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This book takes a pragmatic approach to develop the competitive
advantage of indigenous construction firms in the Global South,
using Ghana as a case study. It provides readers with two major
practical insights. The first focuses on the theoretical
underpinning of firms' competitive advantage and develops a
competitive advantage model for indigenous construction firms. This
competitive advantage conceptual framework aids in explaining the
main and sub-attributes underpinning the competitive advantage of
indigenous construction firms as well as providing the basis for
assessing a firm's competitiveness. Secondly, it highlights and
addresses theoretical gaps in existing competitive advantage
studies deemed essential for indigenous construction firms.
Finally, a detailed two-stage Delphi study in the Ghanaian
construction industry is presented as a case study. The book is
therefore of interest to researchers in construction management,
strategic management, civil engineering, business administration,
marketing, entrepreneurial and economic studies. It is an essential
manual for owners and managers of construction businesses. It is
also useful for government departments and non-governmental
agencies seeking innovative ways to develop the capacity of
indigenous firms and/or contractors to make them more responsive to
competitive bidding scenarios, delivery of projects, and satisfying
the needs of the industry's stakeholders.
This book will provide readers with an understanding of the
employability concept and develop an employability skills
improvement model to enhance the employability of built environment
graduates to foster economic development. The developed model
determines the influence of generic skills, discipline specific
skills, work-integrated learning, emotional intelligence,
university-industry collaboration outcomes and 4IR knowledge in
predicting the outcomes of improved graduate employability. The
model is developed with a theoretical lens on existing frameworks
of employability and skills development. Whilst drawing comparisons
with countries such as the UK, USA, Australia and Canada, the
authors present the results of a two-stage Delphi survey in South
Africa as a case study on the current state of skills development
and on the skills of the future. The case study is presented in
line with the South Africa's long-term National Development Plan
(NDP) aimed at developing the key capabilities and skills of its
citizens by ensuring quality education on a broader scale by 2030.
As automation continues to rapidly advance, the pressures on
universities to revamp and restructure their curricula have become
increasingly necessary. This book recommends that higher education
institutions urgently need to intensify their efforts by
introducing significant modifications to the science and technology
curriculum to enable students to develop and acquire competencies
in the rapidly emerging areas of artificial intelligence, data
science, robotics, advanced simulation, data communication, system
automation, real-time inventory operations, cloud computing, and
information technologies. This implies that universities'
curriculum should be infused with 4IR thinking within the
conventional primary sciences of biology, chemistry, and physics,
with greater emphasis on digital literacy to boost 4IR
understanding amongst the graduates. The book is therefore of
interest to researchers and policy makers in the built environment
that are placed in academia, the construction industry or at
consultancy levels, it provides significant recommendations for
universities as they intensify their efforts to develop graduates
for the future.
Supply chain management in the construction industry has passed
through different eras - yet throughout, the construction industry
has experienced fragmentation, late project delivery and other
Gordian Knots due to its slow adoption of innovative modern
technologies and principles in the supply chain processes.
Addressing the need to harmonise the construction supply chain and
establish the industry as the lynchpin of the economy, Construction
Supply Chain Management in the Fourth Industrial Revolution Era
acts as a roadmap, re-aligning the activities of the construction
supply chain stakeholders with the principles and tenets of
Industry 4.0. Gathering evidence on both the benefits and
disruptive potentials within the current construction supply chain
management domain, this collection determines the acceptable
practice and standard for regulatory bodies and managers, appealing
also to researchers as it expands the frontiers of knowledge in the
fourth industrial era.
* The first book to explore maintenance management for educational
buildings within the educational sector of developing countries *
The book brings together a group of top scholars on the
much-debated issue of attributes influencing maintenance management
* Includes a detailed two-stage Delphi study in the South African
education sector as a case study * Highlights and addresses
theoretical gaps in existing studies essential for the maintenance
management of buildings in developing economies, providing a
stimulus for future research
This book presents papers from the 9th Applied Research Conference
in Africa (ARCA), showcasing the latest research on sustainable
education and development. The conference is focused on applied
research discussion and its dissemination, developing understanding
about the role of research and researchers in the development of
the continent. ARCA gathers papers which explain how key education
is to transforming lives, eradicating poverty and driving
sustainable development in Africa. Presenting high quality research
about developing economies, construction, education and
sustainability, this proceedings will be of interest to academics,
postgraduate students, and industry professionals.
