{"title":"Value-For-Money Drivers in Public-Private Partnerships for Affordable Housing in Indonesia: An Analytic Network Process Perspective","authors":"A. Wibowo, Dewi Hartiati","doi":"10.21315/jcdc-07-22-0137","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc-07-22-0137","url":null,"abstract":"This study aims to identify the factors expected to drive value for money (VfM) when using public-private partnerships (PPPs) for affordable housing in Indonesia. It utilises economy, efficiency, and effectiveness as the VfM criteria and employs the analytic network process to determine the relative importance of 13 factors compiled from the literature review. These are then grouped into five clusters: private sector capacity, transparent and competitive procurement, risk and reward allocation, public sector capacity, and the nature of the long-term contract. The data were gathered through a survey of 20 experts with hands-on experience with Indonesia’s PPPs. Effectiveness is identified as the most critical VfM criterion, implying that bringing other VfM aspects into public decisions is indefensible if the outcome—providing low-income people with suitable housing at rents they can afford—is not achieved. The justified scope and size of the project, clear output-based specifications, quality project planning and preparation, and long-term service delivery emerge as the most critical factors enhancing VfM, each with a different focus on a specific VfM criterion based on local weights. At the cluster level, risk and reward allocation ranks the highest. This study acknowledges several limitations and provides directions for future research.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"83 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90757914","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 Impact of COVID-19 on the Construction Sector in Zimbabwe","authors":"Benviolent Chigara, Tirivavi Moyo","doi":"10.21315/jcdc-03-21-0052","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc-03-21-0052","url":null,"abstract":"The COVID-19 pandemic affected the construction industry in numerous ways. However, contextual empirical studies that enable derivation of interventions are yet to be undertaken. This study investigates the perceptions of construction professionals relative to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and responses on the construction sector in Zimbabwe. The study adopted a quantitative design which entailed the distribution of a web-based questionnaire among construction professionals, architects, construction/project managers, engineers and quantity surveyors from construction and consultancy firms in Bulawayo and Harare. The data were analysed based on the descriptive and inferential statistics. The results show that the COVID-19 pandemic and responses had significant effects on the construction sector. The pandemic affected the construction sector through nine main pathways; the top five being loss of income for workers, project implementation delays, job losses, increased health and safety risk, and project suspensions. Through identifying the main pathways in which the COVID-19 pandemic affected the construction industry, the study provides important insights to policymakers, construction stakeholders and researchers to plan targeted interventions or policies to mitigate the effects of the pandemic on the sector. However, because of the small sample, the study results are indicative and care should be taken when generalising the results to a large population.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"52 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"73651160","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":"Barriers to Incident Reporting in the Pakistani Construction Industry: An Exploratory Factor Analysis Approach","authors":"Ghanim Saqib, M. Hassan","doi":"10.21315/jcdc-04-22-0077","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc-04-22-0077","url":null,"abstract":"The construction industry is amongst the most hazardous industries, with workers routinely involved in critical accidents. Following proper safety procedures can help to reduce these accidents. Incident reporting is widely regarded as an effective approach to improving worker safety on construction sites as it allows relevant stakeholders to learn from past events. Despite the acknowledged significance of incident reporting in reducing accident rates, several researchers have reported that the construction industry still lacks effective incident reporting and investigation practices. This study aims to explore the barriers that inhibit the reporting of incidents in the construction industry of Pakistan. Through a detailed literature review, 29 barriers that inhibit effective incident reporting were identified. A questionnaire survey was then carried out to include the perspective of construction industry professionals on the identified barriers. A total of 214 responses were collected. Further, for dimension reduction, exploratory factor analysis was utilized, and four components were revealed and discussed. These components include organizational, individual, environmental, and technical. The findings of this study will help the relevant construction industry stakeholders in improving safety performance by mitigating these reporting challenges at the construction sites, resulting in a better working environment for workers with fewer risks and accidents.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"74611793","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":"Demand Side Perception on Success Factors for Implementing Public Road Construction Projects","authors":"Noah Mwelu, Susan Watundu, M. Moya","doi":"10.21315/jcdc-07-22-0133","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc-07-22-0133","url":null,"abstract":"Cost and schedule overruns, and substandard works are common factors failing organizations’ objectives within the Construction Industry. Particularly, these factors are affecting public road construction projects and costing taxpayers. Researchers continue scanning the environment to establish why construction projects are ever behind schedule, over budgets, with substandard works and contract variations to identify significant factors for successful project implementation. This study expands the debate by looking at demand side perception in establishing success factors for implementing public road construction projects. This was motivated by governments’ high expenditure on construction projects without meeting objectives. A cross-sectional research design with structured self-administered questionnaire was used to obtain views from three public entities representing demand side. Results analysed following PLS-SEM in Smart-PLS3. The research design enabled conducting statistical tests on validity, reliability, normality, multicollinearity, correlations and regression. PLS-algorithm and bootstrapping resampling approach were employed to determine relationship between variables by estimating path coefficients and significance. Path coefficients helped to determine strength, direction, significance and examine variance of dependent variable explained by combined independent variables. Results revealed that professionalism of staff, compliance with public procurement regulatory framework, monitoring activities and contractors’ resistance to noncompliance are significant success factors enhancing public road implementation. Hence, adopting these factors would be a game changer in implementing complex road construction projects. In addition, complex construction projects in a dynamic construction industry requires continuous scanning to establish more factors and cope up with industry dynamics.