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Record W4412754728 · doi:10.11159/iccste25.132

The Use of 4IR by Architects in Prevention of Pre-Construction Project Delays in South Africa

2025· article· en· W4412754728 on OpenAlexvenueno aff
Linda Akoth, Rebecca Alowo

Bibliographic record

VenueProceedings of the International Conference on Civil, Structural and Transportation Engineering · 2025
Typearticle
Languageen
FieldDecision Sciences
TopicConstruction Project Management and Performance
Canadian institutionsnot available
Fundersnot available
KeywordsComputer scienceConstruction engineeringArchitectural engineeringEngineering

Abstract

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The purpose of this article is to examine how 4IR affects architects' abilities in South African pre-construction project development planning.The study will examine the competencies needed by architects in the early phases of project development, with an emphasis on their capacity to conceptualize, design, and schedule projects in a way that satisfies client needs, complies with legal requirements, and advances sustainability objectives.In addition to a thorough literature review to determine the body of knowledge already in existence on this subject, the research will include an overview of the potential application of 4IR technologies to improve the competencies of architects.Data will then be gathered from architects employed by various South African architectural firms through a quantitative survey.The results will show where architects now stand in terms of pre-construction project development planning competences, point out areas where they lack expertise, and make recommendations for professional development and architectural education initiatives in Uganda and South Africa.The goal of this research is to improve architectural practice and the general sustainability and efficiency of the building sector in South Africa.

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How this classification was reachedexpand

Full frame machine prediction

Teacher imitation

Not calibrated prevalence, not ground truth. Human validation pending. The Gemma side is a direct model label for every work in the frame, read from the title-only record. The Codex side is a classifier learned from the 10,348 direct Codex labels and calibrated to design-weighted sample rates; fields without enough sample support carry no Codex call. Candidate is the union of the two sides; consensus is their intersection. These outputs are machine_predicted_unvalidated and are not human labels.

metaresearch head score (Codex)0.007
metaresearch head score (Gemma)0.023
Version: metacan-v3-hybrid-931329e0061cValidation status: machine_predicted_unvalidated
Candidate categoriesnone
Consensus categoriesnone
DomainCandidate signal: none · Consensus signal: none
Study designCandidate signal: Observational · Consensus signal: none
GenreCandidate signal: Empirical · Consensus signal: Empirical
Teacher disagreement score0.011
Threshold uncertainty score0.036

Distilled classifier scores by category (both heads)

CategoryCodexGemma
Metaresearch0.0070.023
Meta-epidemiology (narrow)0.0000.000
Meta-epidemiology (broad)0.0000.000
Bibliometrics0.0020.001
Science and technology studies0.0020.002
Scholarly communication0.0020.002
Open science0.0010.003
Research integrity0.0010.001
Insufficient payload (model declined to judge)0.0040.000

Machine scores (provisional)

The two teacher heads of the student model, read on this work. A score orders the frame for review; it never asserts a category, and the validation status ships verbatim with every row.

Baseline scores from an immature model (maturity gate not passed, 7 training rounds). Scores rank; they never assert a category.

Opus teacher head0.050
GPT teacher head0.291
Teacher spread0.241 · how far apart the two teachers sit on this one work
Validation statusscore_only:v0-immature-baseline · verbatim from the scoring run: score_only means the number may rank works, and no category label ships from it

Classification

machine, unvalidated

Machine predicted; a candidate call from one source (direct Gemma or distilled Codex), not a consensus.

The models applied no category: nothing in the taxonomy fit this work.
Study designObservational
Domainnot available
GenreEmpirical

How this classification was reached, model by model and score by score, is at the end of the page under "How this classification was reached".

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