Journal of Engineering, Design and Technology: Volume 17 Issue 2

A student perspective of ethics in the Zambian construction industry

Sambo Zulu, Franco Muleya

The importance of ethical considerations in the construction industry is acknowledged. This is particularly the case that the industry plays a significant part in a nation’s…

The invention of the shopping mall: Victor Gruen and production of the high-liquidity, capitalist space

Alexander Styhre

The economic system of competitive capitalism strives toward liquid markets wherein the cost for transacting is minimized. Liquidity is mostly addressed in association with…

Analyzing environment sustainability enablers using fuzzy DEMATEL for an Indian steel manufacturing company

Shishir Goyal, Srikanta Routroy, Anupam Singhal

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the Environmental Sustainability Enablers (ESEs) for an Indian steel manufacturing company to select the appropriate set of ESEs for…

Cost comparison of seismic damage resisting systems for modules in multi-storey buildings

Danielle Ashcroft, Temitope Egbelakin, John Jing, Eziaku Onyeizu Rasheed

The purpose of this paper is to examine the economic viability of a new and innovative seismic damage resisting system (SDRS) device by conducting a feasibility study. The SDRS…

Labour-only procurement: A veritable surviving strategy for contractors in a challenging economy

Oluwaseyi Alabi Awodele, Douglas Omoregie Aghimien, Olutayo Gabriel Akinkunmi, Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa

Due to its cost savings nature and ability to ensure constant jobs for contractors, this study aims to assess the capability of the labour-only procurement system to serve as a…

Key quality attributes of design documentation: South African perspective

Emmanuel Akampurira, Abimbola Windapo

The poor quality of design documentation has been identified as a significant contributor to delays, rework and cost overruns on construction projects in South Africa. Despite…

Exploring the use of standardised design in addressing the shortage of primary school places in the UK

Alex Opoku, Sarah A. Mills

As part of the UK Government’s strategy to address the current shortage of primary school places is the construction of standardised designed schools. The UK Government has been…

Design intervention at major technological installations: Investigating the ergonomics of the South African Large Telescope (SALT)

Christopher Hendrickse, Thomas Wolfgang Thurner

This paper aims to report on a design intervention at the Southern African Large Telescope (SALT) control room which resulted from a user-centred design approach intended to raise…

Study of mixed materials heat exchanger using optimization techniques

Habib Karimi, Hossein Ahmadi Danesh Ashtiani, Cyrus Aghanajafi

This paper aims to examine total annual cost from economic view mixed materials heat exchangers based on three optimization algorithms. This study compares the use of three…

Analysis of a low-cost anthropomorphic sensory platform for the world first minibus test

Riaan Stopforth, Craig Proctor-Parker, Shaniel Davrajh

The purpose of this paper includes results of some of the tests involved for the design and implementation of low-cost crash anthropomorphics (ATPs) fitted with sensory systems to…

Quantification of the viability of residential air source heat pump water heaters as potential replacement for geysers in South Africa

Stephen loh Tangwe, Michael Simon

This paper aims to compute demand, consumption and other avoidance saving by replacing existing geysers with split and integrated type air source heat pump (ASHP) water heaters…