Evaluating the awareness and implementation level of LCCA in the construction industry of Malaysia

Despite its enormous potentials for increasing efficiencies of the construction process, lean Construction (LC) has not been adopted into the majority of the construction industry yet. Furthermore, barriers and strategies for implementing LC have not been adequately studied by past and current research that can lead to the rapid uptake of LC within the construction industry. This study is to identify barriers that are hindering the construction industry to adopt LC and to further recommend suitable measures to overcome these barriers. In this study, a systematic literature review was carried out by reviewing theoretical/analytic papers, case studies and conceptual papers on the subject. After careful examination, eighty-seven (87) papers are kept for further analysis. Analysis indicated that approximately 80% of existing research studies are focused on identifying the implementation barriers only, whereas only 20%, presented barriers that hinder the adoption of LC. As a result, fifty-eight (58) barriers towards adopting LC and sixty-nine (69) strategies to overcome them were identified and classified under three population groups within the construction industry, based on their familiarity and implementation level of LC. The outcome of this study will potentially assist the construction industry in taking measures for increasing awareness and boosting the adoption rate of LC, along with the successful implementation of this innovative change management philosophy that ultimately will lead to optimized construction solutions.

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The Application and Challenges of Earned Value Management (EVM) As Cost Monitoring Tool in the Construction Industry

International Journal of Engineering & Technology ◽

10.14419/ijet.v7i3.36.29086 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 7 (3.36) ◽

pp. 96

Author(s):

Noorhidayah Sunarti ◽

Zetty Pakir Mastan ◽

Lum Seon Cin

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Time Management ◽

Construction Projects ◽

Value Management ◽

Monitoring Tool ◽

Earned Value ◽

Management Tools ◽

Earned Value Management ◽

Implementation Level

Earned Value Management (EVM) is one of the fundamental approaches acting as a comprehensive project management and controlling technique for tracking the costs and examining project expenditures relative to the physical progress of work. Majority of the previous literature reviews and findings indicates the positive contributions of EVM in monitoring the project time-cost performance progressively and forecasting its future trends. However, EVM was not widely used as practically, the traditional cost and schedule monitoring tool is still very common in the construction industry. Thus, this research was conducted using quantitative method to the identified quantity surveying, project management and construction firms in Klang Valley area to achieve the objectives of; (1) to identify the implementation level of EVM in construction projects, (2) to recognize the EVM contribution as cost monitoring tool compared to the other mehods, and (3) to ascertain the challenges in using EVM. Based on the result, majority has reaffirmed that EVM is positively contribute to project cost monitoring and provide an overall effective cost management tools in their projects. Despite the major challenges identified in using EVM are due to the lack of EVM knowledge, expertise and experience by the user in the industry, the results also indicating that more construction players have come to realize that integration of cost and time management in EVM is beneficial to the construction industry.

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Status and Barriers Impeding Utilization of Project Management Tools: Epidemic for Tripartite Construction Parties in Malaysia

KnE Social Sciences ◽

10.18502/kss.v3i22.5057 ◽

2019 ◽

Author(s):

Chia Kuang Lee ◽

Tak Wing Yiu ◽

Wei Xin Lim ◽

Adekunle Qudus Adeleke ◽

Tien Choon Toh

Keyword(s):

Project Management ◽

Construction Industry ◽

Time Budget ◽

Life Cycles ◽

Project Managers ◽

Theoretical Development ◽

Management Tools ◽

Construction Companies ◽

Implementation Level ◽

Construction Organization

Project management tools have been widely used in construction project life cycles to monitor progress, evaluate payments/claims, and manage construction works worldwide. Despite their capability in helping project managers to achieve specific objectives within time, budget, and standards, not every construction organization in Malaysia would fully utilize these tools due to several challenges. As numerous studies substantiate the importance and of project management tools, lackluster adoption rates have led to productivity problems, project delays, and maturity problems at both project and enterprise levels in the construction industry. This study investigates the level of implementation and addresses the significant barriers that impede the utilization of project management tools. A survey was administered to well-known construction companies in Malaysia. This study revealed that the implementation level was discouragingly low, and the top 5 barriers were: (1) financial considerations, (2) restrictions on human capital, (3) high annual turnover, (4) lack of technology awareness, and (5) organizational culture. These findings suggest that the Malaysian construction industry should: overhaul financial and human resource limitations, increase assistance for users, and boost the partial implementation of basic techniques of project management to the maximum extent possible. The practitioners can understand the dynamics and causes of predicaments to the full implementation of project management tools in their respective companies. As for academicians, these findings help theoretical development and literature arguments on our current construction industry as a whole and optimistically help finds ways to make the Malaysian construction industry more efficient.

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Safety Management And Safety Culture In The U.S. Construction Industry

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e507212017-001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Xiuwen Sue Dong ◽

Xuanwen Wang ◽

Rebecca Katz

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Safety Culture ◽

Safety Management ◽

The U.S

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Addressing Health And Safety Concerns For Tradeswomen In The Construction Industry

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e508402017-001 ◽

2017 ◽

Author(s):

Hannah M. Curtis ◽

Hendrika Meischke ◽

Nancy Simcox ◽

Sarah Laslett ◽

Noah Seixas

Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Safety Concerns

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An Electronic Study Form to Support Collaborating Agents in the Management of Clinical Knowledge

Methods of Information in Medicine ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1634191 ◽

1999 ◽

Vol 38 (03) ◽

pp. 154-157

Author(s):

W. Fierz ◽

R. Grütter

Keyword(s):

Procedural Knowledge ◽

Health Care Provision ◽

Markup Language ◽

Artificial Agents ◽

Care Provision ◽

Clinical Knowledge ◽

Extensible Markup ◽

Implementation Level ◽

Biological Organisms ◽

Representation Of Knowledge

AbstractWhen dealing with biological organisms, one has to take into account some peculiarities which significantly affect the representation of knowledge about them. These are complemented by the limitations in the representation of propositional knowledge, i. e. the majority of clinical knowledge, by artificial agents. Thus, the opportunities to automate the management of clinical knowledge are widely restricted to closed contexts and to procedural knowledge. Therefore, in dynamic and complex real-world settings such as health care provision to HIV-infected patients human and artificial agents must collaborate in order to optimize the time/quality antinomy of services provided. If applied to the implementation level, the overall requirement ensues that the language used to model clinical contexts should be both human- and machine-interpretable. The eXtensible Markup Language (XML), which is used to develop an electronic study form, is evaluated against this requirement, and its contribution to collaboration of human and artificial agents in the management of clinical knowledge is analyzed.

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