Abstract. Major cities in developing countries are undergoing an enormous migration of peoples from countryside regions. This migration from the countryside regions were mostly to develop carrier and expecting for higher salary for their living survival. Consequently, the large amount of immigrants from countryside to the cities each year had created a great demand for urban housing. The impact from that, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor and its surrounding area now is crowded by the low-income group who cannot afford to own an affordable house. The government of Malaysia had aware of this situation and therefore had created the low cost housing especially for urban poor. However, there are many issues and problems arise regarding the low cost housing in Malaysia especially in urban area. The research is regarding a study on problems and issues of high rise low-cost housing in Malaysia. The need to examine the problems associated with the high rise low cost housing is to ensure the success of future low cost housing development in Malaysia.
The 2030 agenda for sustainable development has embraced the importance of sustainable practices in the construction industry. Parallel to the Industry revolution 4.0, the construction industry needs to keep pace with technological advances in data management to keep pace with the revolution through the ability to process and extract value from data. This phenomenon attracts the requirement of Big Data (BD). The construction industry deals with large volumes of heterogeneous data, which is expected to increase exponentially following an intense use of modern technologies. This research presents a comprehensive study of the literature, investigating the potential application of BD integration in the construction industry. The adoption of such technologies in this industry remains at a nascent stage and lags broad uptake of these technologies in other fields. The Construction Industry is driving to boost its productivity through the implementation of data technologies; hence, significant research is needed in this area. Currently, there is a lack of deep comprehensive research on BD integration applications that provide insight for the construction industry. This research closes the gap and gives an overview of the literature. The discussion presented the current utilization, the issues, and ways for potential works along with the challenges companion with the implementation.
The key concept of the Industrial Revolution IR 4.0 has been conceptualized as the new wave of digitalization, robotization, and broader usage of information and communication technology. However, the construction industry is complicated, which has led to its slow industrial evolution. The construction industry still follows traditional labor-intensive industry practices, with high energy consumption, environmental pollution, and low productivity in project delivery. Moreover, the recent cataclysmic COVID 19 pandemic has opened the vision of the construction industry towards IR 4.0 due to the human movement restriction. This paper aims to investigate the adoption of indispensable monitoring technology in the construction industry as effective visual communication of data towards the IR 4.0. This research closes the gap and gives an intensive literature investigation to acquire insights into Construction 4.0 and a case study to showcase the developed monitoring dashboard. Adoption of IR 4.0 technologies will achieve sustainable construction development, lower costs and fast construction with the highest quality. The critical literature review of previous studies with content analysis to demonstrate the recent research in this area. The monitoring dashboard brings the construction performance assessment data to real life and provides key performance indicators required for construction management and support decisions.
The spread of the COVID-19 pandemic has impacted the economy of the world as well as the construction industry in Malaysia. Many projects were plagued with time and cost overruns due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Site work progress came to an abrupt halt, and productivity stagnated. With that in mind, this study was conducted on the basis of first-hand experience in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic and how it has affected the construction industry. This study investigated the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on construction projects in Sarawak, Malaysia. The target respondents were the clients, consultants, and contractors involved in projects under the purview of the Public Works Department Sarawak. The purpose of the research was to obtain a better understanding of the current situation, in readiness for a similar situation in future. To achieve the objectives of the research, a questionnaire survey of current ongoing projects was used for this study’s data collection purpose. To analyse the data, SPSS version 26 and the Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) method were used to achieve frequency analysis and to determine the priority importance of the effects of this pandemic on those construction projects. The findings of this study provide necessary information to construction stakeholders in Sarawak on how to deal with such pandemics in the future and to create awareness, foster resiliency, connote preventive measures, avert delays, and manage progress control.
Construction site safety is a vital issue in construction safety management. The causes of accidents in the construction industry, among others are due to individual behaviour, complicated work-site surroundings and inadequate safety supervision at the construction site. The case study, namely Pan-Borneo Highway (PBH), was initiated through the Economic Transformation Programme to transform Malaysia into a high-income nation. The PBH is an option travel mode highway alongside Borneo road linking the states of Sarawak and Sabah with Brunei. The iconic project started from Sematan, Sarawak to Tawau, Sabah. This paper aimed to evaluate the current safety management practices on PBH construction sites in Kuching, Sarawak, as well as to emphasise the significance of road construction safety supervision. Questionnaires were distributed to 30 respondents, and the survey responses were analysed using Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) software. The result suggested that the most important safety practices are the provision of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE), followed by accident reporting and maintenance report and provision of safety policy. Proper safety management on the construction site can minimise accidents and protect all parties involved in the construction industry.
In mostdeveloping countries, deferred maintenance has become a common problem that negatively impacts the administration of an organization. A building must be effectively maintained in order to provide optimal service functioning, and this is crucial because it affects the building's performance. Public university producefuture leaders, managers, engineers, and industry players. Thus, the purpose of this study is to investigate the issues and challenge, causes and effectsofdeferred maintenance for publicuniversity buildings atMalaysia. In order to accomplish this, a preliminary interview with an expert was held in order to identify rich information and to discuss the issue in depth with participants, as well as to acquire initial information and understanding before further study is continued. Preliminary expert interviews are required to assist the researcher in refining, rephrasing, and confirming the literature-derived criteria. In order to identify the important issues, challenges, causes and effects of deferred maintenanceforpublic university buildings atMalaysia, interviews were conducted with a sample of experienced individuals in order to obtain their expert opinions. Seven professionals and academics working in building maintenance management were selected as respondents. The study will show the issues and barriers as well as the causes and effects andprovide valuable information and a deeper understanding of deferred maintenance.
The construction sector plays a dominant role in providing job opportunities not only for the construction sector but also for other related sectors directly around the world. Abruptly, during the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, the construction industry has to limit their activities, causing workers from professional to site labour and other related workers to lose their work in the industry. The estimated unemployment rate is very worrying among fresh graduates and students about to graduate from construction-related programs as there is no way construction can be done virtually. Therefore, the aim of this study is to suggest strategies in enhancing the employability among fresh graduates in the Malaysian construction industry during the pandemic outbreak. Questionnaire survey were distributed to 217 respondents with 73% of questionnaire returned rate. The results were analysed using SPSS descriptive analysis. Based on the analysis, respondent agreed that the main strategies were to enhance the soft skills set, followed by graduates' attributes such as willingness to learn, undergo training, and have a mental readiness mindset as strategies to get employment during the hardest time and lastly improving curriculum design also has been determined as strategies that contributed to the employability of fresh graduates.
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