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Importance of healthy older construction workers

Haupt, Theo C.; Deacon, Claire; Smallwood, John (University of the Free State, 2005)

English: Older construction workers constitute a major proportion of total South African construction employment. Demographic changes and an apparent growing loss of interest among young people in careers in the construction ...

Risk management in public sector construction projects: case studies in Lesotho

Nketekete, Molefi; Emuze, Fidelis; Smallwood, John (University of the Free State, 2016)

English: Construction projects are facing problems that impede their expected performance. Time, cost, quality, and competition limitations place constraints on projects. These challenges require incisive risk-management ...

The capacity of emerging civil engineering contractors

Ramokolo, Bruce; Smallwood, John (University of the Free State, 2008)

English: Construction management competencies are essential to realise sound practices among and to realise optimum performance by, inter alia, emerging civil engineering contractors. Such competencies enable the success ...

Client attitude to health and safety – a report on contractor’s perceptions

Musonda, Innocent; Haupt, Theo; Smallwood, John (University of the Free State, 2009)

English: The purpose of this article is to present findings of a preliminary survey on contractors’ perceptions of clients’ attitude relative to health and safety (H&S) implementation in the construction industry of Botswana ...

Health and safety in the Malawian construction industry

Chiocha, Charles; Smallwood, John; Emuze, Fidelis (University of the Free State, 2011)

English: Construction Health and Safety (H&S) is of significant importance to the improvement and sustainability of the construction process. This is why at various levels of the construction process, clients, project ...

An investigation of training and mentoring of emerging contractors in the Eastern Cape

Moss, Ian; Smallwood, John (University of the Free State, 2008)

English: Having an effective mentoring programme in place in the construction industry is critical to the development and growth of emerging contractors as well as the industry as a whole. A survey was undertaken among the ...

A linear regression modelling of the relationship between initial estimated and final achieved construction time in South Africa

Aiyetan, Olatunji Ayodeji; Smallwood, John; Shakantu, Winston (University of the Free State, 2012)

English: The estimation of contract completion time has always been inaccurate despite there being a need for certainty regarding the completion of projects. This article reports on an investigation of the relationship ...

Perceptions of the quality of low-income houses in South Africa: defects and their causes

Zunguzane, Nyameka; Smallwood, John; Emuze, Fidelis (University of the Free State, 2012)

English: A number of low-income houses recently built in South Africa are reportedly defective. The sheer number of low-income houses that failed to conform to quality expectations, especially in certain provinces, has ...

Toward improved construction health, safety, and ergonomics in South Africa: a working model for use by architectural designers

Goldswain, Craig; Smallwood, John (University of the Free State, 2015)

English: The construction industry produces a high rate of accidents. Despite evidence that up to 50% of accidents can be avoided through mitigation of hazards and risks in the design phase of construction projects, ...

The influence of clients’ leadership in relation to construction health and safety in South Africa

Okorie, Victor; Emuze, Fidelis; Smallwood, John; Van Wyk, Jacobus (University of the Free State, 2014)

English: The South African Construction Regulations realise the contributions by each member of a project team to health and safety (H&S) improvement. These Regulations amplify the roles and contributions of clients to ...