; attributes; building; characteristics; chombo; die; evaluation; housing; needs; performance; quality; research; residents; satisfaction; structilia; test; youm cache: as-5796.pdf plain text: as-5796.txt item: #252 of 280 id: as-5797 author: Nyakala, Stephen ; Ramoroka, Dolly ; Ramdass, Kemlall title: Factors influencing the quality of low-income housing in Polokwane Municipality South Africa date: 2021-12-01 words: 10881 flesch: 49 summary: For this study, in the context of low-income housing, poor housing quality refers to poor physical condition, poorer ventilation and mental health concerns, which can lead to increased spread of communicable diseases such as influenza and sleep disruption. 2.3 Improving the quality of low-income housing Existing literature shows that housing quality is the key source of competitive strategy in low-income housing (Hong, 2012: 109; Statistics South Africa, 2015: 2; Narsal, Taylor, Jinabhai & Stevens, 2013: 370; Mane & Patil, 2015: 127). keywords: 2015; 2021; 28(2; acta; africa; building; construction; contractors; design; factors; housing projects; housing quality; income housing; journal; management; nyakala; quality; ramdass; ramoroka; south; structilia; study cache: as-5797.pdf plain text: as-5797.txt item: #253 of 280 id: as-5799 author: Dosumu, Oluwaseun ; Aigbavboa, Clinton title: Drivers and effects of sustainable construction in the South African construction industry date: 2021-12-01 words: 11597 flesch: 46 summary: Drivers and effects of sustainable construction in the South African construction industry. DRIVERS AND EFFECTS OF SUSTAINABLE CONSTRUCTION IN THE SOUTH AFRICAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RESEARCH ARTICLE1 DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as28i2.4 ABSTRACT Sustainable construction is hardly practised in Africa, despite the consistent campaign for its adoption. keywords: adoption; africa; aigbavboa; benefits; building; challenges; construction; construction industry; dosumu; environmental; factors; industry; lack; respondents; south; structilia; study cache: as-5799.pdf plain text: as-5799.txt item: #254 of 280 id: as-5800 author: Chigangacha, Progress ; Haupt, Theo; Awuzie, Bankole title: Examining the maturity of South Africa’s government departments to implement the Infrastructure Delivery Management System (IDMS) date: 2021-12-01 words: 13506 flesch: 54 summary: Increasing the efficiency of public infrastructure delivery: Evidence-based potential efficiency gains in public infrastructure spending in Latin America and the Caribbean. Public infrastructure delivery and construction sector dynamism in the South African economy. keywords: awuzie; c e; e d; e e; e h; e n; e nt; e rv; e s; e ss; e t; g e; g ro; ic e; idms; infrastructure; m e; m s; management; maturity; n g; n s; o ur; p e; p ro; s s; tio; ur e; w e; w ith cache: as-5800.pdf plain text: as-5800.txt item: #255 of 280 id: as-5809 author: Rantsatsi, Ndaleni ; Musonda, Innocent ; Agumba, Justus title: Factors that determine construction health and safety agent collaboration on construction projects: A Delphi study date: 2021-12-01 words: 9151 flesch: 49 summary: The factors that determine CHSA collaboration on construction projects include mutuality, trust, enabling environment, personal characteristics, common purpose, institutional 1 DECLARATION: Factors that determine CHSA collaboration on construction projects should be identified, implemented, and monitored, in order to increase the influence of CHSA on H&S performance. keywords: acta; agumba; chsa; chsa collaboration; collaboration; construction; experts; factors; h&s; health; journal; management; musonda; project; rantsatsi; safety; statements; structilia; study cache: as-5809.pdf plain text: as-5809.txt item: #256 of 280 id: as-6054 author: Akinlolu, Mariam title: Gender stereotypes and career choices: A cross-sectional study on a group of South African students in construction programmes date: 2022-11-30 words: 11313 flesch: 52 summary: With an average MS of 2.39, the respondents disagreed that gender stereotypes influence career choices in the construction industry, except for work abilities, and harder work as counterparts, that were rated as neutral. Gender stereotypes and career choices: A