 Academic
Research Requests
The ASAQS has formulated a guideline on how academics or students can be assisted and the SACQSP has also determined that registered quantity surveyors undertaking these surveys may claim 30 minutes in CPD category 2 for each survey completed.
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 Current surveys
Students doing their research, need your help to collect data for their thesis. Please assist by participating in these questionnaires (you can claim a half-hour of CPD2 for each completed survey)
Students,
this is a free service! Please allow us three to five days, after receipt of
your submission, to publish your survey on the website. Then check that
it is in the following Weekend Property and Construction News. If not, then
please notify us. The full survey will appear on the newsletter once, where after only the title will appear linked to this page until it closes. After the closing date for completion, it will no longer appear on the newsletter and no extensions to the closing date will be permitted.
2024
Students request your help to answer their online questionnaires. You can claim 1 hour of CPD 2 activity for every two questionnaires completed:
- Research Title: Evaluation of Management Practices impacting the performance of Urban Infrastructure Projects in South Africa
The Purpose of the Research: Urban Infrastructure Projects (UIPs) are critical for enhancing economic growth, social wellbeing, and sustainable urban development. However, these projects often face significant challenges, particularly in South Africa, where complex governance structures, limited resources, and stringent regulatory requirements frequently lead to project delays, cost overruns, and
abandonment.
The Target Population: Project Officers – working on large or mega projects
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Closing date: 15 January 2025
- Research Title: The use of smart contracts in South Africa to streamline claims: a case of the building insurance sector
The Purpose of the Research: The aim of the study is to investigate the usage of smart contracts in order to streamline building insurance claims in South Africa.
The Target Population: Registered Professional Quantity Surveyors and Candidate Quantity Surveyors
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Closing date: 23 December 2024
- Research Title: Construction Cost Estimating Through Artificial Neural Network: A South African Case Study.
The Purpose of the Research: The purpose of the research is to demonstrate the practical application of machine learning to quantity surveying competencies, with the intent of developing a reliable cost prediction model that can be used for project cost prediction at the early stages of a project with minimum variation error.
The Target Population: Quantity Surveyors
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Closing date: 30 November 2024
- Research Title: The adoption of sustainable practices by South African construction SMMEs using the Technology Acceptance Model
The Purpose of the Research: The purpose is to explain how knowledge, incentives, clients and sustainable construction regulations, standards and certifications could influence the intention and encourage the actual adoption of sustainable construction practices among South African construction SMMEs.
The Target Population: The target population are owners or employees of South African construction SMMEs. The employees will be limited to engineers, architects, quantity surveyors, construction managers, and project managers.
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Closing date: November 2024
- Research Title: An evaluation of the adaptation of building automation systems for facility management in the South African construction industry
The Purpose of the Research: The study seeks to determine the adaptation of various building automation systems for facility management in the South African construction industry, benefits and assess their challenges/problems existing or new and old ones. The study seeks to find a solution and improve facility management by integrating advanced available technologies to yield good performance. This study aims to assess how building automation systems can contribute to the advancement of facility management by improving cost management, client satisfaction, and overall building comfort.
The Target Population: Candidates Quantity Surveyors, and Registered Quantity Surveyors
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Closing date: 01 November 2024
- Research Title: The Impact of Covid-19 on Tender Prices in the South African Construction Industry.
The Purpose of the Research: Address the knowledge gap concerning the financial impact of the pandemic on tender prices within our industry. Ultimately, to contribute to future preparedness and deepen insights into the industry's ability to withstand similar disruptive events.
The Target Population: Quantity Surveyors in the construction and consultancy sectors of the industry - all types & genders (No differentiation)
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Closing date: 15 October 2024
- Research Title: The use of smart contracts in South Africa to streamline claims: a case of the building insurance sector
The Purpose of the Research: The aim of the study is to investigate the usage of smart contracts in order to streamline building insurance claims in South Africa.
The Target Population: Registered members of the South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession
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Closing date: 10 October 2024
- Research Title: Risk Management in Smart Contract Integration for Construction Projects
The Purpose of the Research: The purpose of this study is to explore the integration of smart contracts in construction projects, focusing on the potential benefits and challenges, and the role of Quantity Surveyors in this process.
