Best Paper Awards – 18th BEC

Congratulations to the Best 3 Papers award winners for the 18th Built Environment Conference held at Nelson Mandela University, Gqeberha on 15-16 July 2024

18th BEC Best Paper Award Winners:

1st Prize: Assessing the Impact of Frugal Innovation in the Construction Industry
Authors: Tsireledzo Maliehe & Schalk Grobbelaar

2nd Prize: Quantifying the Influence of Subsurface Fractures on Infrastructure Stability: Integrating Electrical Resistivity and Magnetic Survey Techniques in Construction Projects
Authors: Raimi Samson, Babatunde Fatai Ogunbayo, Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa & Iroko Samson Oluwatoyin

3rd Prize: Bridging Construction 4.0 and 5.0: Strategic Attributes for Transforming South African Undergraduate Built Environment Programs through Activity Theory
Authors: Somarie Holtzhausen & Henri Du Plessis