cross-sectional study on a group of South African students in construction programs. keywords: 2010; 29(2; acta; akinlolu; analysis; career; career choices; choices; construction; construction industry; gender; gender stereotypes; industry; influence; journal; research; ses; south; structilia; students; study; test; women; work cache: as-6054.pdf plain text: as-6054.txt item: #257 of 280 id: as-6522 author: Bamfo-Agyei, Emmanuel ; Thwala, Didibhuku ; Aigbavboa, Clinton title: The effect of management control on labour productivity of labour-intensive works in Ghana date: 2022-06-30 words: 8443 flesch: 46 summary: The novelty of this study also lies in the labour productivity framework for labour-intensive works in road construction; it informs as to the components, including effective communication; supervision technique, and design inadequacies that determine management control factor on labour productivity of labour-intensive works in road construction in the Ghanaian construction industry. This article examines the factors affecting management control of construction labour productivity on road construction sites. keywords: 29(1; acta; agyei; aigbavboa; bamfo; construction; control; factors; industry; labour; labour productivity; management; productivity; project; site; structilia; thwala; variables; work cache: as-6522.pdf plain text: as-6522.txt item: #258 of 280 id: as-6525 author: Yusuf, Anthony ; Opawole, Akintayo ; Ebunoluwa, Esther title: Evaluation of the organisational capability of the public sector for the implementation of building information modelling on construction projects date: 2022-06-30 words: 14618 flesch: 53 summary: The findings indicate that public sector organisations possess the capability attributes for BIM implementation in building projects at different levels of availability (LAv) and adequacy (LAq), with adequate power supply rated 1 DECLARATION: This study examined the organisational capability attributes of the public sector for the implementation of BIM and indicated the implications for enhancing the performance of public sector projects. keywords: 2019; acta; attributes; bim; bim implementation; building; capability; construction; e e; et al; implementation; information; laq; lav; management; modelling; opawole; process; projects; sector; structilia; yusuf cache: as-6525.pdf plain text: as-6525.txt item: #259 of 280 id: as-6526 author: Afuye, Oluwaseun ; Aina, Omotayo ; Oladimeji, Olubimbola ; Mohammed, Tanko title: Perceptions of safety behaviour-modifying techniques in construction firms: Insights from Lagos, Nigeria date: 2022-06-30 words: 10367 flesch: 50 summary: Accidents, construction health and safety, construction industry, safety behaviour HOW TO CITE: The study recommended that, in addition to consistent safety training provided to workers, construction firms should set realistic and achievable safety goals, provide workers’ safety feedback, and reward workers for safety behaviour on construction sites. keywords: acta; aina; behaviour; construction; construction firms; feedback; firms; goals; health; mohammed; oladimeji; performance; safety; safety behaviour; safety performance; safety training; structilia; study; training; workers cache: as-6526.pdf plain text: as-6526.txt item: #260 of 280 id: as-6527 author: Kheradranjbar, Mohammad ; Mohammadi, Mirali ; Rafiee, Shahin title: Appropriate building repair and maintenance strategies using multi-criteria decision-making analysis – A Delphi study date: 2022-06-30 words: 11429 flesch: 55 summary: Table 8: Ranking of building maintenance strategies based on R, S and Q criteria Strategy Rank based on S Rank based on R Rank based on Q Value Rating Value Rating Value Rating Emergency maintenance (EM) 0.88 3 0.31 3 1 3 Breakdown maintenance (BM) 0.1 1 0.07 1 0 1 Table 2 shows the CVR results related to the numerical mean of the judgements and the results of acceptance or rejection of building maintenance system criteria. keywords: building; criteria; maintenance; max �; max 𝑅𝑅; method; min 𝑆𝑆; step; − 𝑄𝑄(𝐴𝐴; � =; � −; � ⋮; � 𝑄𝑄; � 𝑤𝑤; 𝐴𝐴 �; 𝑅𝑅 �; 𝑅𝑅∗ 𝑅𝑅; 𝑆𝑆 �; 𝑓𝑓 �; 𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚𝑚 𝑆𝑆 cache: as-6527.pdf plain text: as-6527.txt item: #261 of 280 id: as-6528 author: Zulu, Sambo ; Zulu, Ephraim ; Chabala, Mwansa title: Sustainability awareness and practices in the Zambian construction industry date: 2022-06-30 words: 10296 flesch: 40 summary: This finding suggests that, while increasing the level of sustainability awareness among practitioners will result in increased levels of environmental sustainability practices, the level of social sustainability practices will be more than environmental sustainability practices. However, social and economic sustainability practices ranked highest, while environmental sustainability practices ranked in the bottom five of the 16 practices. keywords: 29(1; acta; awareness; building; chabala; construction; construction industry; design; development; et al; industry; journal; level; management; structilia; studies; sustainability; sustainability awareness; sustainability practices; use; zulu cache: as-6528.pdf plain text: as-6528.txt item: #262 of 280 id: as-6529 author: Musonda, Innocent ; Rakolote, Nomvula title: Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic in the South African construction industry date: 2022-06-30 words: 7690 flesch: 45 summary: Construction project manager identification of work and scope of services for construction project managers registered in terms of the Project and Construction Management Professions Act No. 48 of 2000. Doddy and Sorohan (2021: 11) highlight the likely progression of the adverse impacts of COVID-19 on construction projects, funding, administration, mapping, budgets, and timeous output. keywords: 29(1; acta; construction; construction industry; covid-19; delivery; impact; industry; infrastructure; musonda; pandemic; participants; project; rakolote; respondents; stages; structilia; table cache: as-6529.pdf plain text: as-6529.txt item: #263 of 280 id: as-6562 author: Olugboyega, Oluseye; Bolujoko, Adekunle; Oseghale, Godwin; Aigbavboa, Clinton title: Measuring the effects of mobile technology barriers and enablers on acceptance and proficiency in the Nigerian construction industry date: 2022-11-30 words: 12123 flesch: 48 summary: MEASURING THE EFFECTS OF MOBILE TECHNOLOGY BARRIERS AND ENABLERS ON ACCEPTANCE AND PROFICIENCY IN THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY RESEARCH ARTICLE1 DOI: https://doi.org/10.18820/24150487/as29i2.1 ABSTRACT The impact of mobile technology (MT) barriers and enablers on MT acceptance and proficiency is poorly understood on construction sites in Nigeria. On construction sites, information that people need to support their works include requests for information; materials management; equipment management; cost management; schedule, means and methods; jobsite record-keeping; submittals; safety; quality control and assurance, as well as future trends (El Jazzar et al., 2020: 505; Ahmed, 2018: 108). keywords: acceptance; acta; aigbavboa; barriers; construction; construction industry; construction site; devices; enablers; industry; information; management; managers; mobile; p =; proficiency; site; site managers; structilia; study; technologies; technology; use cache: as-6562.pdf plain text: as-6562.txt item: #264 of 280 id: as-6773 author: Kabundu, Emmanuel; Mbanga, Sijekula ; Makasa, Paul title: The 2019 carbon tax in South Africa: Effects on relative cost of building materials, welfare, emissions, and energy consumption for households date: 2022-11-30 words: 16602 flesch: 63 summary: Building material, carbon tax, emission intensities, energy intensities, input-output analysis, welfare HOW TO CITE: This article used the Input-Output (IO) method and sensitivity analysis to study the effects of carbon tax on welfare distribution of South African households, using the 2014-2015 Living Conditions Survey (LCS). keywords: 29(2; acta; africa; analysis; building; carbon; carbon tax; changes; effects; electricity; emissions; energy; eskom; expenditure; households; income; intensities; kabundu; makasa; mbanga; price; south; structilia; tax; welfare cache: as-6773.pdf plain text: as-6773.txt item: #265 of 280 id: as-6907 author: Alumbugu, Polycarp ; Shakantu, Winston ; Tsado, Abel ; Ola-awo, Wasiu title: Efficient utilisation of automation in construction materials-handling processes date: 2022-11-30 words: 8983 flesch: 45 summary: Automation, construction materials, efficiency, material