Volume 5, Issue 1 (March)

Articles in this Issue

9 articles
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.wb04ezv4

CONTRIBUTING EFFECT OF LAND TITLING TO LAND VALUE: LEARNING FROM AKURE, NIGERIA

Victor Olutope Ige*, Rasidat Adejoke Oladapo, Amos Olaolu Adewusi

Purpose: The purpose of this paper is to explain the contributing effect of land titling on land value with a special focus on Akure, Nigeria. Land titling has an abstract economic value that untitled physical assets do not have. The inability to measure this economic value as it affects land value in the context of the urban land market often poses a difficult task as there were no readily availa...

Mar, 2021 pp. 1-17 12 views 1 downloads
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.j06itd1h

VALUE MANAGEMENT PRACTICES FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN SOUTH-SOUTH, NIGERIA

Dubem Isaac Ikediashi*, Idongesit Okon Bassey

Purpose: The study examined key drivers influencing the practice of value management practices and determined factors inhibiting the smooth implementation of VM practices for construction projects with a view towards bolstering construction project delivery in South south Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach: Anchored on questionnaire survey approach, two hundred and twenty-seven (227) copies of t...

Mar, 2021 pp. 18-33 7 views 1 downloads
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.rqabc37j

PERSPECTIVES ON THE BENEFITS OF E PROCUREMENT TO THE NIGERIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

Samuel Olusola Olatunji*, Onaopepo Adeniyi, Blessing Esther Jegede

Purpose: The e-procurement platform is an innovative tool that can reduce many of the challenges of the Nigerian construction industry. E-Procurement systems are believed to have the ability to tackle some of the bottlenecks of the traditional processes of procuring goods, services and managing the entire procurement process in the construction sector. This paper thus x-rayed the benefits of e-pro...

Feb, 2021 pp. 34-42 12 views 3 downloads
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.ucs0nfru

AN IDIOGRAPHIC APPROACH TO ASSESSING RISK FACTORS IMPACTING ON CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTORS’ CASH OUT FORECASTS

M. Abdulrazaq*, S. M. Mohammed, M. K. Ibrahim

Purpose: Research has shown that construction contractors face challenges when attempting to manage their present and future financial requirements via cash flow (CF) forecasting and/or the use of cash flow forecasting (CFF) models. Consideration for risk factors impacting on CF forecasts/CFF models has also been identified as a key issue affecting contractors’ application of CFF models. This stud...

Mar, 2021 pp. 43-55 13 views 3 downloads
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.76jskw8z

ENERGY EFFICIENCY ASSESSMENT OF HIGHER EDUCATION BUILDINGS IN BAUCHI, NIGERIA

Muhammed Murtala Bello*, Evelyn Lami A. Allu, Pontip Stephen Nimlyat

Purpose: Energy efficiency, often referred to as efficient energy use, is aimed at reducing the amount of energy required for cooling, heating, ventilation and lighting in buildings to create desirable thermal comfort conditions. Global energy and climatic challenges have necessitated new ideas and investments in developing energy-efficient strategies in the building industry. The building sector ...

Mar, 2021 pp. 56-71 14 views 2 downloads
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.m905ovhc

CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH TOTAL QUALITY MANAGEMENT (TQM) IMPLEMENTATION FOR CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN NIGERIA

Dubem Isaac Ikediashi*, Wilfred Osung Owoefiak

Purpose: The study identified critical success factors associated with TQM implementation for construction projects in south-south Nigeria and explored their underlying factors by categorising the critical success factors using principal component analysis (PCA)  Design/Methodology: Anchored on quantitative questionnaire survey approach, 91 copies of the structured questionnaire were distributed w...

Mar, 2021 pp. 72-87 10 views 1 downloads
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.aws2xd1z

STRENGTH PERFORMANCE OF CONCRETE MADE WITH AGGREGATES MINED FROM IBIONO IBOM, AKWA IBOM STATE

Ifiok Edem Ekop*, Daniel Victor Ufia, Unwono Uduak Etim, Idorenyin Nathaniel Edet

Purpose: This paper assesses the suitability of aggregate obtained from Use Ikot Amama and AfahaItiat both in Ibiono Ibom Local Government Area of Akwa Ibom State for concrete production. The paper also compared the evaluated engineering properties of these gravels with conventional granite from Akamkpa in Cross River State. Purpose: This paper assesses the suitability of aggregate obtained from U...

Mar, 2021 pp. 88-95 13 views 1 downloads
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.u550owce

FACTORS AFFECTING PRIVATE HOUSING DEVELOPMENT IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

Babatunde Muktar Wahab*, Matthew Mamman, Siddique Ramalan Nuhu

Purpose: Housing demand in most part of the world, especially Africa surpasses housing supply. The population is trending in geometric progression compared with arithmetic progression in housing provision. It is on this note that this study examined the factors responsible for the large gap created between demand and supply of housing.Design/Methodology: The Both primary and secondary sources of d...

Mar, 2021 pp. 96-105 10 views 2 downloads
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Research Article DOI: 10.68128/jocrebe.2021.vse4ksm7

A REVIEW OF THE PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE OF CONCRETE ADMIXTURES

Ojo, Olaniyi Segun*, Hassan, Ibrahim Ogiri, Ogunbode, Ezekiel Babatunde

Purpose: Sustainable environment could be achieved with constructions using concrete that generates little heat. One way to achieve this is by using water reducing admixtures. More so, there is coming a time in some parts of Nigeria where normal strength concrete will be less required due to unavailable land space and high-rise buildings will require high or ultra-high strength concrete, produced ...

Mar, 2021 pp. 106-115 10 views 2 downloads
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