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"11 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"86583583","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":"National Cultural Dimensions and Their Impact on Construction Project Management in Developing Countries: The Case of Ghana","authors":"Armstrong Amoah, J. Berbegal‐Mirabent, F. Marimon","doi":"10.21315/jcdc-04-22-0072","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc-04-22-0072","url":null,"abstract":"Construction project management (CPM) in developing countries (DCs) tends to experience high levels of failures. These failures have been attributed to technical, behavioural and economic factors. However, in an increased globalised world, understanding cultural dimensions and their impacts has become essential for effective CPM. This study examines the extent to which national cultural dimensions (NCDs) explain CPM in DCs. Six dimensions that were identified from the review were used in a survey of 140 project management (PM) experts. Using exploratory and confirmatory factor analysis, a scale was obtained and validated through structural equation modelling. The results reveal that the level of inequality and the orientation of a developing country with respect to time are able to significantly predict CPM in these countries. This study draws managerial attention to how different cultural dimensions and collaboration among project team members impact CPM. The value of this research lies in the creation of a model that contributes to the understanding of CPM in DCs from the cultural perspective. This will help project managers to properly devise ways of dealing with cultural misunderstandings, which will eventually lead to appropriate approaches to CPM in these countries.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"5 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"82133043","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}
Mohd Omar, A. Ayob, Hafizi Zakaria, N. A. Rahim, Hamizah Mokhtar, Aisyah Ishak, H. Rani, Senja Hernaeni
{"title":"Perspective of Construction Building Professionals on Low-Carbon Materials in the Northern Region of Malaysia","authors":"Mohd Omar, A. Ayob, Hafizi Zakaria, N. A. Rahim, Hamizah Mokhtar, Aisyah Ishak, H. Rani, Senja Hernaeni","doi":"10.21315/jcdc-04-22-0081","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc-04-22-0081","url":null,"abstract":"Low-carbon (LC) materials and alternative technology must frequently overcome various institutional policy and market constraints to gain greater acceptance in the construction sector. The primary impediments that must be addressed in order to build a viable and sustainable local construction sector are awareness and knowledge. To analyse the perspective on LC materials in the northern states of Malaysia, 93 companies were surveyed via their construction building professionals (CBPs) on the awareness, usage frequency, user experience, drivers for material selection, and barriers to LC material adoption in projects. To establish an understanding of CBPs and LC materials, survey data were analysed using semi structured qualitative-quantitative approaches and Statistical Package for the Social Sciences, influenced by basic theory. The findings of 79.57% valid responses indicate that the majority of participants had a low degree of awareness, with 95% confidence that there is no difference in the score levels of the overall viewpoints between architects, civil, and structural engineers. Unfired bricks (16.2%) are commonly and widely employed in construction projects, while structural insulated panels (40.9%) are the most favourable LC materials for future projects. Client requirements, regulatory requirements, and expectations of a shorter completion time are the most important factors driving CBPs to select LC materials, accounting for 44.6%, 37.8%, and 37.8%, respectively. According to the CBPs, the main constraint factor to market acceptability is a “lack of sustainable material information” (44.9%). The proposed recommendations include “training on designing a building with LC material,” “clear regulation on limiting carbon emission in a project,” and “increased demonstration of projects and case studies” at a rate ranging from 36.5% to 43.2% to improve client and CBPs acceptance of LC materials for a more sustainable building sector.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"89133415","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":"Responsiveness of Construction Sector to Fiscal Policy in Nigeria","authors":"A. Ojo, Ditimi Ammasoma, Johnson Adelakun","doi":"10.21315/jcdc-02-22-0027","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc-02-22-0027","url":null,"abstract":"The influence of fiscal policy measures on the economy is reflective of sectorial outputs like the Construction industry sector (CS) in Nigeria. However, the extent of the influence is vague making their interaction a concern, etc. This study investigated and examines the casualty and relationship between the Construction sector (CS) and selected fiscal policy measures like government revenue, public capital expenditure, gross fixed capital formation, and deficit finance as study variables. Using time series data of the study variables between 1980-2019, analyzed using the Co-Integration estimation technique (Bound Test approach of Auto Regressive Distributive Lag (ARDL)) and Pairwise casualty technique. The study findings show that a long-run and short-run relationship amongst all the variables was established but not significant except for Government Revenue. Similarly, the Pairwise Granger causality test confirmed that deficit financing and public capital expenditure have no casualty effect on CS. It concluded that CS is not responsive to changes in fiscal policies in Nigeria, and subsequently recommended the need for increased public and private capital investment, improvement in revenue generation, and efficient use of debt revenue on infrastructure development to strengthen domestic growth across economic sectors.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"1 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2023-01-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"83211626","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}