This book discusses sustainable housing issues in urban areas
throughout the Global South, revealing their complexity in terms of
urban dynamics, housing markets and human interactions with the
environment. Its main focus is on the location of graves within
private residences, cemeteries in the immediate vicinity of private
residences, and the implications of these factors for renters'
choices and rents. The book addresses the economics of land use for
graves in connection with housing choices and the implications for
the rented sector of the property market. By means of several
model-based simulations, it demonstrates that the neoclassical
economics remedy to the negative externality of graves in or near
private residences remains generally unacceptable. Providing
readers with a clear understanding of tenants' priorities in their
choice of housing, as well as a new approach to the negative
externality of graves in the rented sector, the book will be of
interest to policymakers, urban planners, investors in residential
housing and land economists alike.
This book explores construction digitalisation, particularly in
developing countries. The book conceptualises a digitalisation
capability maturity model that will enable construction
organisations to self-assess and benchmark their digital
capabilities in their quest for digital transformation.
Digitalisation offers a significant solution to the age-long
problems of the construction industry. Research shows that when
construction organisations transform from a traditional service
delivery approach to a more digitalised approach, significant
improvement in project delivery and better competitive advantage
for these organisations will be attained. The attainment of these
benefits is evident in developed countries where the digitalisation
of construction activities continues apace. Unfortunately, the
story is not the same for construction organisations in developing
economies. While some organisations might be willing to be
digitally transformed, most have no clue how to go about it. To
this end, this book provides guidelines for construction
organisations seeking to transform their entities digitally. Its
content is a valuable read for construction company owners as it
provides a model which they can use in the digitalisation of their
activities. Also, regulatory bodies in the construction industry
can adopt the capabilities identified in the book as essential
prerequisites for their members. Furthermore, the book serves as
excellent theoretical background reading for management researchers
seeking to expand their knowledge on the digitalisation of the
construction industry and other associated industries.
This book focuses on the development of communication skills in the
context of non-traditional procurement and construction projects.
It helps readers to understand the fundamentals of non-traditional
procurement, and highlights the inherent communication challenges
that arise, as well as how to solve them. The book is divided into
four parts, the first of which provides an introduction to
communication, discussing the theoretical concepts and contextual
nature of communication as well as its benefits. The second part
goes into more depth, discussing communication in the context of
construction project delivery and non-traditional procurement
systems, what these two terms actually mean, and what effective
communication looks like in these contexts. Part III offers
solutions to the inherent challenges of communication, including
the use of information and communications technology, while the
book's fourth and final part explores the future of construction
communication. Given the scope of its content, the book represents
a valuable asset for researchers, professionals and students in the
areas of procurement management and construction management.
This book explores residential satisfaction and housing policy
trends in developing nations by using subsidised low-income housing
examples in South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria as case studies. While
there has been much documentation on the formation of residential
satisfaction and the evolution of housing policy in developed
nations, relatively little has been written about these topics in
developing nations. This book provides readers with two major
practical insights: The first is focused on the theoretical
underpinning of residential satisfaction and the formation of
residential satisfaction in subsidised low-income housing through
the development of a conceptual framework, while the second is
focused on housing policy evolution and its trends in South Africa.
In this section of the book, comparative overviews of public
housing in two West African countries are provided with an emphasis
on the philosophical basis for its development in these countries.
The central aim of the book is to provide readers with ideas on
residential satisfaction formation and housing policy trends in
South Africa.
This book focuses on the development of communication skills in the
context of non-traditional procurement and construction projects.
It helps readers to understand the fundamentals of non-traditional
procurement, and highlights the inherent communication challenges
that arise, as well as how to solve them. The book is divided into
four parts, the first of which provides an introduction to
communication, discussing the theoretical concepts and contextual
nature of communication as well as its benefits. The second part
goes into more depth, discussing communication in the context of
construction project delivery and non-traditional procurement
systems, what these two terms actually mean, and what effective
communication looks like in these contexts. Part III offers
solutions to the inherent challenges of communication, including
the use of information and communications technology, while the
book's fourth and final part explores the future of construction
communication. Given the scope of its content, the book represents
a valuable asset for researchers, professionals and students in the
areas of procurement management and construction management.
