- Title
- Innovative construction methods to address housing demand in South Africa
- Creator
- Tsosane, Mosa Brunette
- Subject
- Construction projects -- South Africa -- Management Housing -- South Africa
- Date Issued
- 2020
- Date
- 2020
- Type
- Thesis
- Type
- Masters
- Type
- MSBE
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10948/49628
- Identifier
- vital:41742
- Description
- In South Africa, there is a prolonged waiting period for the needy to receive subsidy housing. Due to several factors contributing to this housing delivery delay, there is proliferation of informal settlements. The factors include fast-paced urbanization, which is mostly triggered by rural-urban migration that prompts urban growth and its attendant challenges that exert intense demands on the local government, thus the government is unable to keep up with the demands for housing and other related needs. The currently used conventional method (masonry construction) of construction for the construction of subsidy housing is perceived to be procedural and time consuming which is also one of the factors contributing to the delay in housing delivery. According to the research, interventions in the built form could be applied to address these issues. The focus of this study was on the construction aspect of the factors that contribute to the delay/problem. The primary aim for this study was to explore innovative prefabricated modular construction methods, proposed as alternatives to the construction of government subsidy housing in order to address housing demands in informal settlements. The research onion diagram was adopted and methodically followed as the research design for this study, whereby the data collection method that was adopted as part of the research onion was included a Desktop Survey and a Site Survey. The population and sample of this study comprised of a mixed group of participants, which were selected in accordance with the research attributes. The research findings indicate that the modular construction methods can indeed be used as an alternative to address some of the subsidy housing delivery problems. However, the challenge of any new innovative solution is to overcome end-user scepticism as resistance is inevitable. The research recommendation is for this research work to be taken to the next phase which would involve simulations of life size experimental models of these proposed innovative methods of construction, to further assess the viability of these proposed construction methods, before they may be implemented.
- Format
- xi, 93 leaves
- Format
- Publisher
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
- Publisher
- Faculty of Engineering, the Built Environment and Technology
- Language
- English
- Rights
- Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University
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