handling HOW TO CITE: Firms that manufacture construction materials are external to the organisation of the project and are thus observed to be of lesser significance in the project approach (Seppänen & Peltokorpi, 2016: 75). keywords: acta; automation; companies; construction; cost; distribution; equipment; handling; management; material; material handling; offloading; order; picking; storage; structilia; study; time; ton; warehouses cache: as-6907.pdf plain text: as-6907.txt item: #266 of 280 id: as-6908 author: Ajayi, Ayodeji title: Factors militating against cooperative societies’ contributions to housing development in Osogbo, Nigeria date: 2022-11-30 words: 9375 flesch: 43 summary: Housing cooperative societies and social housing delivery in Oyo State, Nigeria. Cooperators’ satisfaction with cooperative society housing activities in Jos. keywords: 2017; 29(2; acta; ajayi; cooperative; development; factors; finance; housing; housing development; international; land; loans; members; nigeria; osogbo; societies; structilia; study cache: as-6908.pdf plain text: as-6908.txt item: #267 of 280 id: as-6909 author: Opawole, Akintayo ; Olojede, Betty ; Oshin, Fumbi ; Yusuf, Anthony title: Assessment of the level of awareness of intelligent buildings in Lagos State, Nigeria date: 2022-11-30 words: 14936 flesch: 60 summary: This article evaluates the use of intelligent building systems in Nigeria. Findings established that 90.24% of the respondents were aware of intelligent building systems, while practitioners who have worked or were working on buildings with intelligent features were limited to 51.2%. keywords: acta; awareness; building; construction; energy; features; ibs; intelligent; level; m e; mean; nigeria; opawole; oshin; respondents; structilia; system; yusuf cache: as-6909.pdf plain text: as-6909.txt item: #268 of 280 id: as-6910 author: Vawda, Zakiyyah ; Hugo, Jan title: Social housing as a catalyst towards net-zero carbon building in the mitigation of climate change in South Africa date: 2022-11-30 words: 12015 flesch: 57 summary: Based on the case studies and social housing research in SA, the current net-zero carbon building action in SA does not address the low-cost nature of social housing projects. Social housing projects in SA have a considerable energy load, as shown in the K206 project. keywords: 2017; 2018; 2022; 29(2; acta; africa; building; carbon; case; change; climate; climate change; emissions; energy; gbcsa; green; housing; hugo; mitigation; net; projects; social; south; structilia; studies; vawda cache: as-6910.pdf plain text: as-6910.txt item: #269 of 280 id: as-6911 author: Wall, Kevin title: The 1998 “‘mini-Constitution’ for local government”: A review of the assumptions of the White Paper on Local Government date: 2022-11-30 words: 11892 flesch: 46 summary: Organisational reform of local government services in Greater Cape Town. The Deputy Minister of Finance pointed out a key factor in rebuilding infrastructure service delivery where it is broken: ‘… political and administrative leadership is fundamental to creating a viable municipal sector, he said. keywords: 2022; 29(2; act; acta; africa; august; available; delivery; government; infrastructure; local; municipalities; municipality; paper; service; south; south africa; structilia; wall; water; white cache: as-6911.pdf plain text: as-6911.txt item: #270 of 280 id: as-6988 author: Bamfo-Agyei, Emmanuel; Thwala, Didibhuku ; Aigbavboa, Clinton title: Optimisation of labour-intensive productivity for construction projects in Ghana date: 2023-06-27 words: 11653 flesch: 45 summary: Weng et al. (2020: 2) found that construction labour productivity can be influenced by a wide range of factors, including project management practices, the availability and quality of tools, equipment and materials, worker skills, experience and motivation, work-based conditions, as well as environmental factors. Environmental factors such as temperature also play a significant role in construction labour productivity. keywords: 2018; 30(1; acta; agyei; aigbavboa; bamfo; component; construction; construction labour; construction work; equipment; factors; ghana; journal; labour; labour productivity; management; material; productivity; projects; quality; structilia; thwala; tools; work cache: as-6988.pdf plain text: as-6988.txt item: #271 of 280 id: as-7036 author: Koyoo, Edwin title: Impact of urban renewal changes on urban landscape identity: Case study of Kisumu City, Kenya date: 2023-06-27 words: 11829 flesch: 53 summary: Impact of urban renewal changes on urban landscape identity: Case study of Kisumu City, Kenya. 