The theoretical import of the present book hinges on the importance of mother tongue in education, the problems involved, and the need for language planning. Many Africans are losing their mother tongue because of civilisation, westernisation, and modernisation. Attention has been geared towards the learning of foreign languages at the expense of the local languages. The Akan language has been a victim to this unfortunate phenomenon. At the formal educational levels, less attention is focused on Ghanaian languages. This situation is worse at the secondary and tertiary educational levels....

The call for transformation in critical aspects of the operations of the global construction industry is ever more critical. This book presents a review and discussion of some of these transformation areas in a research-oriented style that the scientific community will find very useful.