The assessment of barriers to the application of cost-reduction techniques in delivering
educational buildings in Nigeria is essential in addressing the infrastructural shortage …

Public construction projects in Saudi Arabia are fraught with several challenges threatening
open and fair competition, which consequently negatively influence the decision of …

Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the views of construction practitioners on
the prevalence of ethical misconduct within the invitation to tender and tender evaluation …

Purpose Studies showed that construction consultants' ethical negligence is a contributing
factor to the time and cost over-run of projects. There is limited research on the issues that …

Purpose The procurement reforms carried out by the Government of Ghana have led to the
creation of the Public Procurement Authority and the passage of the Public Procurement …

Purpose The unethical practices of quantity surveyors (QSs) are affecting quality of
construction projects, leading to projects' time and cost overruns. However, the unethical …

Studies regarding mitigating pilfering practices on construction sites via a framework are
scarce in Nigeria. Hence, this research explored the root cause of pilfering practices on …

Introduction Aligned to Chapter 2 of the Constitution of the Republic of South Africa which
recognizes water to be a basic human right, the democratic government from 1994 adopted …

The manual approach to public procurement is plagued with inefficiencies. To address these
problems, efforts were made to digitize the processes in Nigeria. However, the e-compliance …

The challenges confronting the Nigerian construction industry which led to the adoption of
supply chain management (SCM) practice were evaluated in this chapter. It was discovered …