ANALYSIS OF THE BENEFITS OF GREEN BUILDING IN SOUTH AFRICA by Eric Kwame SIMPEH, John SMALLWOOD

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MANAGING QUALITY ON CONSTRUCTION SITES IN SOUTH AFRICA: AN EASTERN CAPE STUDY by Fidelise EMUZE, Christopher MHLWA

“…The study that was descriptive in nature shows that lack of skilled general workers and artisans contribute to poor quality control and management processes; while defects and rework form the main reason for project quality deviations on the sampled sites. The quality deviations in turn influence the level of cost and time overrun experienced on construction projects. …”
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IMPROVING THE BUSINESS TRAJECTORY AMONG SMALL AND MEDIUM SIZE CONSTRUCTION FIRMS IN SOUTH AFRICA by L WENTZEL, John SMALLWOOD, Fidelise EMUZE

“…However, the preliminary findings that form the nexus of this paper are based on the reviewed literature, and a pilot study that was conducted among a purposive sample of construction SMEs - Grades 1 to 5 on the cidb register. …”
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IS BUILD-OPERATE-TRANSFER (BOT) SYSTEM AN EFFECTIVE INITIATIVE COMPARED WITH TRADITIONAL PROCUREMENT METHOD IN STUDENT HOUSING PROVISION IN AN EMERGING ECONOMY? by Job Taiwo Gbadegesin, Matthew Oluwole Oyewole

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Risk Management Capability for Risk Allocation in Social Infrastructure Public Private Partnerships: A New Zealand Perspective by Nasir Rasheed, Wajiha Mohsin Shahzad, James Olabode Bamidele Rotimi

“…The use of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) has become increasingly popular as an innovative way for procuring public infrastructure projects. One of the main reasons for this widespread adoption is the transfer and allocation of risks. …”
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NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION-RELATED PROFESSIONAL SERVICES FIRMS TO ADOPT LEAN CONSTRUCTION PRACTICES by Olajide Olamilokun, Umar Datti Yusuf, Emmanuel Dele Omopariola

“…A structured questionnaire was issued for a sample size comprising 130 firms drawn from a finite population of 342 Nigerian construction-related professional services firms (project managers, architects, quantity surveyors, structural engineers, and M&E engineers) operating in Northern Nigeria. …”
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CONVENTIONAL AND SUSTAINABLE BUILDINGS: A COMPARATIVE BENEFIT AND COST ANALYSIS by Abimbola WINDAPO, Mayibongwe MACHAKA

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USE OF ICT BASED SYSTEMS IN SITE SECURITY MANAGEMENT: A SOUTH AFRICAN STUDY by Aghaegbuna OZUMBA, Dikeledi MAPATHA, Winston SHAKANTU

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Public Sector Contracting Model for Management of Construction Tender Price Volatility by moffat tembo, Charles Kahanji, Erastus Misheng’u Mwanaumo

“…The trend requires developing and implementing procurement strategies that consider price control implications at the project tendering phase, leading to the development of contract delivery models that inadequately address the impact and potential value of pricing in construction projects. …”
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Measuring Social Impact: an analysis of Sustainable Startups by Alessandro Palazzo, Valentina Beretta

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Monitoring consumer responses to online advertising via neuro-marketing techniques: an exploratory study by Myriam Caratu', Annarita Sorrentino, Marco Mancini, Patrizia Cherubino

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Attività di testing rapido HIV al Pride di Torino per determinare politiche strategiche e organizzative tra gli MSM by Valerio Brescia, Massimo Scavia, Laura Trentini, Germano Boero, Giuseppe Vernero, Matteo Bisio, Pietro Altini, Stefano Patrucco, Lorenzo Galassi, Lia Mastropietro, Mariella Lo Vecchio, Marco Fanton, Luca Iorfida, Francesca Dal Mas, Davide Calandra, Silvana Secinaro, Paolo Biancone

“…The Turin Fast Track City project makes it possible to observe organizational elements useful for the organization of rapid tests on the territory, at the same time joining the COBATEST Network provides the possibility of observing a sample by determining the variables useful for the construction of intervention strategies and prevention campaigns. …”
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Choosing the optimal method of stock assessment for Saccharina japonica in the northwestern Tatar Strait by A. A. Dulenin, A. V. Kharitonov, V. V. Sviridov

“…Four methods were compared: 1) visual assessment of projective cover from the sea surface by two observers independently; 2) assessment of projective cover by two observers independently on the images obtained from a remotely operated underwater vehicle (ROV); 3) estimation of projective cover by a diver; and 4) assessment on the data of quantitative diving samples. …”
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A Novel Latin Hypercube Algorithm via Translational Propagation by Guang Pan, Pengcheng Ye, Peng Wang

“…In fact, TPSLE algorithm offers a balanced trade-off between the efficiency and sampling performance. The proposed algorithm is compared to two existing algorithms and is found to be much more efficient in terms of the computation time and has acceptable space-filling and projective properties.…”
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Measurement-Induced Entanglement and Complexity in Random Constant-Depth 2D Quantum Circuits by Max McGinley, Wen Wei Ho, Daniel Malz

“…Our findings have consequences for the complexity of classically simulating sampling from random shallow circuits and of contracting tensor networks. …”
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Density of scots pine seedlings in pine forests under the influence of emissions from the Karabash copper smelter and forest fi res by Kuyantseva, Nadezhda Borisovna, Mumber, Aleksandr Геннадьевич, Molchanova, Darya Alexandrovna, Веселкин, Денис Васильевич

“…Using the materials obtained from 81 sample plots laid in maturing, mature and over-mature pine forests of natural origin in three types of forest growth conditions (TFGC 1 – TFGC 3), the relationship between the density of pine seedlings and the state of forest stands (crown density, stand age, vital status index), with the characteristics of vegetation condition (total number of species, total projective cover of herb-shrub layer, projective cover of bryophytes layer), with external infl uences (pollution level, distance from emission source, duration of fi re disturbance), and with the methodological features of the study (accounting year) was analyzed. …”
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Healthy body as a normative model in the perceptions of student youth by N. L. Antonova, S. B. Abramova, V. R. Lopatina

“…However, when using projective methods, the rhetoric of corporality shifted into the normative model of a healthy body. …”
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Contradictions of students’ motivation for participation in the activities of voluntary organisations by A. V. Starshinova

“…The questionnaire was based on the theory of the motives of volunteering and their classification. The sample (N = 207) was formed using stratified random sampling. …”
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Patterns of short-term vegetation recovery after a fire in protected Scots pine forests of hemiboreal Latvia by Līga Liepa, Zigmārs Rendenieks, Edgars Dubrovskis, Lāsma Freimane, Inga Straupe, Āris Jansons

“…Every summer from 2019 till 2022 we surveyed these sample plots – recorded projective cover (%) and identified Ellenberg indicator values and species traits – plant strategy groups (C-S-R after Grime), Raunkiær life history forms and habitat types. …”
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PROBLEMS OF RESEARCHING CONSUMERS ON SENSITIVE ISSUES – SOME OBSERVATIONS ON THE EXAMPLE OF EMULATORY BEHAVIOR by Aleksandra Burgiel

“…The research was conducted in the form of a personal interview in autumn 2010 on a nationwide sample of 1,200 people. Some results of this study prove e.g. that there are differences between respondents’ statements when projective and direct questions are used, so the researcher should find a way to interpret the divergent data. …”
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