The timely delivery of projects is one of the most important needs of clients in the construction industry and yet it still remains a highly challenging undertaking the world over. From the reviewed literature, it has been suggested that such delays usually come with and lead to far reaching...

The ubiquitous drive towards a more sustainable future has resulted in major changes in the planning anddesign of urban environments. Government strategies on sustainable development, published in 1999and 2005, are thought to be driving the development of new legislations that are aimed at...

The three main drivers of investment activity in the real estate sector have been identified as comprising a tripartite mix of bank lending, economy and inflation, and property fundamentals (Gilbertson 2012). Despite their interconnectedness, the impact of each of these factors on real estate...

Unofficial inflation can be explored from two different angles which constitute either the understating or overstating of officially announced inflation figures and the two are manifested as repressed inflation and hidden inflation. In this paper the later form of unofficial inflation is...

Purpose In recent times, electricity as one of the most important energy sources has witnessed considerable decreases in consumption figures. These cutbacks have been mainly due to the growing increasing living standards, minimal governance and political fracture. Thus, this paper aims to...