Sustainable Construction Practices: “A Lazy View” of Construction Professionals in the South Africa Construction Industry

An Integrative Review of the Potential Barriers to and Drivers of Adopting and Implementing Sustainable Construction in South Africa

“…Economic barriers were found to be ranked first by most authors. These barriers are mainly cost-related constraints, such as the initial cost of SC [15], [22], [34], the lack of credit resources to cover initial costs [43], the additional costs caused by SC [18], [23], [25], [35] and the real up-front cost compared with the return on investment [40]. Authors ranked socio-cultural barriers as the second most important barrier.…”

“…Authors ranked socio-cultural barriers as the second most important barrier. The identified socio-cultural barriers highlighted the lack of information about how SC affects the operational cost of a project [42], the perceived increased costs of SC practices [35], [40], a lack of awareness, knowledge, and understanding of SC and its benefits [25], [27], and a lack of client demand [15]. Economic barriers ranked third, emphasised the construction industry maintaining its current practices [34]; which relates to the industry prioritising economic needs above social and environmental needs [17].…”

“…A lack of building codes and regulation [43], the bureaucracy of governments [17], and a lack of sustainable performance tools [18] further hinder the adoption and successful implementation of SC. [15], [16], [19], [21], [24][25][26][27][28][29], [30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38] 17 Lack of understanding of SC [16], [17], [19], [21], [24][25][26], [30], [34], [39] 10…”

How Individual’s Proactive Behavior Helps Construction Sustainability: Exploring the Effects of Project Citizenship Behavior on Project Performance

“…Another group of studies focused on macro-level sustainable construction, including sustainability assessment [27], best practices for sustainable construction [7,8], policy implementation [28], and investigations of driving factors [29]. Pitt et al [30] explored the best practices and promotion of sustainable construction and suggested that the government or the project owner could promote the implementation of sustainable construction by setting financial rewards or penalties.…”

“…At present, research on sustainable construction mainly focuses on the planning and designing phase, such as the management strategies [5], framework [6], and practical procedures [7,8]. However, due to the complexity and flexibility of a construction project, unanticipated changes and risks may arise at any moment.…”