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{"title":"CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DELAY DUE TO THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC","authors":"Z. N, Mohd Nasir S.R","doi":"10.22452/jscp.sp2022no1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.sp2022no1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic that hit the whole world has harmed several industries including the construction industry. It has caused the operation of the construction industry had to be stopped for a while because the construction industry is reported to be one of the industries with a high risk of COVID-19 virus transmission. Due to that, many construction projects were delayed as a result of series of movement control orders by the government. The purpose of this study is to identify the main contributor factors to project delay due to Covid-19. In addition, this study identifies the mitigation actions to overcome the delays for building construction project in Malaysia. Quantitative method was used and online questionnaire survey were distributed to the target respondents involves clients, consultants, and contractors. The research area covers the conurbation of Klang Valley, Great Penang, and Iskandar city as these areas contain about a third of the overall country’s population (Chin et al., 2019). In addition, the number of construction companies as at March 2021 located in Klang Valley, Johor and Penang are 1672, 653 and 323 respectively (CIDB, 2021). Relative Important Index (RII) and correlation analysis were used to analyse the data obtained from the survey. The finding of this study identifies the main factors contribute to delay during COVID-19 pandemic are delay in material delivery; delay in decision making by the consultants; delay in revising and approving document; and unclear of Standard of Procedure (SOP) instructions by the government. As a result, project is suffering with cost overrun and the loss of skilled and unskilled labours. In order to overcome delay, the findings suggest that proper planning and rescheduling; systematic and clear communication; getting help from government aid and completing worker’s overdue payment are among the mitigation actions proposed by the respondents. The finding of this study shed light in preventing unnecessary delays in construction project due to the unpredictable pandemic by identifying the factors and impact of delays to improve the awareness of pandemic effect to the construction project. The outcome of the research study can be used as a guidance to help the construction practitioners especially for the clients, consultants, and contractors to monitor and act in the future construction activities to avoid unnecessary project delays when facing unpredictable pandemic in the future.","PeriodicalId":372016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property","volume":"48 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"120955032","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INVESTIGATING THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN ACTIVE LEADERSHIP AND CONSTRUCTION RISK MANAGEMENT AMONG CONTRACTORS IN KINGDOM OF SAUDI ARABIA","authors":"Muhammad Abdul Rehman, Md Sayuti Bin Ishak","doi":"10.22452/jscp.sp2022no1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.sp2022no1.4","url":null,"abstract":"Contractors have given importance to risks in the construction process as it causes time and cost overrun, delays and total desertion in activities and events present in the construction project. The uncertainty in the completion time, cost and quality during construction relates to construction risks. One important factor to deal with construction project complexities is active leadership. Present research examines the significant relation of active leadership on construction risk management associated with contractors working in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA). Based on Organization Control theory, current research (quantitative in nature) discusses the influence of active leadership on construction risk management with the moderation role of government acts, laws and policies among 303 big size company (> 250 number of employees) contractors working in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) using PLS-SEM technique. Survey questionnaires were distributed with valid response rate of 82% using 5 point Likert scale. PLS-SEM is a composite based approach, which provides parameter estimation with high efficiency and increased statistical power for analyzing complex models. It is a causal-predictive method approach in which data distribution assumption is not taken into account for estimation of complex models which contains various constructs with variable indicators and structural paths. Results depict that government acts, laws and policies and active leadership positively influence construction risk management. In addition, moderation of government acts, laws and policies has positive relation among active leadership and construction risk management. It is difficult to control power in term of risk occurrence and low practice of government acts, laws and policies results high level of risk occurrence reducing efficiency of delivery output resulting construction risk management less effective. The reduction in risk occurrence during construction phase of project is supported by active leadership with lengthening the theory by inspecting extensive construction project risk ranges which includes equipment and labor risk, finance risk, design risk, material risk and administrative or management risk making organization effective. Organizational management can reduce risk occurrence within project by building conditions for enhancing active leadership among their employees.","PeriodicalId":372016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property","volume":"43 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"124425727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"INDUSTRY 4.0 FOR THE SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISES IN THE MALAYSIAN CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY","authors":"Mohd Afiq Azinuddin Bin Tayib, N. Bakhary, C. K. C. Che Ibrahim, N. Mustaffa","doi":"10.22452/jscp.sp2022no1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.sp2022no1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Industry 4.0 (IR 4.0) is becoming a trend in a plethora of sectors despite being used for the manufacturing industry. The concept has even attracted the attention of the construction sector yet despite that, the construction industry still favours conservative technology and is reluctant in incorporating new concepts into their practices. In order to