...Christopher Amoah Purpose In addressing the housing deficits for the less privileged citizens, the South African government began constructing social housing after coming to power in 1994. However, the construction of these houses is bedevilled with many issues; prominent among them are poor...

...Christopher Amoah; Kahilu Kajimo-Shakantu; Tanya van Schalkwyk Purpose The majority of South Africans were deprived of participation in the socio-economic activities in decades of the apartheid rule. The ANC government after coming to power in 1994 thus promised to improve the livelihood of people...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 --> Government Lobbying Recession Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 27, Issue 5 Keywords: Government, Lobbying, Recession The Association for Consultancy and Engineering (ACE), has urged its...

... refurbishment; and to review the UK government's direct and indirect support of sustainable refurbishment. Design/methodology/approach The paper critically reviews international and national policy documents and associated professional commentary. Findings The general conclusions...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2008 --> Construction Government Sustainability United Kingdom Article Type: Newsbriefs From: Structural Survey, Volume 26, Issue 3 Keywords: Construction, Government, Sustainability, United Kingdom In response to a recent...

... The government is the largest client of the industry creating 40 per cent of demand. When our guest speaker, John Gummer, was Secretary of State for the Environment the majority of construction and the built environment were within his single department with a Minister of State supported...