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Preferential procurement in the public sector: the case of Amathole
(University of the Free State, 2011)
English: The end of the apartheid era in South Africa ushered in a new institutional environment through changes to legislative frameworks in government depart-ments. A key aspect of the transformation is the economic ...
A critical review of the effectiveness of the Department of Labour (DoL) Occupational Health and Safety (OH&S) Inspectorate in relation to the construction industry in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2008)
English: Irrespective of all the efforts made by the Department of Labour (DoL) and other relevant stakeholders to improve construction occupational health and safety (OH&S) performance, there is still a very high level ...
The capacity of emerging civil engineering contractors
(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 ...
Combating HIV and AIDS in South African construction through effective communication
(University of the Free State, 2004)
English: It is increasingly being recognized that the only viable means of preventing
the spread of new HIV infections is sexual behavior change. Behavior change
programs should include information on risk that is ...
A systems thinking approach to eliminate delays on building construction projects in South Africa
(University of the Free State, 2011)
English: It is obvious that the performance of firms and their market competitiveness hinge on project delivery time. Many approaches have been used to reduce the effect of the potential factors of delay on project delivery ...
Importance of healthy older construction workers
(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 ...
Technology management in construction: lessons for the practice of architecture
(University of the Free State, 2011)
English: The relevance of managing technology to architectural practices in South African construction cannot be overemphasised. As major stakeholders in the construction industry with particular significant contributions ...
The impact of corruption on the Malawian construction industry
(University of the Free State, 2010)
English: The background of corruption dates back to 2000 years ago. Corruption takes the form of bribery, extortion, cronyism, nepotism, graft, and embezzlement. The main medium of corruption is poorly functioning institutions, ...
An investigation of training and mentoring of emerging contractors in the Eastern Cape
(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 ...
Client attitude to health and safety – a report on contractor’s perceptions
(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 ...