adopt this concept for the construction industry, the main focuses should be placed upon the small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) since they act as a critical part in influencing the economy. Thus, the objectives of this paper are to determine the challenges faced by SMEs in adopting IR 4.0 in the Malaysian construction industry, propose the enablers of IR 4.0 for the Malaysian construction industry, investigate the readiness of SMEs in the Malaysian construction industry and identify the methods to successfully implement IR 4.0 for the construction SMEs. This study employed a survey questionnaire distributed amongst 380 local contractors and consultants around the Klang Valley and the collected data shall be analysed for descriptive statistics. The survey questionnaire had a 40.3% response rate and the results indicates that the main challenges in utilizing the IR 4.0 concept for the SMEs were the lack of financial resources, absence of a process change strategy and low experiences in utilizing skilled applications and technologies. The common enablers of IR 4.0 in the construction industry agreed by the respondents in the questionnaire were Building Information Modelling (BIM), modularization or prefabrication and augmented, virtual or mixed reality (AR/VR/MR). The readiness of the SMEs in implementing IR 4.0 were high in the aspects of modelling and simulation, prefabrication and having good access to internet. They agreed that having a regulatory framework and roadmaps for IR 4.0 adoption, doing necessary trainings to upskill and reskill, and strengthen the workforces’ knowledge in regards to IR 4.0 were one of the ways to improve the success for implementing IR 4.0. The results from this research will help to produce a robust framework later to hasten the adoption of IR 4.0 for the SMEs in the construction sector.","PeriodicalId":372016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property","volume":"42 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"133849333","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"ENHANCING COMPETENCIES OF QUANTITY SURVEYORS IN COST MANAGEMENT OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES","authors":"V. Arowoiya, O. Akinradewo, Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke","doi":"10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.3","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.3","url":null,"abstract":"Quantity surveyors (QS) play an important role in any construction projects such as mechanical and electrical (M&E) projects but there has been less participation of the profession. The study is aimed at improving QS competencies to provide better cost management for M&E services. A mixed methodology was used for this study, the questionnaire was structured on a five-point Likert scale to elicit the opinion of respondents. Semi-structured interviews were also conducted with some experts in M&E services who have met some criteria for selection. Descriptive and Inferential statistical method was used in the analysis of data collected. The most important strategies for the cost management of M&E projects were site exposure of QS to M&E works, advanced educational training of M&E services, as well as improvement of QS curriculum to multidimensional needs and expected standard for M&E, works. Kruskal Wallis was adopted to examine the difference in the opinions of professionals. The results showed that all the professionals have different opinions for all the variables except for the QS curriculum should be updated to multidimensional needs and expected standard M&E works. The study concluded that for the competencies of quantity surveyors to be enhanced, there is a need for exposure to M&E works and training should meet up to the expected standard of client needs. The study recommends that academic institutions and professional bodies should update the curriculum to the multi-dimensional needs of clients so that graduate QSs will be able to face the challenges and threats in the industry.","PeriodicalId":372016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property","volume":"46 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"132942899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"THE IMPORTANCE AND USE OF KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS OF KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT IN QUANTITY SURVEYING FIRMS IN NIGERIA","authors":"T. Adegbembo","doi":"10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.5","url":null,"abstract":"Quantity surveying firms in Nigeria are performing poorly and Knowledge Management (KM) has been identified as crucial to the survival of organisations, so measuring the KM of a firm is fundamental to the success of KM and the firm at large. Therefore, the study aims to assess the Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) for measuring KM in Quantity Surveying Firms (QSFs) with a view to ascertain the KPI important and used by QSFs in Nigeria. The study adopted the survey research design where quantitative data was collected through the use of a structured questionnaire on a 5 Likert scale. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used to analyse the data collected and the result discussed. A total of 86 questionnaires were retrieved out of the 134 distributed making the response rate 64% and all were deemed fit for analysis. The reliability of the questionnaire was tested and the Cronbach Alpha test gave a value of 0.888 which makes the data fit for analysis. Mean Item Score (MIS) was used to rank the factors while quadrant analysis was used to compare the rate of importance with the rate of use of the identified KPI. Findings indicate that both usefulness of stored knowledge and knowledge exchange that led to innovation was the most important and used performance indicators in QSFs while distributed incentives, classifications in databases, and other contributions are the least important and used by QSFs. This implies that QSFs reuse the knowledge stored in their databases as they find the knowledge stored very useful. Also, the firms make use of the knowledge they acquire from each other to develop innovations within the organisation.","PeriodicalId":372016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property","volume":"31 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"123057675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"SKILLS REQUIREMENTS FOR QUANTITY SURVEYORS’ COMPETENCIES IN COST MANAGEMENT OF MECHANICAL AND ELECTRICAL SERVICES","authors":"V. Arowoiya, O. Akinradewo","doi":"10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.2","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.2","url":null,"abstract":"Skills are