This book gathers papers from the 12th Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) Postgraduate Research Conference, which was held at the International Convention Centre, East London, Eastern Cape, South Africa, from July 10 to 12, 2022. The conference directly addresses the objectives of SDG9: Building resilient infrastructure, promoting inclusive and sustainable industrialization and fostering innovation. Moreover, the conference is designed to promote capacity development and transformation within the built-environment space by providing an all-inclusive platform to established and emerging researchers to discuss the recent advancements needed to move the industry forward.
Adding Resilience to a Building Using Lightning Information Modeling.-
Evaluating the Influence of Floor Heights on Thermal Comfort in Multi-storey
Office Buildings in Temperate-dry Climate of Nigeria.- Improving Safety on
Building Project Sites: The Role of Sensor-Based Technology.- Assessment of
Architects Adoption of Green Smart Design Strategies in High-Rise Office
Building in Lagos Nigeria.- Evaluation of Alternative Materials for Building
Construction in Nigeria.- Investigation of Indoor Environmental Quality of
Lecture Rooms on Students Comfort in Selected Polytechnics, Lagos, Nigeria.-
Evaluation of Low-Cost Housing Estate Readiness to Green Environment
Creation.- Towards the Adoption of Modular Construction in Residential
Projects in Egypt: Benefits, Barriers, and Enablers.- Retrofitting and
maintaining existing South African government buildings for improving safety
from fire: A comprehensive review of literature.- Assessment of the
Perception and Practices of Sustainable Construction in the University of
Nigeria.- Barriers to the Successful Adoption of Innovative Building
Materials for Sustainable Construction: A Review.- Barriers to the
Implementation of Industrialized building system in South Africa.- Blockchain
Technology Innovation in Supply Chain Management: Perception of Construction
Stakeholders in Developing Countries.- Innovations in Construction
Organisations in Nigeria.- Exploring the protocol for construction 4.0 use in
South.- Global Trend in Retrofitting using Smart Technology: A Scientometric
Review.- Impact of Big Data Usage in the Construction Industry.- A
Preliminary Investigation of the Readiness to Adopt Digital Technologies in a
Developing Construction Industry.- Smart Low-Cost Housing Estate Management:
A System Thinking Approach.- Levels and Period of Exposure to Chemical
Irritants in relation to symptoms of skin diseases for Construction
Specialised Personnel in Zambia.- Impact of COVID-19 on the productivity of
small and medium enterprises within the construction and consulting
engineering companies in South Africa.- Agile Risk Management Practices in
the South African Construction Industry Project Delivery.- Utilization of
Delphi Method for Risk Management of Public-Private Partnership Construction
Project Research in Ghana.- Conceptual Design of a Sustainable Rainwater
Harvesting and Treatment System.- Compressive Strength and Water Absorption
Capacity of Clay Bricks in South Africa.- Enabling Legislative Coherence in
the Eswatini Construction Industry: A Conceptual Framework.- Use of Bamboo
Ash as Partial Replacement in Cement Mortar.- Valuation Problems in
Developing Countries: A Theoretical Framework.- Addressing the Challenges in
the Construction Industry Using a Systems Thinking Approach; a Case Study in
Ghana.- Flexural Bond Strength Analysis of Dry vs. Water Saturated Burnt Clay
Brick Prisms: Pilot Study.- Valuation Problems in Kenya: A Literature
Review.- Barriers to Knowledge Management Capabilitiesof Quantity Surveying
firms in an Emerging Market.- Overcoming communication complexities on
construction site.- Integration of Emerging Technologies in Construction
Project Delivery: Durban Construction Contractors Experience.- Delphi
Approach to Operation Environment Indicators for Public-Private Partnership
Risk Management in Construction Industry in Ghana.- Critical success factors
for construction projects delivery: emerging contractor's perspectives.- Tiny
Housing Development: A Vaccine for Unaffordable Housing Delivery in Africa.-
Investigating Effective Infrastructure Delivery in South Africa: An
Assessment of Infrastructure Delivery Reforms.- Complexities in Metrorail
Project- A case study of Hyderabad Metro rail.- A Study of challenges in
utilising decentralised electrical systems in South African residential
properties.- Investigating the effects of Innovative Technologies on the
Delivery of South African Affordable Housing.- Institutional Regulatory
Frameworkand Affordable Rental Housing Delivery in Kenya.- Project Management
Practices: Importance to Delivery of Infrastructural Project.- Housing
Finance Systems and Affordable Rental Housing Delivery in Kenya.-
Investigating Construction and Demolition Waste Management Practices Among
Building Industry Professionals in Lagos, Nigeria.- An Appraisal of
Construction Health and Safety Practices in Privately Owned Small and
Medium-Sized Construction Firms in Nigeria.- User experience of health and
safety provisions for women in construction.- Climate change an exacerbator
of human health problems in coastal areas.- Prevalence of the Hand-Arm
Vibration Syndrome (HAVS) among Construction Workers in South Africa.-
Rethinking Density: design and planning for healthy informal settlements post
COVID-19 in Sub Saharan Africa.- A Delphi Approach on the Challenges of Human
Resource Management Practices Implementation in the Nigerian Construction
Industry.- Assessment of compensation mechanisms for construction related
occupational accidents in Oyo State, Nigeria.- A Review of Effective
Strategies for Retaining Female Professionals in the Construction Industry.-
Significant Cultural Intelligence Attributes for Performance Effectiveness in
Cross-Organisational Project Teams.- The Impact of Corporate Culture on Value
Management Adoption in the Construction Industry.- Sustainability and the
law: A legal framework for digital technologies in an inclusive construction
industry.- Establishing the Need for Utilising Market Intelligence by Local
Construction Firms in Developing Countries.- Investigating the Effects of
River Channel Meander on Bridge Hydraulics.- A Review on Digital Quality
Control Practices on Building Construction Projects.- Key Drivers of Building
Information Modelling Adoption for Post Construction Management: A Review of
Existing Literature.- Building Information Modelling for Information
Management in the Construction Industry: A Systematic Review.- Ascertaining
the benefit indexes of life cycle assessment in the South African
construction industry: A hybrid fuzzy analysis approach.- Delay Minimising
Measures used on Road Construction Projects in South Africa.- Improving
Construction Productivity Estimation Techniques through realistic labour
productivity determinants.- Project Management Competencies for Embedding
Sustainability in Construction Projects: A Delphi Study.- Stakeholder-related
Causes of Cost Overruns in the Namibian Construction Industry.- Examining the
Expanded Public Works Programme in the Limpopo Province of South Africa.-
Toward an Integrated SCM Model for the South African Construction Industry:
Lessons from Shipbuilding.- Evaluating the Effect of Land Use Management
Processes on Property Development in the City of Johannesburg.- Occupational
Stressors among Small and Medium Sized Enterprises in the Zambian
Construction Industry: A Preliminary Study.- Upshots of flood prevalence on
Ala River Basin and connecting neighbourhood inAkure, Ondo State of Nigeria.-
Appraisal of Locational Impacts of Akure Shopping Mall on Connecting
Environments.- Understanding Land Use Planning and Sustainable Development
from the Perspective of Smart Groundwater Monitoring.- Pollution in the Urban
Environment: A Research on Contaminated Groundwater in the Aquifers Beneath
the Qoboza Klaaste (QK) Building at University of Johannesburg in South
Africa.- Nexus Between Urban Landuses and Water Pollution.- Barriers to the
exploration of land resources for construction works in Osun State, Nigeria.
