Categorization of Saudi Arabia’s construction delay factors using factor analysis technique

Rahman, Ismail Abdul; Al-Emad, Nashwan; Nagapan, Sasitharan

doi:10.1201/b21942-35

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“…In addition, the construction industry, by its nature, drastically contributes to several types of pollution [32]. Dust pollution and distribution of particulate matter are a critical challenge for building projects in urban areas [33].…”

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“…In addition to sedimentation, construction activities release oils, paints, volatile organic compounds (VOCs), glues, diesel, cement, and other toxic chemicals to water and adversely impact the environment and social well-being [36]. In addition, the construction industry, by its nature, drastically contributes to several types of pollution [32]. Dust pollution and distribution of particulate matter are a critical challenge for building projects in urban areas [33].…”

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“…This method has been extensively used in similar studies, where multiple variables are involved and reducing the variables would make it easier to study the important variables more effectively. Examples of the application of the PCA method can be found in numerous construction studies [32,[77][78][79].…”

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Identifying the Key Barriers to Promote Sustainable Construction in the United States: A Principal Component Analysis

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The need to build more facilities has intensified the inherited adverse impacts of the construction industry on the triple bottom lines of sustainability (i.e., people, planet, and profit). The current practice of sustainability in the construction industry is far from reaching the targeted green goals. In order to foster these endeavors, this study aims to explore sustainable construction barriers in the United States. To achieve the objective, first, 12 sustainability barriers were identified based on an excessive and comprehensive literature review and solicitation of experts’ opinions to validate the barriers. Next, a questionnaire survey was developed and distributed among 135 industry professionals to evaluate the relative importance of factors. To offer a practical solution, principal component analysis (PCA) was used to analyze the data and find the most effective barriers. The results show that four major barriers, including (1) pre-construction constraints, (2) managerial constraints, (3) legislative constraints, and (4) financial and planning constraints are the most influential challenges that the industry faces to foster sustainable construction. Practical solutions are suggested to tackle sustainable construction barriers. The findings of this study are beneficial to the architecture, engineering, and construction (AEC) industry members along with owners and policymakers.

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“…On the other hand, construction industry is facing financial challenges due to increase of military expenditure, fall in oil prices, weakening financial position of the country, youth unemployment and dwindling financial reserves. Besides, the construction industry of Saudi Arabia is facing chronic problems such as delay, cost overrun (Alotaibi et al, 2014;Rahman et al, 2016b;Elawi et al, 2016), poor safety (Baxendale & Jones, 2000;Rachel, 2006;Nahmens and Ikuma, 2009) and poor quality (Marosszeky et al, 2002;Hussin et al, 2012).…”

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Construction Workers’ Issues from Worldwide and Saudi Arabia Studies

Al-Emad¹,

Rahman²

2021

IJSCET

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Majority of the construction workers in Saudi Arabia are foreigners from several countries such as India, Pakistan, Bangladesh and others. These foreign workers are facing issues not only regarding construction demanding tasks but also facing social and climate adaptions. This review paper compiles previous research works related to construction workers issues which were carried out worldwide including Saudi Arabia. It able to extract 63 issues from worldwide studies and narrowed it to 45 issues for Saudi Arabia situation. With the issues from Saudi Arabia, it was clustered into 2 main categories which are technical and non-technical related issues. In technical category, 15 issues were assigned to 4 groups while for non-technical category, 30 issues were assigned to 7 groups. Based on frequency analysis, the 3 most frequent construction workers’ issues from worldwide studies are shortage of skilled labours, low productivity level and lack of experience. While from Saudi Arabia studies the 3 most frequent construction workers’ issues for both technical and non-technical groups are shortage of skilled labours, low productivity level, unqualified workforce and personal conflicts among labours, absenteeism of labours, discrimination based on nationality respectively. These preliminary findings serve as a basis for further investigation related to construction workers issues in the construction industry of Saudi Arabia.

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Rating the significance of the factors influencing shortage of skilled labours for sustainable construction: a perception of Makkah construction practitioner

Alshahrani

Alaboud

Leje

et al. 2023

J. Umm Al-Qura Univ. Eng.Archit.

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The construction industry is one of the main economic sectors that contribute significantly to social and economic development. However, the lack of skilled labour is one of the factors affecting the success of projects in the construction industry. Skilled labours are the potential for enhancing overall delivery of construction projects to achieve sustainability. Building and construction industry in Makkah has continued to respond to shortages of skilled labours. Hence, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the importance of factors influencing the shortage of skilled labours from the perceptions of construction practitioners. In order to achieve the aims and objectives of this study, the quantitative descriptive method was adopted for this research study, and data for this study was collected through a stratified random sample of construction practitioners in Makkah. Data were first analysed by way of Analysis of Variance (ANOVA), followed by Relative Importance Index (RII) for ranking comparison among the construction practitioners. The results of RII indicates that the significant factors influencing the shortage of skilled labours in Makkah include delay in salary payment, low wages structure, lack of motivation system, health and safety issues on construction sites, lack of job security, bad relations between skilled labours and management team, poor living conditions, Slow recruitment of skilled labours, restricted government regulations, and exposure of climate conditions. The findings revealed that the factors rated are required for organisational performances which are essential in achieving sustainable building and construction in Makkah.

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Categorization of Saudi Arabia’s construction delay factors using factor analysis technique

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Identifying the Key Barriers to Promote Sustainable Construction in the United States: A Principal Component Analysis

Identifying the Key Barriers to Promote Sustainable Construction in the United States: A Principal Component Analysis

Construction Workers’ Issues from Worldwide and Saudi Arabia Studies

Rating the significance of the factors influencing shortage of skilled labours for sustainable construction: a perception of Makkah construction practitioner

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