Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management: Volume 4 Issue 1

Limitations of the use of tolerances for communicating design requirements to site

DAVID SEYMOUR, MAZIN SHAMMAS‐TOMA, LESLIE CLARK

The paper reports an empirical study designed to establish the extent to which adequate concrete cover to reinforcement in a sample of structures was achieved. It was found that…

Environmental sustainability in the delivery of affordable housing in South Africa

C.D. DALGLIESH, P.A. BOWEN, R.C. HILL

Housing delivery systems have been classified as developmentally‐orientated or conventionally‐orientated. It has been claimed that a developmentally‐orientated approach to…

The assessment of applications for the house renovation grant system (HRGS) — A multistrategy knowledge‐based framework

PETER S. BRANDON, FRANCISCO LOFORTE RIBEIRO

This paper describes a multistrategy knowledge‐based framework for supporting human experts in assessing applications for the house renovation grant system (HRGS). This framework…

Construction management contracts: law and practice

WILL HUGHES

The context of construction management (CM) reveals that this method of procurement is as much a management philosophy as a contract structure. It is important to consider legal…