Academic Research Requests

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• The submission form to be completed with your research request
  

 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.

2025

Students request your help to answer their online questionnaires. You can claim 1 hour of CPD 2 activity for every two questionnaires completed:

• The Research Title: Investigating the Influence of Local Community on Construction Project Delivery in Gauteng
  The Purpose of the Research: To identify the factors of local community engagement that influence the successful delivery of a project, and to identify the potential outcomes of effective engagement of local community stakeholders in the delivery of a construction project
  The Target Population: Built Environment and Engineering Professionals
  Closing Date: 20 December 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: Transformational Leadership and Digital Readiness Among Quantity Surveyors in the Evolving Construction Industry
  The Purpose of the Research: The significance of this study lies in addressing critical empirical, conceptual, spatial, temporal and theoretical gaps in the existing literature related to transformational leadership and digital readiness among quantity surveyors.
  The Target Population: 50 Professionally Registered Quantity Surveyors
  Closing Date: 30 September 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: Assessing the Quantity Surveyors' Capacity to Manage Net-Zero Projects in South Africa
  The Purpose of the Research: This study explores the competencies, challenges, and enablers affecting South African quantity surveyors in managing Net-Zero projects, aiming to assess professional readiness and inform strategies for advancing sustainable construction capacity.
  The Target Population: PrQS’s, Candidate QSs (5+experience)
  Closing Date: 15 September 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: Investigating Factors Influencing Construction 5.0 Project Performance: Opportunities and Challenges
  The Purpose of the Research: The aim of the study is to investigates the effectiveness of the construction 5.0 technologies in enhancing the performance of construction projects.
  The Target Population: Voluntary Association –Boards Members of the Association (2 Maximum people to represent the Association)
  The semi-structured interview will conducted via MS Teams.
  Participation Date: 01 - 05 September 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: Infrastructure Funding Challenges for sustainable Project delivery in South Africa: Quantity Surveyors perspective.
  The Purpose of the Research: This research investigates the infrastructure funding challenges that hinder sustainable project delivery, with a specific focus on the contributions and limitations experienced by quantity surveyors. The research seeks to demonstrate how early and effective involvement of quantity surveyors in cost planning and funding strategies can enhance the sustainability outcomes of infrastructure projects.
  The Target Population: Professional Registered Quantity Surveyors
  Closing Date: 01 September 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: The Role of Personality Traits in Quantity Surveyors’ Success 
  The Purpose of the Research: This research investigates the relationship between personality traits, as defined by the Big Five model, and professional success in the Quantity Surveying (QS) profession within the South African construction sector.
  The Target Population: 30 Quantity Surveyors
  Closing Date: 17 August 2025
  Important Note: After completing the test, please scroll to the bottom, take a screenshot of your results and email it to me at jcbtha008@myuct.ac.za for inclusion in our data set.
  Your participation is greatly appreciated and will make a meaningful contribution to our research.
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: Data Modelling Construction Productivity: Exploring Wearable Technology and Artificial Intelligence within the South African Built Environment: A Study of the Gauteng Areas
  The Purpose of the Research: To investigate wearable technology and AI adoption rates, assess current usage levels, identify barriers, and propose strategies for enhancing construction productivity in Gauteng's built environment.
  The Target Population: Construction professionals and workers in the Gauteng Metropolitan Areas including project managers, engineers, architects, quantity surveyors, site supervisors, safety officers, contractors, and skilled labourers.
  Closing Date: 15 August 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: Analysing of barriers and challenges to implementing green procurement in construction projects in South Africa.
  The Purpose of the Research: The aim of this research is to identify obstacles and barriers encountered in implementing green procurement within the South African construction sector.
  The Target Population: Quantity Surveyors; Construction Project Managers; Design Engineers; and Design Architects
  Closing Date: 31 July 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: The Role of Quantity Surveyor in Providing Guidance to Sustainable Construction Practices in South Africa
  The Purpose of the Research: This study seeks to:
  • Identify challenges preventing QSs from leading sustainable practices.
  • Explore how QSs can integrate sustainability into financial planning and cost modelling.
  • Provide practical recommendations to enhance QS education and training.
  The Target Population: The primary participant group consists of registered Quantity Surveyors (QSs) affiliated with:
  • The South African Council for the Quantity Surveying Profession (SACQSP)
  • The Association of South African Quantity Surveyors (ASAQS)
  • The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS)
  Closing Date: 30 June 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

• The Research Title: An Integrated Stakeholder Management Framework for the South African Construction Industry
  The Purpose of the Research: The aim of this study is to develop a Stakeholder Management Framework for the South African Construction Industry. The framework will aid in understanding and explaining the factors that determine stakeholder management and guides construction stakeholders and policymakers in regulating activities in construction projects in South Africa and other developing countries.
  The Target Population: Construction Professionals
  Closing Date: 15 June 2025
  Click here to complete the survey

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