... to be incorporated and/or intensified in the training of quantity surveyors in Nigeria. Miller and Markosyan (2003) remarked that “for every profession, it is useful to pause and reflect on developments over the past hundred years and without taking time to reflect on change, it becomes easy to believe...

...Billy Hare; Iain Cameron Purpose This paper aims to present findings on research funded by the Institution of Occupational Safety and Health (IOSH) on factors contributing to superior safety performance amongst construction firms in the UK – specifically, the level of training received by site...

... management/supervisory and operative levels some skills are available on special arrangements. Furthermore, 60 per cent of employers neither enquire about the training background nor test the competence of skilled workers before engaging them. Research limitations/implications This study was mainly...

... for professional training and development. Design/methodology/approach Drawing on a well‐acclaimed organizational psychology theory of job performance, a structured questionnaire survey was used to elicit data from managing directors (MDs) of homebuilders belonging to the Ghana Real Estate Developers...

... of the quality and availability of construction craft skills in Zambia are presented. The surveyed contractors' support for the introduction of a sector‐specific training levy in Zambia was also investigated and is reported. Findings Findings point to both poor quality and shortage of construction craft...

... lifecycle, which necessarily draws upon a broad range of knowledge and abilities. It is imperative that project managers, therefore, have ready access to education and training programmes that enable them to update their skills. This paper compares a new distance learning project management educational...

... indicate that there is a lack of understanding of the principles behind ADR and a lack of experience in dispute resolution in general. The findings strongly suggest that the lack of understanding and experience in ADR can best be overcome by educating and training. This should be carried out early...

... productivity and, second, to determine groups of factors that mostly influence site productivity. A critical discussion is structured under three general headings: (1) management factors; (2) employee motivation; and (3) experience and training. Twenty‐nine factors were extracted from the above headings...