Faculty of Engineering, Built Environment and Information Technology
School for the Built Environment
Department of Construction Economics
Selected Highlights from Research Findings
The Department of Construction Economics does research in the following broad areas: procurement methods, social housing, land rights, facilities management, quantity surveying practice, property finance models, real estate market models, real estate curricula, property maintenance management, construction contracts, information classification and specification processes in construction, project management in construction, and building cost analysis.
Contributions were made on the development of an outsourcing scorecard for the United Nations and similar public-sector organisations, an evaluation of the outsourcing of United Nations’ peacekeeping roles and support functions, an analysis of the South African perspective of residential property development and financial ratio analysis, transformation in property education, the valuation of broiler units, requirements for utilising adjudication in the South African construction industry, standard methods of measurement for underground developments, planning for profit and reimbursable expenses in the South African architectural profession, the influence of city-planning policies on property development, entrepreneurial ability in broad-based black economic empowerment (B-BBEE) in the South African property sector, the future of standard-form contracts in the South African construction industry, property developers’ perceptions of green buildings in South Africa, a partnership model to address poor service delivery in South Africa, and the acceleration of costs on construction projects.
Contact person: Prof MJ Maritz.
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