Mandor, for Solving Competitive Construction Business in Indonesia

Abstract

Abstract-In the construction industry in Indonesia, building contractors are very much depend on mandor. The mandor is a person who also has capability to hire people to work together for a certain time, certain location and certain purpose at construction project. Mandor is not quite the same as foreman. In line with construction activities growth in urban area, demand for qualified building contractor is necessity. Building contractor is a company which has a contract to develop a building construction. Collaboration of best contractor and best mandor is the answer. The question is how to make the best mandor and best contractor.

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“…Furthermore, there is a cultural shift in the recent decade where workers do not just follow one foreman or mandor (Lukiyanto et.al, 2015b). Rahardjo & Bermawi (2014) define that "The mandor is a person who has the capability to hire people to work together for a certain time, certain location and for a certain purpose at a construction project." This is due to the fact that first, construction employees working as regular jobs cannot rely on just one foreman/mandor to get a job and fulfil their daily needs.…”

“…The low level of formal certification resonates with the informality culture of the payment and employment of construction workers. On the employment side, a contractor never has a legal contract with workers (Rahardjo & Bermawi, 2014) and always put them as freelance workers (Stevia Lukmanasari & Soemardi, 2016). On the payment side, a contractor delegates this matter to a mandor who functions as a labor provider dan a labor coordinator (Lukiyanto et al, 2015a).…”