2. LITERATURE REVIEW To understand the impact of urban renewal changes on urban landscape identity in Kisumu City, it is important to introduce the concepts ‘landscape identity and change’, ‘urban renewal and change’, and ‘landscape identity maintenance’ used in this study within the Global South context. keywords: acta; changes; cities; city; elements; form; identity; image; impact; kisumu; kisumu city; landscape; landscape identity; place; projects; renewal; respondents; streets; structilia; study cache: as-7036.pdf plain text: as-7036.txt item: #272 of 280 id: as-7115 author: Thulo, Lehlohonolo ; Emuze, Fidelis ; Theron, Lize title: A conceptual quality improvement protocol for Free State public works projects date: 2023-06-27 words: 11725 flesch: 45 summary: According to Interviewees 1, 3, 7, and 15, delivery of quality projects on time in the construction industry is critical to the clients’ satisfaction. Relative contributions of project quality to customer satisfaction in Nigerian road construction projects. keywords: 30(1; acta; challenges; construction; delivery; dpw&i; emuze; interviewees; lack; management; materials; planning; projects; public; quality; quality management; south; specification; structilia; theron; thulo; work cache: as-7115.pdf plain text: as-7115.txt item: #273 of 280 id: as-7120 author: Badiora, Adewumi ; Bako, Abdullateef title: Predictors of corruption among town planners: A Nigerian case study date: 2023-06-27 words: 12815 flesch: 49 summary: This study added to the existing literature in urban planning corruption, by considering DART in relation to town planners’ accountability. TI (2009: online; 2015: online; 2020: online) reported that the majority of corruption happens within the confines of civil service and among the many areas of the civil service, town planning, police force, and judiciary departments that are repeatedly found to be tainted with corruption. keywords: 30(1; acta; badiora; bako; behaviour; chiodelli; corruption; development; dissatisfaction; job; land; model; nigeria; officers; planners; planning; reinforcement; structilia; town; town planners; years cache: as-7120.pdf plain text: as-7120.txt item: #274 of 280 id: as-7211 author: Adebowale , Oluseyi ; Agumba, Justus title: Labour productivity in construction SMEs: Perspectives from South Africa date: 2023-06-27 words: 10219 flesch: 46 summary: CLA presents a transformed future for construction productivity in developed and developing countries. The qualitative research method allows for interviews to collect data where participants are allowed to express and clarify their opinions on construction productivity without restrictions (Mohajan, 2018: 35). keywords: acta; adebowale; africa; agumba; construction; construction productivity; construction smes; contractors; doi; factors; journal; labour; labour productivity; management; performance; productivity; projects; research; smes; south; structilia; study; workers cache: as-7211.pdf plain text: as-7211.txt item: #275 of 280 id: as-7266 author: Kikwasi, Geraldine; Sospeter, Nyamagere title: The nexus between monetary and fiscal policies and construction output in Tanzania date: 2023-06-27 words: 10721 flesch: 48 summary: The nexus between monetary and fiscal policies and construction output in Tanzania. Accordingly, this study adopts a correlational research design to examine the extant relationship between various elements of fiscal and monetary policies and construction output. keywords: 2023; construction; construction output; data; economic; elements; expenditure; government; growth; inflation; interest; output; policy; rate; sospeter; tanzania; variables cache: as-7266.pdf plain text: as-7266.txt item: #276 of 280 id: as-7336 author: Bosman, Gerhard; Venter, Anita ; Mabe, Phadi title: Litema artivism: Community engaged scholarship with international online learning date: 2023-06-27 words: 12037 flesch: 