Investigation on the Factors Influencing Construction Time and Cost Overrun for High-Rise Building Projects In Penang

A poorly coordinated performance among stakeholders in the finishing phase can impair the performance of a high-rise building project. Therefore, it is necessary to analyze construction failure factors (CFFs) to stakeholder coordinating performance (SCP) in the finishing phase of high-rise building projects and to uncover their underlying relationships. CFFs to SCP in construction projects, especially in the finishing phase of high-rise building projects, have not yet been discovered. The study identified 30 CFFs to the SCP and ranked them according to the perspective of the stakeholders, including owners/consultants and contractors/subcontractors. Additionally, four factors of the CFFs, namely, traditional adversarial relationship, poor project planning and organization, incompetent parties, and delays of parties toward construction works were extracted by the factor analysis method. This study fills the gap in knowledge related to the coordination performance in construction projects. The findings could help stakeholders to enhance their coordinating performance in high-rise building projects.

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Occupational Health and Safety Performance in High-Rise Building Projects in Pakistan: A Systematic Literature Review

Operational Research in Engineering Sciences Theory and Applications ◽

10.31181/oresta2040199l ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 4 (1) ◽

pp. 99

Author(s):

Muhammad Tarique Lakhiar ◽

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Muhammad Tahir Lakhiar ◽

Abd Halid Abdullah ◽

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Keyword(s):

Construction Industry ◽

Occupational Safety ◽

Health And Safety ◽

Building Industry ◽

Construction Sector ◽

Building Projects ◽

Safety Issues ◽

High Rise ◽

High Rise Building ◽

Qualitative Approaches

The building industry contributed an impressive share in Pakistan's growth sector, where the construction industry contributes almost 2.74% of the GDP of Pakistan. In most metropolitan cities, the trend of building multi-story structures is at increase. However, this construction industry is a prominent accident-prone industry where laborers generally work in an unsafe environment. These projects suffer from fatal and non-fatal accidents as labor health and security are not a prime aim in the construction industry despite all employees still dealing with safety issues. This research examines the Occupational safety and health (OSH) performance in High-rise building projects in Pakistan. This review focuses on adopting qualitative approaches, using the comprehensive literature approach for seeking current practice in health and safety and OHS laws in Pakistan's building industry. Finally, it proposes a realistic strategy for developing a safe environment at workplaces. Research indicates that Pakistan's construction sector should consider workers' safety as a priority, update and enforce safety laws at the workplace to enrich OHS conditions in the Pakistani construction sector.

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The Measurement of Proaktive and Reaktive Performance towards Occupational Health and Safety Program

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science ◽

10.1088/1755-1315/921/1/012081 ◽

2021 ◽

Vol 921 (1) ◽

pp. 012081

Author(s):

H Masiku ◽

H Parung ◽

R U Latief ◽

R Arifuddin

Keyword(s):

Health And Safety ◽

Critical Factor ◽

T Test ◽

Building Construction ◽

F Test ◽

Building Projects ◽

Performance Variables ◽

High Rise ◽

High Rise Building ◽

Analysis Technique

Abstract The purpose of this study is to analyze the effect of proactive and reactive performance on indicators of the application of OHS in high-rise building construction. The data used in this study were obtained from a questionnaire (primary) and several observations and direct interviews with employees in 20 types of high-rise building projects in Indonesia. The analysis technique used is multiple regression analysis using hypothesis testing, namely the F test and t test. The results showed that simultaneously and partially the independent variables consisting of proactive performance (X1) and reactive performance (X2) had a significant effect on the variable construction K3 program (Y). From the ANOVA or F test, a significant number (Sig) (0.037) is obtained which is below 0.05 and the Fcount is 11.570 where the F count is greater than F table, F table is 3.84. These results indicate that the regression model is feasible to be used to predict the proactive performance and reactive performance variables together to influence the performance of the OHS culture of high-rise building construction. Seeing the performance points of construction project employees can be influenced by many other points from the results of the T Test calculation where the competence of workers obtains T results of 3.098 or the highest among others so that with this we can say that worker competence is a critical factor in improving cultural performance.

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