Current Issues (Volume 5 Issue 1, December 2026)
JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment - Latest issues
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- Contractor Innovativeness and Its Influence on the Organizational Performance of Local Contractors in Kenya: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach
Author: Shadrack Mutungi Simon
Source: JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment, pp 1-53 (Volume 5 Issue 1, December 2026)
Abstract: The construction industry in Kenya faces persistent challenges of inefficiency, poor quality, financial instability, and weak safety performance. ... Read More
- Assessment of the effects of lime on soil properties
Author: Daniel Yaw Osei, Zakari Mustapha, Benjamin Boahene Akomah, and Mohammed D.H. Zebilila
Source: JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment, pp 1-17 (Volume 4 Issue 1, December 2024)
Abstract: Soil stabilisation involves the application of additives to soil to enhance its engineering properties. The stability of soil is achieved when ther... Read More
- The Kassena-Nankana People and their Architecture
Author: Yegandi I.P. Alagidide
Source: JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment, pp 1-27 (Volume 4 Issue 1, December 2024)
Abstract: The architecture of the Kassena-Nankana people reflects a profound expression of cultural identity, cosmological belief systems, and sustainable... Read More
- Well-constructed and better managed community water infrastructure is a potent answer to northern Ghana’s agricultural renewal
Author: Imhotep Paul Alagidede, Joan Akande, and Charles Kwowe Nyaaba
Source: JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment, pp 1-13 (Volume 3 Issue 1, December 2024)
Abstract: Water storage has a vital role to play in improving food security and reducing poverty, particularly in the geographical context of northern Ghana... Read More
- Indoor environmental quality of lecture halls at Cape Coast Technical University
Author: Zakari Mustapha, Mohammed D.H.Zebilila, Benjamin Boahene Akomah, and Samuel Kwame Ansah
Source: JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment, pp 1-23 (Volume 3 Issue 1, December 2024)
Abstract: Climate change and global warming have contributed to an increase in air temperature, in both outdoor and indoor environments. Educational building... Read More
- Exploratory study of calcium silicate bricks as a potential material for building construction
Author: Mohammad Arif Kamal
Source: JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment, pp 9x-9x (Volume 3 Issue 1, December 2024)
Abstract: Abstract: Bricksare a common building material used for construction due to its strength and longevity. Rapid urbanization and rising cost of bu... Read More
- Spillover effects of aggregate
infrastructure stock and quality
Author: Chengete Chakamera and Imhotep Paul Alagidede
Source: JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment, pp 16-42 (Volume 2 Issue 1, December 2022)
Abstract: This paper analyses spillover effects of aggregate infrastructure stock and quality in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA). Using a panel vector autoregressi... Read More
- Potential of stabilized mud blocks
as a sustainable material for
building construction
Author: Mohammad Arif Kamal
Source: JCBE, Journal of Construction and Built Environment, pp 1-15 (Volume 2 Issue 1, December 2022)
Abstract: : In India, burnt clay brick is the most used building material, which produces a significant amount of greenhouse gasses and destroys a huge amou... Read More
- Contractor Innovativeness and Its Influence on the Organizational Performance of Local Contractors in Kenya: A Structural Equation Modelling Approach