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Improving Productivity in the Business of Construction

Author(s) -

Tamlyn Snyman,

John Smallwood

Publication year - 2017

Publication title -

procedia engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.32

H-Index - 74

ISSN - 1877-7058

DOI - 10.1016/j.proeng.2017.03.175

Subject(s) - productivity , business , industrial organization , construction industry , knowledge management , marketing , engineering , operations management , construction engineering , economics , economic growth , computer science

The objective of the study was to determine construction organisations’ perceptions and practices relative to the productivity of their organisations, as opposed to the productivity of construction activities. The study was conducted among general contracting organisations in the Nelson Mandela Bay metropole in South Africa. Findings include, inter alia, that construction organisations are not fully productive due to the fact that there is a lack of strategic thinking, new technology and construction methods are not being fully utilised, and there is a lack of innovation and efficiency.

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