Cranes are frequently utilized in the construction industry due to their physicality and functionality, which are essential for constructing engineering and architecture and other big project works as investigated in this paper. However, if the safety measures are not followed properly and skillfully by the workers employed on the job sites, this machinery can contribute to fatal accidents. As a result, crane accidents will have an impact on all aspects of the construction project, particularly the high costs involved. These costs include project delays, medical expenses, safety training, and new hires. The purpose of the study is to determine the significant cost impacts of crane accidents in Malaysia among contractors. This is a quantitative data study that used a questionnaire to collect data. The questionnaires were distributed to 313 random sample respondents from G7 CIDB registered contractors in Kuala Lumpur, of which 38 of them were completed and returned. The data is then analysed using SPSS software. The findings indicated that crane accidents have three significant cost impacts namely costs of project delays, medical expenses, and repairing damages to completed works and adjacent buildings. All of these effects obtained a mean value greater than 3.5. In view of this, crane accidents must be taken absolutely and seriously by the construction parties concerned, particularly the contractor and the client, in order to avoid rising costs that may eventually result in project delays and overruns.
Design for Safety has been becoming increasingly important in the construction industry worldwide however it is limited in terms of integration into the undergraduate programmes curricula. Knowledge integration for Design for Safety is a necessity in order to instil a concept into the construction environment or culture. It is essential that the next generation of construction professionals learn about Design for Safety so that it can be incorporated into the culture of the industry. In order for a new concept to be successfully integrated into current Construction Designers programmes, the right and appropriate approach must be taken.. A primary focus of this paper was on the integration of the Design for Safety Body of Knowledge (DfSBoK) into undergraduate architectural and civil engineering degree programmes. Questionnaire was used as a method of data collection distribute to academicians from 26 universities that are accredited for the said programmes. The results, analysed by SPSS Statistics, found that academics are in agreement with both approaches, whether they are standalone or embedded in current courses. Despite the fact that the findings show that an embedded approach was a slightly higher approach that was preferred. In spite of this, this study suggest that a standalone strategy should be implemented because the academicians have a limited or nonexistent understanding of the concept in question. This finding significantly contribute considerably to the educational sector in overcoming challenges to incorporating design safety knowledge, namely for the architectural and civil engineering programmes respectively.
Delay of interim payment remains a chronic problem in the Malaysian construction industry and has relatively increased in number in recent years. Other than causing conflict among the contracting parties, the impacts it brings could shatter the entire delivery chain. Thus, the unfavorable contractual behavior of the client is a matter of great concern that should be addressed by all parties involved to ensure satisfactory project performance. However, research has revealed that the factor causing it is not solely because of the client's faults but also caused by other factors. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to determine the factors that lead to the occurrence of delay of interim payment in government-initiated civil engineering projects in Malaysia. The perceptions of civil engineer consultants and contractors were compared in relation to a list of factors derived from the literature review. The data were collected through an industry-wide questionnaire survey from 288 respondents. This research developed a list of 22 items that might influence the delay of interim payment based on four domains, namely project characteristics, quality of Standard Form of Contract (SFoC), external factors and participants and local attitude. The results found that the occurrence of delay of interim payment in civil engineering project is very high frequency. Correlation analysis performed revealed that the three major factors are positively correlated, namely project scope and design changes, ground uncertainty under the project characteristics domain, and bureaucracy in government agencies under the participants and local attitude domain. These results can help the project participants to better understand the relationship between the groups of factors and the delay of interim payment and encourage them to find solutions or implement mitigating actions to improve the outcomes of civil engineering project.
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