TESTING THE HYPOTHESES
CHAPTER 6 CONCLUSIONS AND
6.3 Future studies
There is a dire need for knowledge creation in the civil engineering construction industry which must be designed for the use of emerging civil engineering construction contractors. This knowledge creation in civil engineering construction needs to be built on its own, requiring intensive and laborious interaction (Eliufoo, 2008: 309). It needs to be identified and its ability needs to be utilised as part of an individual’s knowledge base, experience and behaviour. Further, emerging civil engineering construction contractors need to embark on productivity improvement as it is a crucial performance measure of construction’s core activity. This is in line with Chan and Kaka’s (2007: 564) view that ‘notion of the dominance of the project changes ideas if focus is on productivity improvements’.
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