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The marine bill: An overview and some thoughts (2009)
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This paper examines the Marine and Coastal Access Bill as it was tabled on 8th December 2008. It explores the failure of the Bill to include marine protection of over 3,000,000 km2 of the waters associated with overseas territories and Crown dependen... Read More about The marine bill: An overview and some thoughts.

Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison (2009)
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Urban resilience is a key focus of current approaches to flood management. The notion of resilience encompasses pre-disaster planning and warning systems, emergency handling procedures and post-disaster reconstruction. Both human and physical systems... Read More about Resilience to flooding: Lessons from international comparison.

Ethics in the construction industry: The prospects for a single professional code (2009)
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Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to consider the potential for generating improved levels of ethical conduct within the construction industry through the introduction of a single industrywide professional code. Design/methodology/approach – Th... Read More about Ethics in the construction industry: The prospects for a single professional code.

Accessibility of flood risk insurance in the UK: Confusion, competition and complacency (2009)
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Flood risk insurance can be an effective tool in assisting the restoration of damaged property after a flood event and sustaining communities through difficult times. It can also form part of a wider flood risk management strategy. In the light of re... Read More about Accessibility of flood risk insurance in the UK: Confusion, competition and complacency.

Taxonomy for change causes and effects in construction projects (2009)
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During many construction projects frequent changes often result in time delays, cost overruns, quality defects and other negative impacts. In recent years, many researchers worldwide investigated the effects of project change and more importantly the... Read More about Taxonomy for change causes and effects in construction projects.

Competencies required by project managers for housing construction in Ghana: Implications for CPD agenda (2009)
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Purpose - The purpose of this paper is to delineate "senior managers'" perception of the competencies required by project managers (PMs) in Ghana for mass house building projects (MHBPs) and to discuss the implication of the findings for professional... Read More about Competencies required by project managers for housing construction in Ghana: Implications for CPD agenda.

Post-graduation reflections on the value of a degree (2009)
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This article investigates the impact of a changing higher education system on young adults' priorities and motivations. A considerable number of studies have explored the impact of recent changes on patterns of participation within higher education.... Read More about Post-graduation reflections on the value of a degree.

Cost and time control of construction projects: A survey of contractors and consultants in the United Kingdom (UK) (2009)
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Towards developing competency-based measures for project managers in mass house building projects in developing countries (2009)
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Within the human resource management (HRM) genre, the identification and development of appropriate competency-based measures is widely seen as the only viable means for validating and engendering managerial best practices. A competency-based concept... Read More about Towards developing competency-based measures for project managers in mass house building projects in developing countries.

Medical waste management in Ibadan, Nigeria: Obstacles and prospects (2009)
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Quantification and characterization of medical waste generated in healthcare facilities (HCFs) in a developing African nation has been conducted to provide insights into existing waste collection and disposal approaches, so as to provide sustainable... Read More about Medical waste management in Ibadan, Nigeria: Obstacles and prospects.

Factors influencing the culture of a construction project organisation: An empirical investigation (2009)
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Purpose - It is widely recognised that improving project delivery in construction requires a consideration of the culture within the project organisation that is often associated with fragmentation, antagonism, mistrust, poor communication, finger-po... Read More about Factors influencing the culture of a construction project organisation: An empirical investigation.

Towards a conceptual model for an assessment of multimedia characteristics on design students CAD learning performance (2009)
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The relative efficiency of land sector public bureaucracies in Ghana (2009)
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This article investigates the causes and scale of land-related public service inefficiencies in Ghana. Public choice theorists contend that the primary cause of inefficiency of public service agencies is their tendency to grow excessively. The findin... Read More about The relative efficiency of land sector public bureaucracies in Ghana.

Ecosystem services and the common law: Evaluating the full scale of damages (2009)
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Safeguarding the societal value of land (2009)
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There is an extensive academic literature on relative cultural perspectives about the value of land, landscapes, ecosystems and natural resources (for example Posey and Strang). Our purpose in this paper is not to review that body of work. Rather,... Read More about Safeguarding the societal value of land.

Tools for the equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem resources: Parts 1 and 2 (2009)
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Recognition over the past century of the benefits provided by land and landscapes has seen a net shift in balance from the private interests of landowners towards broader beneficiaries across society, with post-apartheid constitutional and legislativ... Read More about Tools for the equitable and sustainable use of ecosystem resources: Parts 1 and 2.

Fostering deeper engagement between industry and HEI: towards a CKE approach (2008)
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A Benefit Measurement Framework for an Online Contract Change Management System (2008)
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The contract change management (CCM) system is an online collaboration tool, which supports the contract change management process of new engineering contract (NEC) contract. It is currently used in practice on a wide range of civil, power, and build... Read More about A Benefit Measurement Framework for an Online Contract Change Management System.

New european learners? An analysis of the 'trendsetter' thesis (2008)
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Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries (2008)
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Project success is a complex and often illusory construct. Nonetheless, it is crucially contingent towards enabling appropriate and effective allocation of resources in project management practice. Mass house building projects (MHBPs) represent one o... Read More about Critical success criteria for mass house building projects in developing countries.