abilities that are being possessed by a person to perform well in a specified job. This can be acquired or developed through training or experience in the field. The study is aimed at assessing skills needed by Quantity surveyors (QSs) in cost management of Mechanical and Electrical (M&E) services so that competency level can be improved. The quantitative research method was adopted for this study and the questionnaires were sent to experts in M&E services in the study area. Snowballing and purposive sampling techniques were used in selecting those experts. Bar chart, Mean Item Score, Gap analysis, Spearman correlation, Kruskal Wallis test was used in analyzing the retrieved data. The most important rated skills are Quantification, Valuation, Numerical, Critical thinking, and Documentation. QSs perform better in generic skills to technical skills where numerical, documentation and communication were rated highest. Gap analysis revealed that the possessed level of skills is less compare to the expected except in communication and computer skills. The findings revealed that there is a moderate relationship between the importance and performance of QSs in those skills. The results showed that there were ten out of eighteen skills with no significant difference while the other eight has a significant difference in the opinions of professionals. The study concluded that skills are very important to improve the competency level of any profession, especially in M&E services. It is therefore recommended that QSs should not shun continuous training like symposium, workshops and seminars to keep themselves abreast of how well to manage M&E services and also to further improve themselves in less performed skills. These had a wide gap between the importance and the performance rating.","PeriodicalId":372016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property","volume":"1 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"131326079","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"AN ASSESSMENT OF THE IMPACT OF THE CONSTRUCTION SECTOR ON THE GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT (GDP) OF NIGERIA","authors":"S. N., Adegbembo T F","doi":"10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.4","url":null,"abstract":"The construction sector makes significant contribution to employment, domestic capital formation and the Gross Domestic Product (GDP). However, the Nigerian Construction Sector (NCS) is beset by a number of challenges including over-dependent on foreign inputs, economic volatility, low linkages and poor project cost and time performance. The study investigates the impact of the construction sector on the GDP using a 47-year annualized Time Series Data (TSD) gotten from the United Nations Statistics Department (UNSD) database. The study employs econometric methodology which involves series of tests and procedures including tests for unit root and cointegration and Polynomial Distributed Lag (PDL) model. The summary of the estimates including the PDL indicate significant effect of the construction sector on the GDP only when the lag of the GDP is not included as one of the regressors. The study concludes that the effect of the construction sector on the GDP is not robust. Finally, the study recommends for a new national housing and transport infrastructure policy for the sustainable development of the Nigerian constructed infrastructure facilities. The study has demonstrated the relationship between the NCS and GDP. The study added to the body of knowledge by using time series data involving the use of distributed lag model (DLM), autoregressive distributed lag (ADL) model and polynomial distributed lag (PDL) model to assess the relationship.","PeriodicalId":372016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property","volume":"26 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"134604742","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}

{"title":"CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS FOR AFFORDABLE HOUSING: EVIDENCE FROM LOWER-MIDDLE INCOME AND HIGH-INCOME ECONOMIES","authors":"Mona N. Shah, Emma Mulliner, T. .. Singh, A. K. Ahuja","doi":"10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.1","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.22452/jscp.vol13no1.1","url":null,"abstract":"The provision of affordable housing is a pressing challenge that exists around the globe. Successful completion of affordable housing projects is, therefore, of great significance in both developed and developing countries. The primary objective of this paper is to identify the Critical Success Factors (CSFs) for affordable housing projects. To achieve this a comprehensive review of international literature is conducted to identify relevant factors. Nine groups of CSFs were formed, namely: Policy and government support; Land and planning process; Role of Financial Institutions and funding aspects; Sustainability; Designing and materials selection; Approvals, procedures, and clearances; Project management and value engineering; Infrastructure development of Project; and Facility Management. Subsequently, a survey is conducted with experts in India in order to validate and rank the criticality of the identified success factors in the Indian context. Expert rankings are provided for a range of affordable housing products. The results indicate that ‘policy and government support’, ‘land and planning process’, ‘role of financial institutions and funding aspects’ and ‘approvals, procedures and clearances’ are generally the top four CSFs for affordable housing projects. However, the results also indicate that importance of the CSFs was found to vary across different housing products (social, public, and private housing and rental and ownership models). A secondary objective of this paper is to identify differences in approaches to the implementation of the established CSFs in practice. The paper presents a case study comparison between India (a lower-middle income country) and the UK (a high income developed country). Pune in India and London in the UK are compared to determine how well countries of different income levels are achieving the established CSFs. Results suggests a variation in the local contexts in the delivery of successful affordable housing and it is found that developed countries are better at government support and policies, land planning, and incentives to developers for affordable housing delivery.","PeriodicalId":372016,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Surveying, Construction & Property","volume":"38 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-06-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"116537932","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}