Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology: Volume 12 Issue 3

Collaborative working in South African construction: contractors’ perspectives

F. Emuze, John Julian Smallwood

The purpose of this paper is to assess the level of collaborative working among project partners in South African construction. The construction industry is made up of a plethora…

Application of life cycle assessment and Monte Carlo simulation for enabling sustainable product design

Sekar Vinodh, Gopinath Rathod

– The purpose of this paper is to present an integrated technical and economic model to evaluate the reusability of products or components.

Satisfaction of first-time residential clients with architectural services

Adedapo Adewunmi Oluwatayo, Eziyi Ibem, Dolapo Amole

The aim of this study was to investigate the factors which define and predict the satisfaction of first-time residential clients of architects in Nigeria using Lagos as a case…

Models for estimating the anthropometric dimensions using standing height for furniture design

S.O. Ismaila, O.G. Akanbi, C.N. Ngassa

The purpose of this study was to obtain some anthropometric dimensions of students in secondary schools necessary for the design of school furniture and use them to establish the…

Evaluation of site managers’ hindrances towards optimal utilisation of construction resources

Julius Ayodeji Fapohunda

The purpose of this paper is to delineate different types of site manager attributes that significantly contribute to construction project management efficiency and evaluate the…

Delay model for dynamically switching coupled on-chip interconnects

Devendra Kumar Sharma, Brajesh Kumar Kaushik, R.K. Sharma

– The purpose of this paper is to propose an analytical model for estimating propagation delay in coupled resistance-inductance-capacitance (RLC) interconnects.

Quantifying “cliffs” in design space

J.I. Katz

The purpose of this paper is to study the regions of parameter space of engineering design in which performance is sensitive to design parameters. Some of these parameters (for…

Low cost real-time tracking system prototype using GM862 cellular quad band module

Wael M. El-Medany, Alauddin Al-Omary, Riyadh Al-Hakim, Mustafa Nusaif

The purpose of this paper is to present a development to the hardware and software of a real-time tracking system that provides the position of the tracked vehicle accurately…

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