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Ab Rani, N I, Ismail, S, Mohamed, Z, Hussain, A H and Ghafourian, K (2018) Local contractors' awareness on competitiveness towards liberalisation and globalisation in the Malaysian construction industry. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 21-42.
Abubakar, M, Abdullahi, M and Bala, K (2018) Analysis of the causality links between the growth of the construction industry and the growth of the Nigerian economy. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 103-13.
Baharun, A, Imran, M S, Ibrahim, S H and Abidin, W A W Z (2018) Night cooled radiant cooling panel for sustainable building cooling mode in Malaysia. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 61-79.
Bradley, R A, Gohnert, M and Bulovic, I (2018) Construction considerations for low-cost earth brick shells. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 43-60.
Kwofie, T E, Botchway, E A and Amos-Abanyie, S (2018) Examining the performance level of project management competencies of architects in Ghana using gap analysis approach. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 125-47.
Mewomo, M C, Aigbavboa, C and Lesalane, P (2018) An examination of the key drivers of amendments to the standard forms of contract in the South African construction industry. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 115-24.
Mohamed, T and Karima, A (2018) Architectural quality through the integration of users' viewpoints in architectural design: Case study pouillon's diar es saada. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 149-75.
Mselle, J and Sanga, S A (2018) Constraints facing incremental housing construction in dar es salaam, Tanzania. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 1-20.
- Type: Journal Article
- Keywords: construction; developing countries; housing; incremental construction; self-builders
- ISBN/ISSN: 1823-6499
- URL: https://doi.org/10.21315/JCDC2018.23.1.1
- Abstract:
The owner-built incremental housing strategy has been used for many years across the developing world. This study examines the implication of construction constraints and challenges on annual construction cost expenditure across housing types. Using descriptive statistics and correlation analysis for 43 incrementally built housing units implemented in Dar es Salaam between year 1993 and 2013, the study has observed that single and two-storey incremental housing builders face the same set of human related construction challenges and external cost-push factors but different administrative, physical and interest related constraints. Of all the cost-push factors examined, interest rate intervention is the only observed strategy that has far reaching potentials to single-storey low cost incremental builders because such builders are less likely to resort to loans as a mechanism to finance housing. These findings suggest that any other external efforts targeting physical or human related incremental construction constraints are likely to end up either benefiting the high quality builders or every incremental builder regardless of cost or property type or both. The study argues in favour of targeted interest rate support rather than physical or administrative housing assistance if owner-builders are to benefit specifically in any housing policy support. © Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia, 2018.
Zadawa, A N, Hussin, A A and Osmadi, A (2018) Mediating effects of enforcement on public procurement guidelines' compliance barriers and cost performance of construction projects in Nigerian federal universities: A process macro approach. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 23(1), 81-102.