An analysis of construction productivity in Malaysia

Chia, Fah Choy; Skitmore, Martin; Runeson, Goran; Bridge, Adrian

doi:10.1080/01446193.2012.711910

Cited by 23 publications

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“…The models clearly did not predict the actual movement of the productivity index in this phase. This outcome supports the work by Chia et al (2012), which suggested that this type of forecast lags behind the actual movement of the data.…”

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“…In the context of this definition, construction labor productivity reflects the amount of output in a unit of labor and time. When the economic performance of construction becomes the focus of interest, the gross value or the value added of the production per employee over a certain time period is used to reflect the labor productivity, where the key economic indicators within the construction industry are collected in order to compute the productivity of the referenced region and time period (Li and Liu, 2010;Chia et al, 2012).…”

Section: Measurement Of Labor Productivitymentioning

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Construction labor productivity convergence: a conditional frontier approach

Liu

Mills

2016

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

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Purpose -Understanding and simulating construction activities is a vital issue from a macro-perspective, since construction is an important contributor in economic development. Although the construction labor productivity frontier has attracted much research effort, the temporal and regional characteristics have not yet been explored. The purpose of this paper is to investigate the long-run equilibrium and dynamics within construction development under a conditional frontier context. Design/methodology/approach -Analogous to the simplified production function, this research adopts the conditional frontier theory to investigate the convergence of construction labor productivity across regions and over time. Error correction models are implemented to identify the long-run equilibrium and dynamics of construction labor productivity against three types of convergence hypotheses, while a panel regression method is used to capture the regional heterogeneity. The developed models are applied to investigate and simulate the construction labor productivity in the Australian states and territories. Findings -The results suggest that construction labor productivity in Australia should converge to stable frontiers in a long-run perspective. The dynamics of the productivity are mainly caused by the technology utilization efficiency levels of the local construction industry, while the influences of changes in technology level and capital depending appear limited. Five regional clusters of the Australian construction labor productivity are suggested by the simulation results, including New South Wales; Australian Capital Territory; Northern Territory, Queensland, and Western Australia; South Australia; and Tasmania and Victoria. Originality/value -Three types of frontier of construction labor productivity is proposed. An econometric approach is developed to identify the convergence frontier of construction labor productivity across regions over time. The specified model can provides accurate predictions of the construction labor productivity.

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Section: Measurement Of Labor Productivitymentioning

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Construction labor productivity convergence: a conditional frontier approach

Liu

Mills

2016

Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management

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“…In recent years, the idea of mechanisation and automation was proposed for the future of IBS construction in Malaysia. The tendency of high quality and precision has been highlighted as the marketing This strategy in the field of automation can reduce dependency on unskilled labour (Chia et al, 2012) and poor quality in the construction industries (Haron et al, 2014). Although robotics and automation have already become common in other countries such as Japan, Australia, and Europe, the business model is still at its infancy stage, especially in Malaysia.…”

Section: Mechanisation and Automationmentioning

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A thematic Review on Industrialised Building System (IBS) Publications from 2015-2019: Analysis of Patterns and Trends for Future Studies of IBS in Malaysia

Zairul¹

2021

JSSH

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IBS has been theoretically and practically proven to improve the construction delivery apart from reducing the lead of time and cost throughout its supply chain. Under the Malaysian Construction Industry Transformation Programme (CITP) 2016-2020, it is stated that the government is accelerating the adoption of IBS through mechanisation and modern practices. Despite the government’s initiative, there have been relatively small amounts of materials published discussing the patterns in IBS publications in Malaysia and what the future holds for IBS. This paper explores a thematic review of the literature regarding new definitions and patterns that juxtaposes IBS in the construction industry in Malaysia from 2015 till 2019 by using the thematic review. The findings from the code-to-document analysis using ATLAS.ti 8 found that the patterns and trends on IBS from the year 2015 to 2019. This paper contributes to analysing the patterns and trends of IBS by identifying the thematic code within IBS publications for recommendations of future studies on IBS in Malaysia.

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“…Data obtained in previous studies indicate that variability, which is non-uniformity in building processes, always degrades the performance and productivity measures in construction projects (Moyal 2010, Chia, et al 2012. Existing strategies are discussed in this section:…”

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A new approach for modelling variability in residential construction projects

Arashpour

Wakefield

Blismas

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CEB

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The construction industry is plagued by long cycle times caused by variability in the supply chain. Variations or undesirable situations are the result of factors such as non-standard practices, work site accidents, inclement weather conditions and faults in design. This paper uses a new approach for modelling variability in construction by linking relative variability indicators to processes. The mass homebuilding sector was chosen as the scope of the analysis because data is readily available. Numerous simulation experiments were designed by varying size of capacity buffers in front of trade contractors, availability of trade contractors, and level of variability in homebuilding processes. The measurements were shown to lead to an accurate determination of relationships between these factors and production parameters. The variability indicator was found to dramatically affect the tangible performance measures such as home completion rates. This study provides for future analysis of the production homebuilding sector, which may lead to improvements in performance and a faster product delivery to homebuyers.

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An analysis of construction productivity in Malaysia

Cited by 23 publications

References 8 publications

Construction labor productivity convergence: a conditional frontier approach

Construction labor productivity convergence: a conditional frontier approach

A thematic Review on Industrialised Building System (IBS) Publications from 2015-2019: Analysis of Patterns and Trends for Future Studies of IBS in Malaysia

A new approach for modelling variability in residential construction projects

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