Adebayo Akanbi Oladapo

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• BSc, MSc, PhD, FHEA
• Ethics Lead at University of Central Lancashire

Globalisation has not only left the peoples of the less developing countries behind in its ever-evolving technology but has also invaded their cultures and dampened their morale and aspirations for good accommodation, functional infrastructures and decent environment, among others. Since the peoples of developing countries must continue to live and...

Private Finance Initiative (PFI) is commonly used by the UK government to procure infrastructure and other facilities. While UK government functionaries and interest groups such as the Confederation of British Industry and others extol PFI as an effective public sector project delivery tool, groups like the British Medical Association and UNISON cl...

Purpose – The contribution of lean construction techniques in sustainable construction cannot be over emphasised, as sustainable development is now enshrined in government policy. In addition, lean construction is now faced with the challenges of sustainable development, continuous improvement, waste elimination, a stronger user focus, increased va...

The UK Government has recognised the importance of the construction industry in achieving the overall goals of sustainable development. Therefore the Government has put several policies and strategies in place to achieve a more sustainable construction. Sustainable construction is considered as the application of sustainable practices and sustainab...

The management of health and safety issues is very significant in the construction industry in South Africa in terms of accident rates and cost to contractors. The costs arise from both the cost of compliance with regulations and the cost of accidents and injuries. In spite of the fact that available evidence shows that construction-related acciden...

The analytic hierarchy process (AHP) has been proposed by several authors as a method of contractor selection that eliminates the shortcomings of the 'lowest bidder' approach commonly used in the construction industry. Most authors only demonstrate the conceptual model for using AHP in contractor selection with hypothetical data. The objective of t...

Lean construction has been predominantly employed by companies to increase their responsiveness to customer needs, through a variety of conduits, including capital and operating reduction mechanisms aligned to quality improvement measures. In this respect, clients and the construction industry need to be aware of the potential benefits of lean cons...

Purpose Life cycle costing (LCC) is a means of comparing design options on the basis of their whole life cost with the objective of providing value for money for the life of the asset. The process involves estimating all the cost elements of the particular subject and translating them into a cost at a particular point in time, the present, enabling...

The construction industry worldwide is dispute-prone due to the complex and fragmented nature of the industry and the adversarial relationships that traditionally exist between project participants. The aim of the study was to highlight the state of dispute management in the Nigerian construction industry. A questionnaire survey of industry partici...

This article explored the use of Location Factors (LFs) as an empirical tool for converting construction price at one location to price at another location. The objective was to generate LFs for selected locations to provoke interest in the concept. Firstly, locational factors influencing construction price were identified from literature. Then, ba...

Purpose – Variation orders are a common occurrence in construction projects and their impacts have been studied by various authors. However, the contribution of project variations to construction cost and time overruns is yet to be established. The purpose of this study is to assess the significance of variations as a cause of cost and time overrun...

The 2002 global ICT rankings by the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) ranked Nigeria 27th among 51 African countries and 153rd among 178 countries in the world. It was against this background that the paper investigated the state of ICT in the Nigerian construction industry to highlight the level of ICT penetration, its impact in the ind...

The housing problem in Nigeria is both quantitative and qualitative. The qualitative aspect, which has to do with the maintenance of the existing stock, has assumed greater significance because of the need to preserve the existing stock and bring it to acceptable standards of living. Tenants in institutional housing are major stakeholders who direc...

The potential of ICT for improving the quality of professional services in the construction industry is generally acknowledged. While reports abound on ICT in the construction industries of developed countries, very little exists for developing countries. The aim of this study was therefore to examine the current state of ICT in professional practi...

Purpose of this paper-The construction industry is known for its lack of integration of design and construction which hinders constructability and the delivery of projects in the most cost effective manner. It is against this background that this study examined the integration of design and construction in the construction industry in KwaZulu-Natal...

Tender evaluation methods in construction projects: a comparative case study Peer reviewed Abstract A review of tender evaluation practices from around the world revealed the inadequacy of the ‘lowest bidder’ criterion for contractor selection. In response to this inadequacy, many countries have introduced qualifications to this criterion and esta...