Browsing Research Articles (Construction Economics) by Type "Postprint Article"

Browsing Research Articles (Construction Economics) by Type "Postprint Article"

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  • 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 construction manager’s mask : a more purpose-fit selection for South Africa 
    Van Heerden, Andries; Burger, Michelle; Zulch, Benita (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 ...
  • Digital disruption in retail : management strategies for South African shopping centers 
    Masebe, Norman; Moseneke, Malose; Burger, Michelle; Van Heerden, Andries (Hennie) (Springer, 2020-07)
    Online retail has grown substantially over the years both globally and in South Africa. Technology continues to impact, influence and shape how and where consumers shop. The South African shopping Centre industry is the ...
  • An ecological worldview as basis for a regenerative sustainability paradigm for the built environment 
    Du Plessis, Chrisna; Brandon, Peter (Elsevier, 2015-12)
    It has been widely argued that in order to move development into a positive curve towards sustainability, society needs to change the worldview/paradigm within which it currently operates; and that such a shift from a ...
  • Electronic communication in the construction industry 
    Maritz, M.J. (Marthinus Johannes); Hattingh, V. (Emerald, 2015)
    PURPOSE : The study aims to investigate how modern methods of communication within the construction industry have brought forth a new cognitive process that participants in this industry should undertake when ...
  • Financing of social housing investments in South Africa 
    Mazhinduka, Tino Adrian; Burger, Michelle; Van Heerden, Andries (Hennie) (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 ...
  • 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. ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • 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 ...
  • Towards a regenerative paradigm for the built environment 
    Du Plessis, Chrisna (Routledge, 2012-01)
    The concept of regenerative design and development is situated within the broader theoretical context of sustainability. The emerging regenerative paradigm is contrasted with the two current sustainability paradigms – ...