An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe
Purpose – Achieving sustainable construction is immensely challenging in developing economies due to their inadequate technical support system(s) (TSS). Hence, this article develops a TSS framework for sustainable construction indicators for Zimbabwe, a developing country. Design/methodology/appro...
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| description | Purpose – Achieving sustainable construction is immensely challenging in developing economies due to their inadequate technical support system(s) (TSS). Hence, this article develops a TSS framework for sustainable construction indicators for Zimbabwe, a developing country.
Design/methodology/approach – A post-positivist philosophicalstance and deductive reasoning were adopted to test pertinent theory. Construction professionals in consultancy, construction companies, government bodies and academic institutions participated in an online questionnaire survey. Primary data was analysed using a reliability test, Shapiro Wilks test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, mean score ranking, normalisation value, factor analysis and fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE).
Findings – FSE revealed a framework with six critical technical support subgroups, in order of importance viz: innovation for construction sustainability; adequate sustainability expenditure and skills training support; adequate project economic assessment and governance support; adequate circularity and environmental technical support; climate change literacy and supplier assessment support; and adequate decent work support. Existing sustainable construction initiatives can be buttressed by strengthening the six identified TSS through related policy initiatives.
Originality/value – The framework developed constitutes an innovative TSS for Zimbabwe to achieve sustainable construction. |
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| spelling | ump-447352025-06-06T03:03:56Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44735/ An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe Moyo, Tirivavi Omer, Mazen Mohamed Alkhdar Edwards, David J. HC Economic History and Conditions TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction Purpose – Achieving sustainable construction is immensely challenging in developing economies due to their inadequate technical support system(s) (TSS). Hence, this article develops a TSS framework for sustainable construction indicators for Zimbabwe, a developing country. Design/methodology/approach – A post-positivist philosophicalstance and deductive reasoning were adopted to test pertinent theory. Construction professionals in consultancy, construction companies, government bodies and academic institutions participated in an online questionnaire survey. Primary data was analysed using a reliability test, Shapiro Wilks test, Kruskal–Wallis H test, mean score ranking, normalisation value, factor analysis and fuzzy synthetic evaluation (FSE). Findings – FSE revealed a framework with six critical technical support subgroups, in order of importance viz: innovation for construction sustainability; adequate sustainability expenditure and skills training support; adequate project economic assessment and governance support; adequate circularity and environmental technical support; climate change literacy and supplier assessment support; and adequate decent work support. Existing sustainable construction initiatives can be buttressed by strengthening the six identified TSS through related policy initiatives. Originality/value – The framework developed constitutes an innovative TSS for Zimbabwe to achieve sustainable construction. Emerald Publishing Limited 2024 Article PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/44735/1/An%20innovative%20technical%20support%20system%20for%20sustainable%20construction.pdf Moyo, Tirivavi and Omer, Mazen Mohamed Alkhdar and Edwards, David J. (2024) An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe. Smart and Sustainable Built Environment, ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print). pp. 1-29. ISSN 2046-6099. (In Press / Online First) (In Press / Online First) https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-11-2023-0355 https://doi.org/10.1108/SASBE-11-2023-0355 |
| spellingShingle | HC Economic History and Conditions TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction Moyo, Tirivavi Omer, Mazen Mohamed Alkhdar Edwards, David J. An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe |
| title | An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe |
| title_full | An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe |
| title_fullStr | An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe |
| title_full_unstemmed | An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe |
| title_short | An innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in Zimbabwe |
| title_sort | innovative technical support system for sustainable construction indicators in zimbabwe |
| topic | HC Economic History and Conditions TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) TH Building construction |
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