• Monitoring the condition of public sector fixed infrastructure in South Africa 

  Wall, K. (University of Free State, 2023-12)

  Infrastructure is designed and built to deliver a service, but how well the infrastructure is operated and maintained is a major determinant of how effectively it is able to deliver that service. Despite this, much of ...
• A comparison of low-cost housing units for varying climatic regions in South Africa : a knowledge management approach 

  Van Tonder, Francine; Rwelamila, P.D. (Emerald, 2024)

  PURPOSE – One of the greatest challenges faced by the 1994 post-apartheid government in South Africa is the housing problem that has persisted for almost 30 years into democracy. Innovation in research and practice ...
• Strategies to counteract digital disruption across the hierarchy of South African shopping centres 

  Masebe, Norman L. (University of Pretoria, 2022)

  The retail property industry in South Africa represents a trillion Rand in investment, employment, and urban development, all of which would be negatively impacted should it collapse. It, therefore, follows that knowledge ...
• Modelling and experimental investigation of a vapor compression system under steady state regime 

  Sanama, Conrad; Xia, Xiaohua (International Journal of Mechanical Engineering and Robotics Research, 2022-02)

  The main objective of this work is to establish a detailed modelling technique to predict the refrigerant conditions such as pressure and enthalpy of a Vapor Compression (VC) system. The steady state modelling techniques ...
• A model for integrated tourism infrastructure planning in the South African public sector 

  Wall, K.; Chettiar, Shamilla; Laryea, Samuel (Africa Journals, 2022-10)

  Tourism infrastructure is considered critical for tourism growth and destination competitiveness. Within the complex South African public sector planning system, the responsibility for infrastructure and tourism planning ...
• The 1998 "'mini-constitution' for local government" : a review of the assumptions of the white paper on local government 

  Wall, Kevin (University of the Free State, 2022-12)

  Many South African municipalities suffer service-delivery problems that can usually be ascribed to inadequate management, skills, and budgets. The reasons for these, in turn, invariably include weak economic base, unwise ...
• Addressing the infrastructure maintenance gap while creating employment and transferring skills : an innovative institutional model 

  Wall, Kevin (Routledge, 2023)

  The ‘social franchising’ model for the operation and maintenance of selected water and sanitation infrastructure, the conceptual origins of the model, its subsequent development by desktop research methods, and its piloting ...
• The effect of poor reconciliation between surveyor-general data(spatial) and deeds register information on municipal budgets 

  Venter, Pieter-Hendrik (University of Pretoria, 2023)

  The Chief Surveyor-General study in 2011, identified a discrepancy between the Chief Surveyor-General and the Chief Registrar of Deeds. Considering these two governmental institutions as custodians of property registers ...
• The right to functioning urban infrastructure – a review 

  Wall, Kevin (University of the Free State, 2021-12)

  A major objective of local government in South Africa, as defined in the Constitution, is to ensure the provision of services to communities in a sustainable manner. However, neglect of infrastructure continues to hamper ...
• South African infrastructure condition – an opinion survey for the SAICE infrastructure report card 

  Rust, F.C.; Wall, Kevin; Smit, M.A.; Arnod, Salim (South African Institution of Civil Engineering, 2021-03)

  The South African Institution of Civil Engineering (SAICE) Infrastructure Report Cards of 2006, 2011 and 2017 reported that much of the South African infrastructure is in a poor condition. To augment the recent 2017 ...
• The influence of tenant diversity on the performance of shopping centres 

  Dlamini, Sizwile Nelisiwe; Cloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst) (Adonis & Abbey Publishers, 2021-06)

  This study investigated whether a relationship exists between tenant diversity and the return on investment in South African regional and super-regional shopping centres. The Simpson diversity index was used to calculate ...
• Neural networks support vector machine for mass appraisal of properties 

  Yacim, Joseph Awoamim; Boshoff, Douw Gert Brand (Emerald, 2020-04)

  PURPOSE : The paper introduced the use of a hybrid system of neural networks support vector machines (NNSVMs) consisting of artificial neural networks (ANNs) and support vector machines (SVMs) to price single-family ...
• The hedonic modeling of property prices : case study on Cape Town, South Africa 

  Boshoff, Douw Gert Brand; Yacim, Joseph Awoamim; Ahmed, Abdullahi Alhassan (Routledge, 2019)

  The real estate and valuation discipline has embraced the recent developments in spatial data analysis as a way of remediating obvious limitations of the ordinary least squares (OLS) approach in handling spatial effects. ...
• Hotels as an Alternative Property Investment Asset Class and its Funding Challenges in South Africa 

  Nava, Fabio Walter (University of Pretoria, 2021-07-01)

  Institutional investors and corporates are constantly looking to achieve double digit yields in relation to investments in traditional real estate assets. With retail, office and residential property under pressure the ...
• Macroeconomic leading indicators of listed property price movements in Nigeria and South Africa 

  Oladeji, Jonathan; Yacim, Joseph Awoamim; Wall, Kevin; Zulch, Benita (University of Free State, 2020)

  This article aims to identify macroeconomic leading indicators that influence changes in the listed property price movements in South Africa and Nigeria. This serves to improve the quantitative approaches to investment ...
• An Investigation of the Early Involvement of Facilities-Management Specialists into the Traditional Design-Development Process: the Causes of Conflicts 

  Sekhu, Madimetja Solomon (University of Pretoria, 2020)

  The traditional procurement and contracting method within the architectural, engineering and construction industry is often criticised for its fragmented approach and its isolation of designers from contractor and Facilities ...
• Trends in application of green star SA credits in South African green building 

  Hoffman, D.J. (Danie); Huang, Ling-Yi; Van Rensburg, Jean; Yorke-Hart, Amy (University of Free State, 2020)

  The South African green building industry is growing towards maturity. Stakeholders need to observe, document, and be informed about trends and development of the industry. This article evaluates whether application ...
• Property valuation for expropriation and compensation in Zimbabwe 

  Paradza, Partson (University of Pretoria, 2021)

  This thesis is primarily concerned with laws guiding valuation for expropriation and compensation in Zimbabwe. The thesis aimed to identify and close gaps in the regulatory and legislative frameworks guiding property ...
• Brain dominance and learning style preference of quantity surveying students in South Africa and Malaysia 

  Van Heerden, Andries (Hennie); Burger, Michelle; Van Eck, Elzane (Springer, 2020-07)

  The purpose of this study was to investigate the brain dominance of quantity surveying students in South Africa and Malaysia to determine the learning style preference to which they best relate. It further aims to establish ...
• Retaining steel tips : motivation of construction managers in South Africa 

  Van Heerden, Andries (Hennie); Jelodar, Mostafa Babaeian; Burger, Michelle; Zulch, Benita (Springer, 2020-07)

  The world economy continues to grow at an ever-increasing pace and as a result, has created additional demand for new buildings. This has placed an ever-increasing demand for experienced construction managers with learned ...

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