49 summary: Colorado State art students collaborated with South African architecture students’ qualitative reflections and qualitative data collected during fieldwork from rural women who installed litema wall decoration art as a temporal home decoration. Exposing architecture students to vernacular concepts. keywords: 2023; ace; activities; architecture; art; artists; bosman; coil; exchange; experience; fieldwork; learning; litema; mabe; new; research; service; south; state; students; ufs cache: as-7336.pdf plain text: as-7336.txt item: #277 of 280 id: as-96 author: Buys, Fanie; Hallick, Sean title: The effect of Chinese construction companies on the Namibian construction industry; a construction and design team members’ perspective date: 2010-06-30 words: 8282 flesch: 53 summary: 1 Navorsingsartikels • Research articles Fanie Buys & Sean Hallick The effect of Chinese construction companies on the Namibian construction industry; a construction and design team members’ perspective Peer reviewed Abstract The presence of Chinese construction companies working in Namibia has had an impact on the Namibian construction industry and the economy of the country. It also describes the effect that Chinese construction companies have had on Namibian contractors and the tender opportunities available to these local contractors, and analyses to what extent Chinese construction companies comply with the various acts relating to the construction industry; as perceived by construction industry stakeholders. keywords: 2009; act; action; africa; china; chinese; companies; construction; construction companies; government; industry; labour; namibian; online; tender cache: as-96.pdf plain text: as-96.txt item: #278 of 280 id: as-97 author: Himayumbula, Terryson; Prinsloo, Hendrik title: Is project management a benefit to the Botswana construction industry? date: 2010-06-30 words: 5403 flesch: 53 summary: Wheatley (2006: 28), quoting Stephen Clark of East Thames London UK, states: “Project managers … would typically simultaneously manage between one and one and a half construction projects each”, any more than that he says, “it becomes complicated to keep track of multiple projects.” Construction project manager: Identification of work and scope of services for construction project managers registered in terms of the project and construction management professions act no. keywords: architect; botswana; construction; construction industry; industry; management; managers; project; project management; project managers; quality; time cache: as-97.pdf plain text: as-97.txt item: #279 of 280 id: as-98 author: Ladzani, Watson; Smith, Nico; Pretorius, Leon title: Benchmarking SMMEs' management performance in the built environment of Gauteng province, South Africa date: 2010-06-30 words: 5827 flesch: 60 summary: Management performance criteria were also ranked and compared with one another. The following research sub-question was used: What are the mean ranks of management performance criteria of the SMMEs in the building construction industry? keywords: africa; business; construction; criteria; industry; management; management performance; performance; smmes; south; study; world cache: as-98.pdf plain text: as-98.txt item: #280 of 280 id: as-99 author: Hall, John; Lowies, Braam title: Financial management techniques used by residential property developers date: 2010-06-30 words: 5901 flesch: 53 summary: An important conclusion in respect of the use of financial techniques such as capital budgeting methods or cost of capital practices and their application to residential property development projects is that such techniques are a useful tool, but that they must be considered in the wider context of all the other factors related to residential property development projects. 62 John Hall & Braam Lowies Financial management techniques used by residential property developers Peer reviewed Abstract Real estate development can be one of the largest contributors of wealth in society; and it plays a key role in determining the level of economic prosperity of individuals, business firms and the country. keywords: business; capital; cost; development; financial; irr; npv; property; property developers; techniques; use cache: as-99.pdf plain text: as-99.txt