Improving South African Masonry Construction Industry
Given the current state of the masonry construction industry (MCI) in South Africa (SA), this study is long overdue. The issues that require immediate attention are: (1) noncompliance; (2) unethical behaviour and (3) lack of knowledge. Evidence to be presented later demonstrates that not all design...
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Given the current state of the masonry construction industry (MCI) in South Africa (SA), this study is long overdue. The issues that require immediate attention are: (1) noncompliance; (2) unethical behaviour and (3) lack of knowledge. Evidence to be presented later demonstrates that not all designers and contractors adhere to building policies, regulations and standards. As the demand for buildings constructed of masonry increases significantly over the next few decades, an intolerably high level of adverse overall impact will result. The study’s aim is to propose a first step toward a remedy strategy to improve the SA MCI’s current state. The objectives are to: (1) present through already published case studies and reports how lack of compliance, ethics and knowledge affects the MCI and (2) suggest recommendations to improve the situation. The study concludes that compliance (predominantly), ethics and knowledge need to be improved in MCI. The study identifies how SA government can improve MCI by systematically implementing ISO 9001: 2015 to improve (1) compliance, (2) ethical behaviour and (3) knowledge in MCI.
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| spelling | doaj.art-9d8aacff2c744a588cedf0bbcad6fc802023-11-30T13:26:17ZengResearch and Postgraduate Support DirectorateAfrican Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies2663-45972663-45892023-11-015110.51415/ajims.v5i1.1064Improving South African Masonry Construction IndustryBonga PraiseGod Khuzwayo0Mark Walker1Bruce Graham2Durban University of Technology, South AfricaDurban University of Technology, South AfricaDurban University of Technology, South Africa Given the current state of the masonry construction industry (MCI) in South Africa (SA), this study is long overdue. The issues that require immediate attention are: (1) noncompliance; (2) unethical behaviour and (3) lack of knowledge. Evidence to be presented later demonstrates that not all designers and contractors adhere to building policies, regulations and standards. As the demand for buildings constructed of masonry increases significantly over the next few decades, an intolerably high level of adverse overall impact will result. The study’s aim is to propose a first step toward a remedy strategy to improve the SA MCI’s current state. The objectives are to: (1) present through already published case studies and reports how lack of compliance, ethics and knowledge affects the MCI and (2) suggest recommendations to improve the situation. The study concludes that compliance (predominantly), ethics and knowledge need to be improved in MCI. The study identifies how SA government can improve MCI by systematically implementing ISO 9001: 2015 to improve (1) compliance, (2) ethical behaviour and (3) knowledge in MCI. https://journals.dut.ac.za/index.php/ajims/article/view/1064structural masonrymasonry construction industryquality management system |
| spellingShingle | Bonga PraiseGod Khuzwayo Mark Walker Bruce Graham Improving South African Masonry Construction Industry African Journal of Inter-Multidisciplinary Studies structural masonry masonry construction industry quality management system |
| title | Improving South African Masonry Construction Industry |
| title_full | Improving South African Masonry Construction Industry |
| title_fullStr | Improving South African Masonry Construction Industry |
| title_full_unstemmed | Improving South African Masonry Construction Industry |
| title_short | Improving South African Masonry Construction Industry |
| title_sort | improving south african masonry construction industry |
| topic | structural masonry masonry construction industry quality management system |
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