Factors Affecting Construction Labor Productivity in Kuwait

Jarkas, Abdulaziz M.; Bitar, Camille G.

doi:10.1061/(asce)co.1943-7862.0000501

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Section: Significance Limitations and Areas For Further Researchmentioning

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“…Previous studies have shown that identifying significant factors causing a problem is critical to improving professional practice in the industry (see Hon et al, 2013;Jarkas and 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 The study has identified 'unclear objectives', 'ineffective reporting system' and 'poor leadership' are the main barriers to effective communication in Nigerian construction projects.…”

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Nigeria’s construction industry: barriers to effective communication

Ejohwomu

Oshodi

Lam

2017

ECAM

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Practical implications -The results provide information on barriers which needs to be addressed in order to improve communication in construction projects in Nigeria. There is a need to conduct post-completion reviews of construction projects so that project team members can learn and share knowledge on past experiences. Although the present study was conducted in the Nigerian context, it is envisaged that the research outcome will be widely applicable to other developing countries. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 INTRODUCTIONPoor performance of construction projects remain a major problem in both developing and developed countries (Flyvbjerg et al., 2003). Almost every publication in the field of construction management reiterates this concern. Although Toor and Ogunlana (2010) have suggested the need to use other metrics (such as safety, stakeholder satisfaction, etc.) to evaluate performance of construction projects; cost, time and quality largely remains the most popular performance indicators. Despite the existence of several studies addressing poor performance of construction projects Ramanathan et al., 2012), it is evident that this remains a re-occurring problem. Empirical evidence from a previous study suggests that ineffective communication among stakeholders is a significant factor responsible for poor performance of construction projects (Atkinson, 2002;Ng et al., 2004). In a similar vein, Meng 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 The remainder of this report is structured into four sections. First, a review of literature, attribution theory and theoretical framework is presented in the next section. The underlying science that guides the choice of research method and the procedures of conducting the study is explained in the research methods section. This is preceded by data analysis in section three and findings of cross-sectional survey on communication practices in section four. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 51 52 53 54 55 56 57 58 59 60 r i n g , C o n s t r u c t i o n a n d A r c h i t e c t u r a l M a n a g methods. It was found that project type, project briefing and time are major factors that reduce the effectiveness of communication in construction projects. Similarly, Pietrofort...

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Section: Significance Limitations and Areas For Further Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Significance Limitations and Areas For Further Researchmentioning

confidence: 99%

Nigeria’s construction industry: barriers to effective communication

Ejohwomu

Oshodi

Lam

2017

ECAM

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“…This occurs as the workers need longer time and effort to retrieve materials. Due to this, it only wasting workers' energy and may end up physically fatigue [55]. On the contrary, with appropriate site storage, workers energy can be productively used to perform task under progress.…”

Section: Productivitymentioning

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“…With efficient movement of materials, it increases productivity whilst reduces material travel time [19,32]. The accessibility of site and unconfined working space also affects workers' productivity [55]. Besides, the availability of material and equipment motivated workers to improve work productivity [10].…”

Section: Productivitymentioning

confidence: 99%

A Review on Implication of Material Management to Project Performance

Jusoh

Kasim

2016

MATEC Web Conf.

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Abstract. Material management is an important element in project management as materials contribute a major portion to total project cost. It also plays a key role because of the successes of every construction project rely on having proper resources. Thus, it gives implication on project performance. Despite the importance of material management to project performance, there are limited numbers of research available related to this topic. Therefore, the aim of this paper is to identify the effects factors of material management on project performance. Literature from books, journal articles and conferences papers related to this topic are reviewed. In conclusion, exploring the implication of material management towards project performance will benefit construction players in improving the efficiency of material management in order to minimize the impacts on construction projects performance.

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“…Moreover, sometimes about 50 percent of the total cost of project is consumed for labor; thus, focus on increase in productivity can lead to a big save in overall costs [5,6]. Project processes are highly a ected by labor productivity due to the dependence of cost estimating, scheduling, and operation plan on the labor productivity.…”

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Modeling Labor Productivity in Construction Projects using Hybrid SD-DES Approach

2017

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Abstract. Labor productivity is one of the most signi cant factors in the evaluation of the performance of construction projects. Improvement of labor productivity is believed to have direct impact on outperformance of the project. This research argues about a hybrid SD-DES approach to model labor productivity considering the e ects of both the context and operational level factors. The complex inter-related structure of di erent context factors a ecting the labor productivity is modeled using System Dynamics (SD) approach. Discrete Event Simulation (DES) is implemented to model the operational variables and their e ects on labor productivity. Using the proposed hybrid SD-DES model, the labor productivity can be determined more precisely since the e ects of both context and operational variables are taken into account. The proposed hybrid model is implemented in a real-world case and the value of labor productivity is simulated considering the e ects of both context and operational variables.

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Factors Affecting Construction Labor Productivity in Kuwait

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Nigeria’s construction industry: barriers to effective communication

Nigeria’s construction industry: barriers to effective communication

A Review on Implication of Material Management to Project Performance

Modeling Labor Productivity in Construction Projects using Hybrid SD-DES Approach

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