Contractors perspective toward factors affecting labor productivity in building construction

Mahamid, Ibrahim

doi:10.1108/ecam-08-2011-0074

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“…Increases in land-use regulation [19] Equipment, drawing, tools, availability of material, weather condition [20], [14], [21], [22] Labour management, rework, material, confined working space, tools [23], [24] Delays in inspection, decision taking, material, rework, tools and equipment [24]- [26] Absenteeism, Rework and lack of material [9] [27], [ Project management, planning and scheduling, top management support, rework [7], [37], [38] Coordination among all team members, leadership, top management support, the flow of funds, budget update, coordination and communication, timely feedback, and owner's competence and favourable climatic condition.…”

Section: Table 1 Attributes Affecting On-site Construction Productivimentioning

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Critical analysis of factors affecting the on-site productivity in Indian construction industry

Dixit¹,

Mandal²,

Thanikal³

et al. 2018

Creative Construction Conference 2018 - Proceedings

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The growth in construction productivity is low and do not continue for a long span of time. The purpose of the present research paper is to identify the factors affecting the on-site construction productivity, from the literature review and through a focused interview with industry professionals. The most relevant 18 attributes have been finalized for the study, and a total of 154 complete data collection is targeted for the study form major contractors, developers and consultants throughout India. The convenient sampling technique is used to collect the data. The collected data has been analyzed using relative importance index (RII) to priorities the variable on the basis of their relative importance. The findings of the study conclude that the most significant 3 attributes affecting on-site construction productivity are planning and scheduling, availability of material, and storage area for a material having a relative value of 0.78, 0.76, and 0.75 respectively. SPSS 21 software tool has been used to check the reliability of the data and to perform factor analysis. The factors are site management, competency management, commitment and coordination management, resource management, and planning explains a variance of 15%, 11.5%, 10.3, 9.1, and 7.1% respectively. The research paper attempts to provide an insight and better understanding of the factors affecting on-site construction productivity in India and the ways and means to control and improve construction productivity of construction projects.

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Section: Table 1 Attributes Affecting On-site Construction Productivimentioning

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Critical analysis of factors affecting the on-site productivity in Indian construction industry

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Mandal²,

Thanikal³

et al. 2018

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“…Labor productivity is simply defined as the amount of work done by craft workers within a certain period of time [5,8]. On the other side, construction projects are conducted locally and hence, in every project working conditions and project participants changes from region to region [9].…”

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“…Although construction industry has made a significant progress by developing new methods, equipment and materials labor productivity still dominates the production [3]. The time and cost performance of a construction project mainly depends on the labor productivity [4,5]. Especially, a reliable schedule can only be created by using real-like labor productivity values.…”

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Comparison of Labor Productivity Perspectives of Project Managers and Craft Workers in Turkish Construction Industry

Kazaz

Acikara

2015

Procedia Computer Science

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The success of a construction project mainly depends on the management of the highly correlated inputs like labor-force, materials and capital. Since labor-force varies from region to region, it contains many uncertainties. Therefore, among these inputs laborforce is the most difficult one to manage. In this sense, it is important to determine the factors affecting labor-productivity to manage labor-force effectively. In the literature there are many studies in which the factors were identified from the managers' perspectives. In this study, it was argued that craft workers have the biggest impact on labor productivity and hence, their opinion should also be considered during identifying these factors. According to this argument in this study it was aimed to compare labor productivity perspectives of managers and craft workers. In this context, a previously used questionnaire to evaluate construction managers' perspectives by Kazaz et.al [1] was applied to craft workers. The results revealed that, despite the difference of the priorities of managers and craft workers, the most influential factors that affect labor productivity were grouped under organizational factors.

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“…Increases in land-use regulation [38] Equipment, drawing, tools, availability of material, weather condition [39], [40], [41], [42] Labour management, rework, material, confined working space, tools [34], [43] Delays in inspection, decision taking, material, rework, tools and equipment [43]- [45] Absenteeism, Rework and lack of material [46], [47] Shop drawings, equipment's, motivation and support, scheduling, material [48] Revision in drawings, delays in inspection, competency of supervisor, martial availability [43] Project management, planning and scheduling, top management support, rework [49], [50], [21] Coordination among all team members, leadership, top management support, the flow of funds, budget update, coordination and communication, timely feedback, and owner's competence and favourable climatic condition.…”

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“…[51], [55][26] [56] [52] Availability of material, the experience of labour, skill set and training, communication, the financial position of the client [57][26], [40] 3. Research Methodology 3.1 Questionnaire survey To investigate the impact of construction productivity on the performance of construction project a structured questionnaire survey method was adopted.…”

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Construction productivity and construction project performance in Indian construction projects

Dixit¹,

Mandal²,

Thanikal³

et al. 2018

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In order to ensure the performance of a project, it should be defined in terms of some measurable key parameters. Past researchers have identified project performance parameters such as cost, safety, construction productivity, and quality. Amongst all of them, construction productivity is one of the most reliable parameters of project performance. Performance can be measured at various levels including sector, organization, activity and project level in projectbased organizations. The methodology adopted to conduct the study is to collect the data through a structured questionnaire survey using convenient sampling technique. The number of variables selected from the literature for the study is 26 and the targeted data collection for the study is 125.The collected data has been analyzed using relative importance index (RII) to priorities the variables on the basis of their relative importance. The findings of the study concludes that the most significant 3 attributes impacting CPP are projected coordination meetings, coordination between all stakeholders, and top management support to PM having a relative value of 0.84, 0.82, and 0.69 respectively. SPSS 21 software tool has been used to check the reliability of the data and to perform factor analysis and the factors are pre-construction management, financial management, socio-economic management, coordination and communication management, resource management, commercial management, site management, and rework explains a variance of 14%, 10. 3%, 9.1%, 7.1%, 6.3%, 6%, 5%,and 4.3% respectively.

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Contractors perspective toward factors affecting labor productivity in building construction

Cited by 86 publications

References 13 publications

Critical analysis of factors affecting the on-site productivity in Indian construction industry

Critical analysis of factors affecting the on-site productivity in Indian construction industry

Comparison of Labor Productivity Perspectives of Project Managers and Craft Workers in Turkish Construction Industry

Construction productivity and construction project performance in Indian construction projects

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