Browsing Research Articles (Construction Economics) by Title

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  • Lack of affordable housing finance in Malawi's major urban areas 
    Nyasulu, E. Chapinduka; Cloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst) (Emerald, 2007)
    Purpose – The purpose of this research is to investigate the unaffordability of housing and limited access to finance as limiting factors to the provision of adequate housing in the urban areas of Malawi. Design/meth ...
  • 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 ...
  • Methodology to determine the value of a poultry farm 
    Joubert, J.C.N.; Cloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst) (Routledge, 2011)
    Much uncertainty exists about the most useful method to value a poultry farm. The purpose of the research is to determine the method of valuation that is the most appropriate and reliable for the valuation of a broiler ...
  • 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 ...
  • Modeling for incentive payoffs in the Nigerian construction industry 
    Ogwueleka, A.C. (Amaka Chinweude); Maritz, M.J. (Marthinus Johannes) (Emerald, 2016)
    Incentives are mechanisms used to create genuine opportunity for contracting parties to work together to achieve good results, rational returns and bear appropriate risks. The question of how to motivate the construction ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Motivating change : shifting the paradigm 
    Du Plessis, Chrisna; Cole, Raymond J. (Taylor & Francis, 2011-05)
    The broader framing of the decision-making processes of stakeholders within the sustainability debate is explored in the context of a paradigm shift that acknowledges the world as a complex, dynamic system. There is merit ...
  • 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 optimum refurbishment time of shopping centres 
    Mushirivindi, M.; Prinsloo, D.A.; Cloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst) (Academy of Business and Retail Management, 2018-10)
    The optimum time in the life cycle of a shopping centre when refurbishment must be undertaken was investigated, based upon the analysis of three shopping centres in Durban, South Africa, which were older than thirty years ...
  • Outsourcing scorecard for the UN and similar international public sector organisations 
    Charles, K.A.; Cloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst) (Juta, 2009)
    Outsourcing has become one of the most powerful, organisation-shaping management tools available today. However, the UN's experience in outsourcing is limited to providing troops for peacekeeping operations. The purpose ...
  • Outsourcing United Nations peacekeeping roles and support functions 
    Charles, K.A.; Cloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst) (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2009)
    The paper examines the use of private security organisations in a peacekeeping role as a cost-effective and efficient alternative to United Nations (UN) peacekeepers, and develops an outsourcing scorecard for the UN. ...
  • Property rights, real estate markets and poverty alleviation in Namibia's urban low income settlements 
    Mooya, Manya Mainza; Cloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst) (Elsevier, 2010)
    This paper presents part results of case study research which investigated the relationship between property rights, real estate markets and poverty alleviation in Namibia's urban low income settlements. This paper addresses ...
  • Quality management in South African architectural practices 
    Munting, P.; Cruywagen, J.H.H. (Hoffie) (Elsevier, 2008-04)
    The building and construction industries worldwide are experiencing ever closer scrutiny of their operations as pressure mounts from clients to address the inefficiencies inherent therein. The issue of quality is of pivotal ...
  • Renting in converted green buildings : exploratory study on office tenants views 
    Hoffman, D.J. (Danie) (Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa, 2017)
    PURPOSE : Greening the existing stock of non-green office buildings in South Africa is a significant challenge faced by the local green industry. This study evaluated the opinions of tenants of nongreen office buildings ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • The role of quantity surveyors in public–private partnerships in South Africa 
    Cruywagen, J.H.H. (Hoffie); Llale, Josephine (University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2017-05-26)
    BACKGROUND : Quantity surveyors play an important role in providing cost and contractual advice in the built environment. This article seeks to investigate the current extent of their involvement in public–private ...
  • The selection of property management software 
    Van den Berg, S.; Cloete, C.E. (Christiaan Ernst) (Southern African Institute for Industrial Engineering, 2004-05)
    Property management software packages have become essential tools in the management of properties and related facilities. In this paper, criteria for the comparative evaluation of property management software packages are ...
  • Social franchising partnership creates jobs : Part 1 
    Wall, Kevin; Ive, Olivier; Bhagwan, Jay; Birkholtz, Wayne; Lupuwana, Nocawe; Shaylor, Esther (3SMedia, 2014-02)
    AN INNOVATIVE Eastern Cape infrastructure and job creation project is meeting people’s needs through quality service delivery for the community, by the community. In part one of this two-part feature, social franchising ...