Immigration and Construction: Analysis of the Impact of Immigration on Construction Project Costs

Golden, Sabrina Kay

doi:10.1061/(asce)me.1943-5479.0000021

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“…Twenty-five percent of general construction laborers are illegal in the USA [99]. Another study by Golden and Skibniewski [106] claimed that 19% of all illegal immigrants (about 11 million) work in the construction industry that comprised around 14% of all construction employees. In Washington D.C. metropolitan area, about 55% of low-skilled construction workforces are illegal.…”

Section: Issues With Shortage Of Construction Labormentioning

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A Review of 3D Printing in Construction and its Impact on the Labor Market

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Construction industry is very labor-intensive and one of the major sources of employment in the world. The industry is experiencing low productivity with minimum technological innovations for decades. In recent times, various automation technologies including 3D printing have received increasing interests in construction. 3D printing in construction is found to be very promising to automate the construction processes and have the potential of saving laborious work, material waste, construction time, risky operation for humans, etc. There has been a comprehensive body of research conducted to understand the recent advances, future prospects and challenges of large-scale adoption of 3D printing in construction projects. Being one the labor-intensive industries, this study also investigates the possible impact on the labor market with increasing adoption of 3D printing in construction. It is found that 3D printing can reduce significant number of labors which can solve the labor shortage problem, especially for the countries where construction is heavily dependent on immigrant workers. In contrast, 3D printing might not be favorable for the countries where construction is one of the main workforces and labor is less expensive. Moreover, 3D construction printing will also require people with special skills related to this new technology.

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“…The literature review carried out in preparing this article revealed that crime in the AEC-industry typically has been examined according to specific perspectives, notably corruption research (Locatelli et al, 2017;Owusu et al, 2017), research on workplace related crime (CIOB, 2009;Golden and Skibniewski, 2010;Zhang et al, 2014;Zitkiene et al, 2016), so-called social dumping (Bengtsson, 2014;Bernaciak, 2016;Fromentin, 2016) and tax evasion schemes (Barth et al, 2008;Behling and Harvey, 2015). A notable exception to this is the momentous work of Williams et al (Williams, 2005;2008;2009a;b;Williams and Nadin, 2012;Williams and Horodnic, 2015), who through a long series of publications have scrutinized what can be called grey zones, that is, patterns of action where criminal and legal activities intertwine.…”

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Reputation Management in the AEC-industry after Work-related Crime

Engebø

Iversen

Houck

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Period. Polytech. Arch.

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Construction companies can be difficult to manage because of complex supply chains, autonomous project managers aiming to maximize net profit, heavy emphasis on price, etc. Another particularity, namely the construction companies' vulnerability for work-related crime, does not receive sufficient attention in the project management literature. In order to study how two major Norwegian contractors managed to safeguard their reputation in the aftermath of the discovery of tax crime and money laundering within their projects, this paper investigates the following research questions: 1) What are the main challenges regarding work-related crime? and 2) How do contractors manage their professional reputation and public image in the aftermath of exposed work-related crime?This is an exploratory study starting with a literature review, followed by a case study consisting of a document study and 12 semi-structured in-depth interviews with representatives on the strategic level. Work-related crime could have a devastating effect on a contractor's reputation. Reputation is perceived to be a vital catalyst for contractors that want to continue in business and conduct projects for reputable clients. Therefore, the most important measure will be to deliver projects according to the agreed price and quality, within the scheduled time, while not compromising either the contract, all the legal jurisdictions aspects or ethical standards. In these particular cases, the contractors perceived their reputation as remaining untarnished due to their successful ad-hoc reputation management. However, the contractors have to do more than just distancing themselves. They must actively prevent criminal actors from entering their projects. This paper is a revised version of the paper (study) published earlier in the proceedings of the Creative Construction Conference 2018 (Engebø et al., 2018).

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“…Whilst importing labor represents an alternative policy to building new recruit training capacity, it also represents a short-term flexible measure for the government/ industry to meet labor demands (Golden and Skibniewski 2010). Lee (1999) postulated that the import of labor should only become operational when: (a) local workers have been given priority in filling job vacancies; and/ or (b) employers are genuinely unable to recruit local workers to fill these vacancies.…”

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Dynamic Modeling of Workforce Planning for Infrastructure Projects

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Workforce planning (WP) for infrastructure projects provides a readily available pool of skilled labor that can deliver a nation's societal needs. However, achieving a robust and reliable workforce prediction is a constant challenge, as a variety of variables and factors must be considered. Despite various forecasting techniques and approaches being developed, Government's worldwide continue to produce inaccurate forecasts and consequently fail to maintain a balanced workforce required to deliver infrastructure projects. To address this problem, a system dynamics (SD) model for the construction and civil engineering industry is developed, as traditional WP modelling approaches are static and unable to accommodate the changing complex dynamics that influence workforce supply and demand. The SD model is tested and used to formulate training policies that ensure workforce equilibrium and in turn, nurture sustainable infrastructure development.

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Immigration and Construction: Analysis of the Impact of Immigration on Construction Project Costs

Cited by 13 publications

References 11 publications

A Review of 3D Printing in Construction and its Impact on the Labor Market

A Review of 3D Printing in Construction and its Impact on the Labor Market

Reputation Management in the AEC-industry after Work-related Crime

Dynamic Modeling of Workforce Planning for Infrastructure Projects

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