...-use rights only Corresponding author Neil Govender govneil01@gmail.com 18 12 2023 31 01 2025 cost design professional services Other investigations have linked designer competence to quality. Wimalasiri et al. (2010) found that competence, rather than...

...Imran Murtaza, MS; Muhammad Usman Rashid, PhD; Muhammad Asad, PhD The implementation of design for construction safety (DfCS) at the early design phase can proactively identify and address potential hazards in construction projects. By integrating safety considerations into the design process...

...Kofi Agyekum, PhD; Hayford Pittri, BSc, MSc; Edward Ayebeng Botchway, PhD; Annabel Morkporkpor Ami Dompey, MSc Successfully integrating design for deconstruction (DfD) principles into the construction industry will require articulated design guides and designers’ competencies. This calls...

...Vigneshkumar Chellappa, ME; Angelin Lincy Gunasekaran, ME Design for safety is a prominent means of preventing fatalities and injuries at construction workplaces. This concept has recently gained much attention among construction safety domain researchers. A study was undertaken to explore the key...

...Kgosi Rantshilo, BEng; Kofi Agyekum, BSc, MPhil, PhD; Patrick Manu, BSc, PGCert, PhD; Abdul-Majeed Mahamadu, BSc, MSc, PhD; Clara Cheung, BBA, MSc, PhD; Akilu Yunusa-Kaltungo, BEng, MSc, PGDip, PhD Design has been identified as a contributor to adverse occupational safety and health (OSH) outcomes...

...Bimal Kumar, BE (Hons), MSc, PhD; Graham Hayne, MSc, PhD Despite the availability of Building Information Modelling (BIM) technologies for well over a decade now, their wide-scale adoption has been largely limited to the design stage for model authoring. The ultimate benefits from BIM have so far...