The Target Population: Quantity Surveyors, Cost Managers / Consultants and/or Professionals who have experience related to Quantity Surveying in South Africa
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Closing date: 01 October 2024
Research Title: The Effect of Covid-19 on Construction Projects in the Eastern Cape, South Africa
The Purpose of the Research: Identify why province is taking long to recover and lessons learnt to improve readiness for similar future events concentrating on the best practice methods Quantity Surveyors can bring to the table.
The Target Population: Quantity Surveyors in South Africa
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Closing date: 20 September 2024
Research Title: The impact of built environment professionals using Building Information Modelling to perform quantity surveying services: Quantity surveyor’s perspective.
The Purpose of the Research: To Evaluate the impact of built environment professionals using Building Information Modelling to perform quantity surveying services
The Target Population: Professional registered quantity surveyor’s and candidate quantity surveyors
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Closing date: 18 September 2024 Research Title: The Role of Quantity Surveyors in Promoting Sustainable Construction in the Building Industry in South Africa
The Purpose of the Research: The study seeks to examine and analyse the knowledge and understanding of Quantity Surveyors' role in advancing sustainable construction, as well as its impact on the implementation of sustainable construction practices in South Africa, with the goal of contributing to the existing body of knowledge on sustainable construction.
The Target Population: The target population for this research consists of professionals actively involved in the South African construction industry, specifically those with direct roles in implementing sustainable construction practices. This includes developers, contractors, and construction specialists such as Quantity Surveyors, architects, engineers, and project managers. These individuals will be selected through random sampling techniques, drawing from professional registers managed by relevant councils such as SACPCMP, SACQSP, SACAP, ECSA, and ASAQS. The selection process aims to ensure a diverse representation of industry insiders with various expertise.
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Closing date: 20 September 2024 Research Title: The use of digital technologies to enable Construction 4.0
The
Purpose of the Research: The purpose of the research will be to result in a PhD thesis aimed at assisting to expand the knowledge base on digitising the construction sector in South Africa by improving efficiency in project delivery.
The
Target Population: Registered Professional Quantity Surveyors also playing the roles of Principal Consultant or Principal Agent
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Closing date: 02 September 2024
- Research Title: INFLUENCE OF URBAN RENEWAL STRATEGIES ADOPTION FOR URBAN REGENERATION IN SOUTH AFRICA
The
Purpose of the Research: The study is aimed at creating knowledge on the influence of urban regeneration in South Africa. This is with the intention of promoting urban renewal to improve infrastructure, housing, public spaces, and other elements of the urban environment.
The Target Population: Built Environment professionals: Architect, Civil Engineers, Construction Managers, Construction Project Managers, Electrical Engineers, Mechanical Engineers, Project Managers, Quantity Surveyors, Structural Engineers, Urban Planners, among others.
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Closing date: 15th of August 2024
- Research Title: Green retrofitting of existing buildings in the Eastern Cape
The Purpose of the Research: The purpose of the research is to "investigate the effective strategies to overcome challenges and simultaneously identify driving factors for accelerating the implementation of green retrofitting of existing buildings in the Eastern Cape"
The Target Population: Candidate and Professional Quantity Surveyors
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Closing date: 30 June 2024
- Research Title: The Analysis of the Impact that Evolving Quantity Surveying Client Services have on Mining Capital Projects
The purpose of the research: The aim of the research study is to understand the evolution of Quantity Surveying client services in the Mining Industry, specifically on Mining Capital Projects and the impact that the evolution has had.
Target population: Engineering Quantity Surveyors
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Closing date: 20 May 2024
- Research Title: Digital Transformation in Construction
The purpose of the research: The study aims to determine how digital transformation in construction tools can mitigate the accidents, cost overruns, delays, and reworks from occurring.
Target population: Nelson Mandela Bay Metro, Eastern Cape and Medium to large contractors who are members of the East Cape Master Builders Association (ECMBA).
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Closing date: 29 February 2024
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