A. Zulkeflee, Nasruddin Faisol, F. Ismail, Noor Akmal Adillah, Ismail
{"title":"Safety Compliances Enhancement: Foreign Labours Behaviour in the Malaysian Construction Site","authors":"A. Zulkeflee, Nasruddin Faisol, F. Ismail, Noor Akmal Adillah, Ismail","doi":"10.21315/jcdc2022.27.1.9","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2022.27.1.9","url":null,"abstract":"Foreign labours workforce has long been dominating the Malaysian construction industry at the operational level as numerous occupational safeties literatures have reflected most of construction accidents are caused by poor human behaviours. Undeniably, the existence of proper safety behaviour would influence good safety compliance among the construction foreign labours. The purpose of this study is to examine the key issues affecting the safety compliance behaviour enhancement of construction foreign labours in the Malaysian construction site. For the present research, nine case studies were conducted by using semi-structured interviews to obtain data from the informants who are mainly site safety personnel. These personnel were working very closely with the construction foreign labours. The findings of this research reveals that there are five key issues that would influence the safety compliances enhancement among the foreign labours: (1) Emotional evoke, (2) Leader as example, (3) Forerunner within the same ethnicity, (4) Supervision execution and (5) Safety prioritisation. Therefore, these key issues have proven that there is a significant relationship between the workers' behaviours and consequences of an act.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"90 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"90694044","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}
C. C. Ohueri, J. Bamgbade, Angelia San Chuin Liew, Matthew Ngie Hing Wong, W. Enegbuma
{"title":"Best Practices in Building Information Modelling Process Implementation in Green Building Design: Architects' Insights","authors":"C. C. Ohueri, J. Bamgbade, Angelia San Chuin Liew, Matthew Ngie Hing Wong, W. Enegbuma","doi":"10.21315/jcdc2022.27.1.5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2022.27.1.5","url":null,"abstract":"An increasing number of clients are requesting green building design due to its potential to provide high-sustainability performance, monetary savings and health benefits to occupants. However, the practice of designing green building projects to meet overarching sustainability criteria is complex, with issues of poor information exchange synthesis. The building information modelling (BIM) process was created to ensure that the cumbersome green building data is exchanged accurately and in a coordinated manner. However, the implementation of the BIM process in green building design practices remains underexplored in the literature and industry practice. Therefore, this study aims to identify the best practices in BIM process implementation in the early stages of green building design. A quantitative research method was adopted; a questionnaire was used to survey 180 architects working in various construction firms in Malaysia. The questionnaire data was analysed using factor analysis to narrow down the long list of factors (best practices) into a small number of components. The results highlighted the best approaches in BIM process implementation in green building design practices: (1) Selection of a well-trained and competent design team, (2) Use of software with high interoperability to ensure exchange of accurate information, (3) Development of a standard method for BIM process implementation in green building design and (4) Timely identification of critical decision points. The research outcome will enlighten construction professionals on the best practices in implementing the BIM process in green building design, thereby allowing them to deliver building projects with high-sustainability performance.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"19 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"87278244","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}
Miyami Dasandara, R. Ernst, U. Kulatunga, P. Rathnasiri
{"title":"Investigation of Issues in Structural Flood Management Measures in Sri Lanka","authors":"Miyami Dasandara, R. Ernst, U. Kulatunga, P. Rathnasiri","doi":"10.21315/jcdc2022.27.1.4","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.21315/jcdc2022.27.1.4","url":null,"abstract":"Floods can be identified as one of the devastating natural phenomena, which resulted in a considerable amount of social, economic and environmental impacts. Sri Lanka is a country that is highly vulnerable to floods due to its unique geographical location and topography. Many flood management measures, which mainly include structural and nonstructural have implemented to reduce the impact of floods. Among them, structural measures play a vital role in flood management. However, the failures in achieving the expected performance of these existing structural measures urge the need to identify issues with them and overcome those issues to enhance the flood management process in Sri Lanka. Hence, this study focused to investigate the issues related to structural flood management measures in Sri Lanka to bridge this knowledge gap. Initially, a literature review was conducted to gain a theoretical understanding of the research area. The research approach was qualitative, which was followed by two in-depth case studies. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with 10 industry experts to gather data. Collected data were analysed via content analysis. Empirical research findings revealed that structural measures play a prominent role in flood management. However, significant issues such as ageing of structural measures, leakages, construction faults, inadequate capacity, blocking of water flow and possibility of collapsing were identified in these existing structural flood management measures, which negatively impact the effectiveness of the overall flood management process within the country. The findings of this study will lead to gain a proper understanding of gaps and weaknesses in structural flood management measures in Sri Lanka and would influence the policymakers and other respective practitioners in disaster management to enhance structural flood management by using their novel ideas and concepts.","PeriodicalId":51876,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Construction in Developing Countries","volume":"36 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.9,"publicationDate":"2022-06-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"72639361","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}