... Africa. The purpose of this study is to explore the SBC features for project delivery in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach A structured questionnaire elicited the primary data from 281 built environment professionals, mainly in South Africa’s Gauteng province. Descriptive and inferential...

... sought and gathered from a Provincial Department of Public Works and Infrastructure (PDPWI) in South Africa. Data was obtained from a mixture of semi-structured interviews and project-specific documents spanning a five-year period and was analysed according to the procedures associated with GTM...

...Andrew Ebekozien; Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa; John Aliu; Wellington Didibhuku Thwala Purpose Researchers and policymakers have given attention to generic skills development in higher institutions. One of the intentions is to broaden graduate employability with generic skills. In South Africa...

... of a building in a developing economy with particular reference to South Africa. The motivation for categorising the features is based on the perception that the upsurge in adopting green building and sustainability has ushered in a new and formidable set of challenges to practising professionals in terms...

... data was collected from 106 green building accredited professionals in both the public and private sectors registered with the Green Building Council of South Africa. The data analysis techniques adopted include descriptive and inferential statistics, namely, factor analysis and logistic regression...

...Douglas Omoregie Aghimien; Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa; Wellington Didibhuku Thwala Purpose This paper aims to present the result of an assessment of the challenges of sustainable construction (SC) in two developing countries (Nigeria and South Africa). This was done with a view to improving...

..., 2015). Thomas Wolfgang Thurner can be contacted at: ThurnerT@cput.ac.za 11 08 2018 05 10 2018 27 11 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2019 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Innovation User-centred design South Africa Astronomy Co-design...

...Emmanuel Akampurira; Abimbola Windapo Purpose The poor quality of design documentation has been identified as a significant contributor to delays, rework and cost overruns on construction projects in South Africa. Despite this, limited research has been undertaken to specifically investigate...

... in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach Using a quantitative research design and a questionnaire survey, this study sought to identify effective CPD implementation strategies for construction professionals from a plethora of suggested ones that can engender increased uptake and compliance...

... of which are mostly blamed on the endemic fragmented nature of the industry. Design/methodology/approach – The assessment was undertaken through a quantitative survey conducted among general contractor (GC) members of the Master Builders South Africa. Findings – Selected findings relative...

... of the research is to provide insights and plausible explanations concerning how NVAAs can propagate poor performance in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach – The paper reports on a quantitative survey conducted among public sector clients, consulting engineers, and civil engineering contractors...

...Theo Haupt; Ferdinand Fester Purpose The purpose of this paper is to report on the findings of a needs assessment study of South African women‐owned enterprises in construction. The study was done in preparation for the rolling out of an empowerment initiative country‐wide in South Africa...

... of CSR and partnership among selected construction firms and the Government of South Africa (SA) in affordable housing projects; third, to develop a CSR‐partnership model (and its action plan) that integrates the CSR of project stakeholders to achieve greater housing affordability; finally, to draw some...

...Maurice Oscar Dassah; Ernst Uken Purpose The aim of this paper is to highlight the benefits, impacts and spin‐offs of 52 THRIP‐supported applied research projects conducted in South Africa between 2001 and 2003. Benefits, impacts and spin‐offs were realised in human resource development...

... at: Nicholas.Chileshe@unisa.edu.au © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2010 Careers Decision making Construction industry Gender Secondary education South Africa RQ5. What is the possibility of women becoming construction managers? As far as their future careers are concerned...

..., unprofitable tender prices, abuse by main contractors, poor general management, technical difficulties as well as “fronting”. Fronting in a South African context is understood to be a contravention against the purpose of BBBEE (Parliament of South Africa, 2003b), in which companies appear to be owned...

...Nicholas Chileshe; Theodore C. Haupt Purpose The purpose of this paper is to investigate the perceived age differences in job satisfaction of construction workers in South Africa, and how these differences affect job overall satisfaction of young and old workers on construction sites in South...

... © Emerald Group Publishing Limited 2009 Partnership Rural areas South Africa Project management Sustainable development The evolution of South Africa from apartheid to a democratic state in 1994 witnessed an enormous number of strategic plans directed towards enhancing...

... of a literature review and field study designed to accomplish four objectives. Firstly, the literature review studied the housing problem in South Africa, the quantity surveying profession and the CSR concept. Secondly, the field study investigated the perception and application of the CSR concept by SAQSF...

... shortages and gender equity. The following hypotheses were tested, namely: H1₀ . Mentoring and coaching as an integral part of an enterprise development plan for women contractors contribute to bridging the skills gap in South Africa. Women helping women...