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Corruption and its effects on the development of the construction industry in MalawiChiocha, Charles Injess Martin January 2009 (has links)
The purpose of this study was to investigate corruption and its effects on the development of the construction industry in Malawi. The major causes were identified and probable solutions as well as preventive measures suggested for all stakeholders in the construction industry in Malawi and neighbouring countries to follow in order to combat bribery and corruption. This treatise consisted of a literature review for the causes of bribery, fraud and corruption, effects of corruption on the construction industry, preventive measures, probable solutions to corruption and a descriptive survey involving responses from building and civil engineering contractors, the built environment professionals, home owners, developers, public works officers amongst others from the construction industry in Malawi. According to the literature study, the construction industry is one of the most corrupt industries in the world, which is a huge concern and threat both to governments, investors and humanity at large. This must be addressed by all the official players in the construction industry, from the innovator of a project to the tradesmen employed on that site. The research showed that all players in the construction industry are aware of the impact of corruption on the development of the construction industry in Malawi. Furthermore, there is room for improvement as far as prevention, reduction and elimination of corruption is concerned.
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An investigation into experiential learning experience of South Africa construction management students at universities of technologyFester, Ferdinand Cedric January 2005 (has links)
Thesis (MTech (Construction Management))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2005. / Cooperative education is practiced in many fields of industry. The South
African construction industry has shown a preference for cooperative construction
management education. Cooperative construction management education is practiced
worldwide, but the majority of these programmes do not have compulsory credit
bearing experiential learning as part of its programmes. This study examined the
experiential leaning experience as well as the relevance and adequacy of preparation
of subject areas taught in UT construction management programmes from the
perspective of all the stakeholders. The study had four main objectives namely (I) To
measure the extent of the perceived relevance by industry stakeholders, students and
academics of the topics and content of construction management programmes at UT;
(2) To establish the level of inadequacy, as perceived by industry stakeholders and
academic staff of the preparation of UT construction management graduates to
perform construction management functions: (3) To determine the level of
dissatisfaction, if it existed with the experiential learning of construction management
students; and (4) To establish the preparedness of construction industry stakeholders
to mentor construction management experiential learning students; and to use the
findings of the study to inform development of construction management
programmes.
Literature was reviewed relative to experiential learning and its general and
specific application to construction management education. Self- administered
questionnaires were completed by I" year as well as senior students registered for the
National Diploma: Building as well as the B. Tech. degrees in Construction
Management and Quantity Surveying.
The study suggests that although the experiential learning experience IS
relevant and generally well accepted by all role-players, there is a mismatch between
the needs of industry and what is being produced by the UT. The topics that form the
programme are relevant, but a level of dissatisfaction exists with the preparation of
construction management graduates to perform construction management functions
do exist.
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An analysis of quality assurance in low-cost housing constructionWentzel, Lance January 2010 (has links)
Thesis (MTech (Construction Management ))--Cape Peninsula University of Technology, 2010 / The motivation of the public sector is more social and political. The housing crisis is a
major political issue for every ruling party. In many countries there are political
commitments to housing, but sadly we witness this commitment being misdirected.
Every government wants to see that its citizens are housed adequately. Very often it
is seen that in its endeavour, government try to follow the private sector process,
establishing huge parastatals to carry out the whole process, for example design,
construction and financing (Lankatilleke, 1994).
Lankatilleke, L. (1994) further mentions that mass produced public sector housing
schemes are aesthetic disasters. They are either rows of match-boxes or high-rise
blocks with no identity or individuality. There are numerous examples of such
housing schemes that have deteriorated into ghettos.
This research consequently presents findings which implies that government is being
pressurized by the housing backlog within the Western and Eastern Cape, which
brings about time constraints and tight budgets. These pressures are transferred to
the design teams which need to speedily produce designs for low-cost housing
homes within the best possible budget. This results to the implementation of common
model designs.
It is also founded that contractors ultimately suffer, due to these pressures which do
not allow them to produce good quality homes. It is therefore recommended that
better community involvement for sustainable methods in the design and construction
process should be practiced.
This therefore concludes that government should take more responsibility for the
delivery processes of low-cost housing as well as the procurement and quality
systems to be followed.
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