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Browsing Construction Economics by Type "Thesis"
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-09-03)The primary goal of this research is aimed at investigating the current situation relating to transportation of asphalt and the inter-action between the paving crew and the asphalt producing plant, with the purpose of ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)Market analysis is a key component of a sound real estate investment analysis process. Traditional market analysis techniques do not reflect complex trade area attributes and socio-economic realities, such as retail market ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-08-28)The objective of this study is to analyse and evaluate the current system of procuring Building Contractors for public sector building projects in Botswana. The study further seeks to find strategies to recommend for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2018)This thesis extends the use of artificial neural networks (ANNs) optimisation and training algorithms including the Powell-Beale conjugate gradient (PBCG), scaled conjugate gradient (SCG) and a hybrid system of particle ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-02-28)This study aimed to identify the barriers to the implementation of Lean construction practices faced by practitioners in the South African construction industry. A literature review was carried out on the barriers present ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-03-28)This thesis demonstrates the development of a case-based reasoning (CBR) enabled cost estimating method for residential buildings in South Africa for application in the insurance environment to address the continuous ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-06-14)The UN, being a non-profit organization, has limited experience in and use of outsourcing criteria developed for commercial enterprises and therefore does not have the criteria to judge its outsourcing decisions. The UN’s ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2010-08-28)No abstract available.
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-08-28)The aim of this study was to determine what the requirements were for a South African construction company to successfully implement and maintain a system of quality control known as Total Quality Management. The need for ...
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(University of Pretoria, 1998)Vertragings in konstruksie-aktiwiteite wat tot verlenging van konstruksietydperke op bouprojekte lei, hou wesenlike risiko's vir bouhere in en is dikwels bepalend van sukses, al dan nie, daarvan Die kontrakvoorwaardes ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-07-18)Academic and professional knowledge, together with sound technical skills will always remain the foundation of quantity surveying, but this alone is not sufficient to cultivate the required professional skillset to help ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-09)The right to adequate housing is recognised as a basic human right, but the concept of adequate housing is ill-defined. This research aimed to establish a universal model that can be used to evaluate the adequacy of shelter ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2015)This thesis focuses on evaluating the use of incentive mechanisms for improving project performance in construction projects in South Africa and Nigeria. The literature review reveals that there is no existing framework ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-08-28)Globalisation is an inescapable fact. National economies are no longer immune to external influences and cannot be insulated from global effects. South African construction companies globalise as a result of expansion, ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2022-11)The observed prevalence of objections to the municipal valuation rolls in the metropolitan municipalities in South Africa suggests the existence of valuation inaccuracy. Research has revealed that valuation inaccuracy ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-03-30)During the post-contract administration of construction projects, the project team must produce a final account (FA) that incorporates all the information that signals the final agreed sum that the employer will pay the ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2024-07-07)Greenhouse gasses (GHGs) contribute to global warming and climate change. Countries are combatting climate change and its negative impacts by significantly reducing their GHGs and are moving toward zero-carbon environments. ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2004-06-30)The objective of this research project is to determine, by means of an exploratory study, which factors in Regional Offices of the National Department of Public Works, influence the success of unplanned maintenance on ...
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(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 ...
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(University of Pretoria, 2009-05-18)This research investigates, using the New Institutional Economics theories of property rights and transaction cost, two interrelated problems. Firstly, the question of whether real estate markets in the urban informal ...
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