CEM LUNCHTIME RESEARCH SEMINAR SERIES
Presented by
Robert Hindle (Msc. Pr.CPM)
Past President, The Chartered Institute of Buidling – Southern Africa
Moderator
Dr. Frank Ametefe
TOPIC:
TRAJECTORIES OF CHANGE IN CONSTRUCTION DELIVERY: IMPLICATIONS FOR BUSINESSES, BEPs AND EDUCATORS
Date: Friday September 20, 2024
Time: 1PM SAST | 12PM WAT | 11AM GMT | 7AM EST
Venue: CEM Boardroom, Level 5, Snape Building, UCT Upper Campus
Free to join. Light lunch available for in-person attendees.
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ABSTRACT:
There is an aspect of construction delivery that few researchers seem to be aware of, or simply chose to ignore. That is, how constructions primary customers have consistently complained about the lack of value offered through the building design and delivery process. The literature abounds with terms describing the industry as ancient, outdated, fragmented, adversarial and resistant to change and these same criticisms have been repeated for the past eighty years. However, we do know that certain types of change have occurred. This research explores the types of change that have occurred in construction delivery whilst comparing these with a benchmark set by other industries that once depended upon a similar procurement methodology and upon craft production, but which evolved to become much more cost effective and efficient.
SPEAKER PROFILE:
Mr Robert Hindle, MSc. Pr.CPM – is Past President of The Chartered Institute of Building, Southern Africa. He has more than sixty years’ experience in the construction sector, half of which was in the major project building industry, managing both projects and buildings production firms before joining the staff of Construction Economics and Management Department at UCT in 1988. He took early retirement in 2002 to manage his consulting and other business interests, but has continued with his research and writing, contributing to his many publications and Keynote presentations. Most recently (July 2024), he received an ASOCSA Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his contribution to the industry.
