Survey participants
| Characteristic | Category | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Project manager | 10 | 9.5 |
| Engineer | 12 | 11.4 | |
| Quantity surveyor | 40 | 38.1 | |
| Technical officer | 27 | 25.7 | |
| Other | 16 | 15.2 | |
| Experience | Less than 1 year | 21 | 20.0 |
| 1–5 years | 49 | 46.7 | |
| 6–10 years | 24 | 22.9 | |
| 11–15 years | 6 | 5.7 | |
| 16–20 years | 3 | 2.9 | |
| Over 20 years | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 93 | 88.6 |
| Female | 12 | 11.4 | |
| Age | Below 20 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 21–30 | 42 | 40.0 | |
| 31–40 | 49 | 46.7 | |
| 41–50 | 7 | 6.7 | |
| 51–60 | 3 | 2.9 | |
| Over 60 | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Organisation type | Public | 11 | 10.5 |
| Private | 94 | 89.5 | |
| Organisation size | Small | 9 | 8.6 |
| Medium | 34 | 32.4 | |
| Large | 62 | 59.0 | |
| Days worked weekly | Less than 5 days | 1 | 1.0 |
| 5–6 days | 41 | 39.0 | |
| 7 days | 63 | 60.0 | |
| Hours worked weekly | 31–40 h | 5 | 4.8 |
| 41–50 h | 35 | 33.3 | |
| 51–60 h | 51 | 48.6 | |
| Over 61 h | 14 | 13.3 |
| Characteristic | Category | Count | Percent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Occupation | Project manager | 10 | 9.5 |
| Engineer | 12 | 11.4 | |
| Quantity surveyor | 40 | 38.1 | |
| Technical officer | 27 | 25.7 | |
| Other | 16 | 15.2 | |
| Experience | Less than 1 year | 21 | 20.0 |
| 1–5 years | 49 | 46.7 | |
| 6–10 years | 24 | 22.9 | |
| 11–15 years | 6 | 5.7 | |
| 16–20 years | 3 | 2.9 | |
| Over 20 years | 2 | 1.9 | |
| Gender | Male | 93 | 88.6 |
| Female | 12 | 11.4 | |
| Age | Below 20 | 3 | 2.9 |
| 21–30 | 42 | 40.0 | |
| 31–40 | 49 | 46.7 | |
| 41–50 | 7 | 6.7 | |
| 51–60 | 3 | 2.9 | |
| Over 60 | 1 | 1.0 | |
| Organisation type | Public | 11 | 10.5 |
| Private | 94 | 89.5 | |
| Organisation size | Small | 9 | 8.6 |
| Medium | 34 | 32.4 | |
| Large | 62 | 59.0 | |
| Days worked weekly | Less than 5 days | 1 | 1.0 |
| 5–6 days | 41 | 39.0 | |
| 7 days | 63 | 60.0 | |
| Hours worked weekly | 31–40 h | 5 | 4.8 |
| 41–50 h | 35 | 33.3 | |
| 51–60 h | 51 | 48.6 | |
| Over 61 h | 14 | 13.3 |
Source(s): Authors’ own creation