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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 ...
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 ...
Risk management in public sector construction projects: case studies in Lesotho
(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 ...
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 ...
Health and safety in the Malawian construction industry
(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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...