- UPSpace Home
- →
- Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
- →
- Construction Economics
- →
- Research Articles (Construction Economics)
- →
- Browsing Research Articles (Construction Economics) by Subject
JavaScript is disabled for your browser. Some features of this site may not work without it.
Browsing Research Articles (Construction Economics) by Subject "South Africa (SA)"
Now showing items 1-19 of 19
-
(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 ...
-
(University of Pretoria, Department of Economics, 2016)Input-output analysis is a well known method of analysing specific economic activity and the influence of different sectors on the economy and on one another. This study investigates the ability of input-output analysis ...
-
(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 ...
-
(Springer, 2019-06)The construction manager requires an educational background, technical skills, practical experience with specific soft skills in the competency domain and a specific personality profile – in order to ensure the success of ...
-
(SUNMeDIA, 2018)Construction project managers come from diverse backgrounds and may, therefore, lack the knowledge set currently required in order to be competent and effective in practice. The aim of this article is to establish the ...
-
(SUNMeDIA, 2016)In South Africa, 43% of all quantity surveyors are identified as generation Y, born between 1981 and 2000. This highlights the importance of generation Y to the Quantity Surveying (QS) profession, as they are the future ...
-
(AOSIS Open Journals, 2018-11-29)Understanding the historical context of sanitation provision and wastewater disposal is essential to understanding its regulation. The aim of this article was to provide that context for South Africa, interweaving the ...
-
(Association of Schools of Construction of Southern Africa, 2015)PURPOSE The concept of adjudication is no longer new in the South African construction space. All the modern forms of contract in use incorporate adjudication as a standard form of dispute resolution. However, a careful ...
-
(Springer, 2020-07)The right to adequate housing is enshrined in the South African constitution. Accordingly, social housing has been identified by the government as one of the strategic interventions to be pursued in the delivery of housing ...
-
(Academy of Business and Retail Management, 2017-01)Major food retail chain groups have historically insisted on exclusive trading rights. However, many developers who had conceded to exclusivity clauses in the 1980s and 1990s are reconsidering the implications of such ...
-
(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 ...
-
(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 ...
-
(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 ...
-
(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 ...
-
(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 ...
-
(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 ...
-
(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 ...
-
(Academy of Business and Retail Management, 2018-01)The management of tenant mix by shopping centre managers in South Africa was compared with that found to have been used by shopping centre managers in the UK (Downie et al., 2002). Relevant aspects included how to maintain ...
-
(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 ...
Now showing items 1-19 of 19