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Applicability of Relationship Intentions among the Civil and Building Engineering Contractors in the South African Construction Sector: A Case of B2B Industry

African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies
It is commonly believed that it is more expensive to attract new business than to invest in existing customers. This study investigates the applicability of relationship intention among civil and building engineering contractors (CBEC) and their ...
Xitshembhiso Difference Chauke, Lehlohonolo Amos Masitenyane, Bakae Aubrey Mokoena   +2 more
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Assessment of the major contractors’ selection criteria and their impacts in civil engineering construction projects

ITEGAM-JETIA, 2022
Construction projects in especially developing countries are characterised by failure to meet project baselines (time, cost, quality). This is worsened by the inefficiencies in the application of contractors' selection criteria during the bidding ...
Reuben A. Okereke, Dennis Isaac Pepple, Nneka Mercyjane Ihekweme   +2 more
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PERSPECTIVE OF NIGERIAN BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING CONTRACTORS ON THE DETERMINANTS OF FIRM PROFITABILITY

Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property, 2023
Profitability is crucial to the success, growth and survival of construction firms. This study investigated the factors affecting the profitability of construction contractors in Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria. It also determined if there are differences in the perspectives of building and civil engineering contractors on the important factors affecting ...
Christian Asuquo, Chukwuemeka Ogbu
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Reliable Description of Preliminaries Item Using Civil Engineering Preliminaries Protocol (CEPP) In Conventional Contracts [PDF]

MATEC Web of Conferences, 2019
Civil engineering work deals with nature and thus, is exposed to enormous discrepancies due to nature’s complexity compared to building works which are more certain.
Abas Abdul Aziz, Ismail Faridah, Ismail Zulhabri   +2 more
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Forecasting the manpower demand for quantity surveyors in Hong Kong

Construction Economics and Building, 2013
Recently, there has been a massive infrastructure development and an increasing demand for public and private housing, resulting in a shortage of qualified quantity surveyors.
Paul H K Ho
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Outcomes of relationship quality in business-to-business contexts: A South African concrete product market perspective

Cogent Business & Management, 2023
Business to business (B2B) relationships in South Africa’s concrete product market are characterised as transactional, asymmetrical and adversarial. This study examines the outcomes of relationship quality satisfaction in South Africa’s construction ...
Lehlohonolo Amos Masitenyane, Asphat Muposhi, Bakae Aubrey Mokoena   +2 more
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Regression Modeling for Prediction of Earned Value Indexes in Public Building Construction Projects: The case of Ethiopia

Cogent Engineering, 2023
The construction industry is the sector involved with the repair of buildings and civil engineering structures in an economy. Public building construction projects are constructed repeatedly, and also it becomes difficult to complete projects in the ...
Genet Melkamu Ayalew, Meseret Getnet Meharie, Girmay Getawa Ayalew   +2 more
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Predictors of business-to-business loyalty and repurchase intentions in South Africa’s concrete product market

South African Journal of Business Management, 2023
Purpose: Relational exchanges between buyers and sellers in business-to-business (B2B) contexts are becoming important in today’s competitive markets.
Lehlohonolo A. Masitenyane, Manillal Dhurup   +1 more
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Champlain Towers South Collapse: Frequency, Governance and Liability Issues

Journal of Sustainable Real Estate, 2022
The tragedy of the sudden collapse of the 2021 Champlain Towers condominium building in Surfside, Florida raises issues of civil liability and throws into doubt the sustainability of the current model of condominium association governance.
Robert Simons, Yan Xiao, Aaron Evenchik, Amanda Barreto   +3 more
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Understanding Decisions to Suspend Works: When Employers Do Not Pay

E3S Web of Conferences, 2018
The construction industry propels Malaysia’s economic growth. Payment is the livelihood of the construction industry. Many contractors have suffered badly from payment issues in Malaysia, especially non-payment.
Lee Chia Kuang
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