Mapiravana, Joseph2013-02-112013-02-112012-07Mapiravana, J. 2012. Trends in building materials. Green Building Conference, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 25-26 July 2012http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6544Green Building Conference, Sandton Convention Centre, Johannesburg, 25-26 July 2012This paper was motivated by the need to identify trends in building materials research development and application that will significantly reduce building costs, life cycle costs and minimise the lead time for building delivery in South Africa whose low income urban housing backlog now stands at 2.2 million units. The paper reviews objectives, developments and impacts on cost and delivery lead time of building materials research and development programs globally and in South Africa. Comparisons are drawn between the global and South African scenarios.enBuilding materials researchBuilding materials developmentSouth African building materialsConference PresentationMapiravana, J. (2012). Trends in building materials. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6544Mapiravana, Joseph. "Trends in building materials." (2012): http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6544Mapiravana J, Trends in building materials; 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6544 .TY - Conference Presentation AU - Mapiravana, Joseph AB - This paper was motivated by the need to identify trends in building materials research development and application that will significantly reduce building costs, life cycle costs and minimise the lead time for building delivery in South Africa whose low income urban housing backlog now stands at 2.2 million units. The paper reviews objectives, developments and impacts on cost and delivery lead time of building materials research and development programs globally and in South Africa. Comparisons are drawn between the global and South African scenarios. DA - 2012-07 DB - ResearchSpace DP - CSIR KW - Building materials research KW - Building materials development KW - South African building materials LK - https://researchspace.csir.co.za PY - 2012 T1 - Trends in building materials TI - Trends in building materials UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10204/6544 ER -