This book gathers papers from the 11th Construction Industry
Development Board (cidb) Postgraduate Research Conference, held on
28-30 July 2019 in Johannesburg, South Africa. The conference
provided an essential forum for reviewing and generating knowledge
on Construction 4.0 and, consequently, highlighted processes and
practices that allow us to deliver and operate built environment
assets more effectively and efficiently by focusing on
physical-to-digital and digital-to-physical transformation. The
event addressed three broad themes: Industrial production
(prefabrication, 3-D printing and assembly, offsite and advanced
manufacturing); Cyber-physical systems (actuators, sensors, IoT,
robots and cobots for repetitive and dangerous tasks, and drones
for mapping, progress monitoring, safety and quality inspections,
lifting, moving and positioning); and Technologies (digital
ecosystems, digital platforms, BIM, video and laser scanning, AI
and cloud computing, big data and data analytics, reality capture,
blockchain, simulation, virtual and augmented reality, data
standards and interoperability, and vertical and horizontal
integration). Given its scope, the book will be of interest to all
construction industry and architectural professionals who want to
learn about cutting-edge technologies applied to construction
This book explores residential satisfaction and housing policy
trends in developing nations by using subsidised low-income housing
examples in South Africa, Ghana and Nigeria as case studies. While
there has been much documentation on the formation of residential
satisfaction and the evolution of housing policy in developed
nations, relatively little has been written about these topics in
developing nations. This book provides readers with two major
practical insights: The first is focused on the theoretical
underpinning of residential satisfaction and the formation of
residential satisfaction in subsidised low-income housing through
the development of a conceptual framework, while the second is
focused on housing policy evolution and its trends in South Africa.
In this section of the book, comparative overviews of public
housing in two West African countries are provided with an emphasis
on the philosophical basis for its development in these countries.
The central aim of the book is to provide readers with ideas on
residential satisfaction formation and housing policy trends in
South Africa.
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Sustainable Education and Development - Making Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable - Proceedings of the Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA), 2021 (Paperback, 1st ed. 2022)
Joseph N. Mojekwu, Wellington Thwala, Clinton Aigbavboa, Emmanuel Bamfo-Agyei, Lawrence Atepor, …
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This book presents papers from the 10th Applied Research Conference
in Africa (ARCA), showcasing the latest research on education and
inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable communities. The
conference is focused on applied research discussion and its
dissemination, developing understanding about the role of research
and researchers in the development of the continent. Education is a
key driver to transform lives, build peace, eradicate poverty and
drive sustainable development in Africa. Researchers face large
challenges to making a meaningful contribution to the development
of Africa. It is a continent where research can at time be not
viewed directly related to development. The aim of the Applied
Research Conference in Africa is to provide a platform for capacity
building and networking among researchers in Africa. The
proceedings is focussed on applied research, its discussion and
dissemination and will be if interest to researchers, professors,
graduate students, policymakers and professionals in industry.
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Sustainable Education and Development - Making Cities and Human Settlements Inclusive, Safe, Resilient, and Sustainable - Proceedings of the Applied Research Conference in Africa (ARCA), 2021 (Hardcover, 1st ed. 2022)
Joseph N. Mojekwu, Wellington Thwala, Clinton Aigbavboa, Emmanuel Bamfo-Agyei, Lawrence Atepor, …
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Discovery Miles 87 590
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Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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This book presents papers from the 10th Applied Research Conference
in Africa (ARCA), showcasing the latest research on education and
inclusive, safe, resilient, and sustainable communities. The
conference is focused on applied research discussion and its
dissemination, developing understanding about the role of research
and researchers in the development of the continent. Education is a
key driver to transform lives, build peace, eradicate poverty and
drive sustainable development in Africa. Researchers face large
challenges to making a meaningful contribution to the development
of Africa. It is a continent where research can at time be not
viewed directly related to development. The aim of the Applied
Research Conference in Africa is to provide a platform for capacity
building and networking among researchers in Africa. The
proceedings is focussed on applied research, its discussion and
dissemination and will be if interest to researchers, professors,
graduate students, policymakers and professionals in industry.
This book explores the formation of small and medium-sized
construction company's (SME) compliance with health and safety
issues in developing countries. Little has been written about the
formation of SME contractors' health and safety compliance for
developing countries, especially, in the sub-sahara regions where
construction and infrastructure development activities have
significantly increased in order to serve the development mandate
of those countries. Thus, this book will provides insight into
construction safety for SMEs, as well as health and safety
compliance, and its policy implementation trends and development.
This book discusses sustainable housing issues in urban areas
throughout the Global South, revealing their complexity in terms of
urban dynamics, housing markets and human interactions with the
environment. Its main focus is on the location of graves within
private residences, cemeteries in the immediate vicinity of private
residences, and the implications of these factors for renters'
choices and rents. The book addresses the economics of land use for
graves in connection with housing choices and the implications for
the rented sector of the property market. By means of several
model-based simulations, it demonstrates that the neoclassical
economics remedy to the negative externality of graves in or near
private residences remains generally unacceptable. Providing
readers with a clear understanding of tenants' priorities in their
choice of housing, as well as a new approach to the negative
externality of graves in the rented sector, the book will be of
interest to policymakers, urban planners, investors in residential
housing and land economists alike.
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