Construction Cost and Carbon Emission Computational Model for Office Buildings in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.7) ◽  
pp. 43
Author(s):  
Mustafa M. A. Klufallah ◽  
Idris Othman ◽  
Muhd Fadhil Nuruddin ◽  
Mohd Faris Khamidi
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Office Buildings ◽  
Iso 14040 ◽  
Computational Optimization ◽  
Planning And Design

A novel embodied carbon emission and construction cost computational optimization model has been developed based on evolutionary Genetic Algorithm (GA) for purpose built offices in the Malaysian construction industry. The GA evaluation was lack of implementation in addressing financial and environmental performances for construction projects in Malaysia. Therefore, the office project was evaluated through the adoption of ISO 14040 framework and evolutionary GA. The model was designed to provide alternative optimal design solutions for office buildings, which can be used at the early project planning and design stages. The assessment of embodied emissions was limited to pre-construction phase with “cradle to site” boundary. The model was tested statically to confirm the accuracy of the generated results. It provides an assessment model for managing carbon emission based on evaluation of environmental and financial performancesand it was validated by an application to an office building and the findings  obtained  suggest  that the it would be suitable for use in practice.  

scholarly journals CRITICAL FACTORS VARYING CONSTRUCTION COST

2009 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 104-117
Author(s):  
Tam Thi Minh Nguyen ◽  
Thi Hao Cao
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Multiple Linear Regression Model ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Ho Chi Minh City ◽  
Cost Overrun ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Industry Sectors ◽  
The Relationship ◽  
Chronic Problem

Construction industry is considered to be one of the most important industries in Vietnam's economy. But many construction industry sectors have been experienced chronic problem as cost overrun. Therefore, a conceptual model of factors influencing construction cost was developed to determine the key factors that cause difference between budget cost and actual cost and some solutions are recommended to be applied to achieve the best outcome of cost. The result of analyzing 216 construction projects completed from 2002 to 2007 by companies located in Ho Chi Minh City indicated 6 main factors varying construction cost: project planners, project executives, economics, political, natural environment, fraudulent and lost. The results of multiple linear regression model confirmed the relationship between these above 6 factors and construction cost with the theories are supported at the statistically significant level of 0.05.

scholarly journals A COMPARISON OF PROJECT PLANNING AND SCHEDULING SOFTWARE’S PRIMAVERA AND MICROSOFT PROJECT USED IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY

2021 ◽  
Vol 8 (9) ◽  
pp. 78-87
Author(s):  
Sudarshan S ◽  
Geena George
Keyword(s):  
Project Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Project Work ◽  
Planning And Scheduling ◽  
General Sequence ◽  
Management Software ◽  
Construction Methods ◽  
Project Management Software

Planning and scheduling is extremely important role in construction projects thank to the increasing difficulties during this field. Construction Planning is that the necessary warning to Scheduling and determining general sequence, defining labour tasks, construction methods and assigning responsibilities, inappropriate planning can cause major delays with the project work. For the planning and scheduling work requires huge amount of  paperwork, which makes the management very burdensome. These problems may be solved employing a  project management software which helps to grant a planned approach to planning. Nowadays use of project management (PM) software as a tool for managing and organizing work has gained its importance in construction industry and continues to grow at a faster pace in other industries also. During this study, attempt is made  to check project management software such as MS project and Primavera and their feasibility is studied.

Exploring the benefits of cloud computing for sustainable construction in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
Vol ahead-of-print (ahead-of-print) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ayodeji Emmanuel Oke ◽  
Ahmed Farouk Kineber ◽  
Ibraheem Al-Bukhari ◽  
Ibukun Famakin ◽  
Chukwuma Kingsley
Keyword(s):  
Cloud Computing ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Data Storage ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Situational Awareness ◽  
Sampling Technique ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Sustainable Construction ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Related Data

Purpose Cloud computing is one of the digitalization principles used in some sectors like banking, health and construction industry. This paper aims to examine the benefits of applying cloud computing for construction sustainability in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach The cloud computing benefits-related data were retrieved from previous studies and complemented with a questionnaire survey to obtain data from stakeholders involved in the execution of construction projects in Lagos State, Nigeria, through a convenient sampling technique. In addition, the relative importance index (RII) technique was used to investigate the acquired data. At the same time, analysis was accomplished using exploratory factor analysis (EFA). Findings indicated that numerous benefits could be derived by adopting cloud computing in the Nigerian construction industry. Findings The findings from RII analysis showed the significant benefits of data storage ubiquity (i.e. location independence), high situational awareness, team collaboration, compatibility with advanced production facilities and improved project planning. Furthermore, the analysis of these benefits was conducted using EFA for the four construction maxims: construction productivity, back-office activities, design management and billing. Originality/value This research illustrated the benefits of cloud computing in achieving a successful construction project. Besides, these findings are not only useful for achieving sustainable construction in Nigeria but also applicable to many developing countries.

scholarly journals Barriers to Sustainable Practices towards Low Carbon Emission Projects in Malaysia

2018 ◽  
Vol 7 (3.7) ◽  
pp. 47
Author(s):  
Mustafa M. A. Klufallah ◽  
Idris Othman ◽  
Muhd Fadhil Nuruddin ◽  
Mohd Faris Khamidi
Keyword(s):  
Factor Analysis ◽  
Natural Resources ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Carbon Emission ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Low Carbon ◽  
Capacity Design ◽  
Emission Level ◽  
Low Carbon Emission

The Malaysian construction  industry  significantly  contributes   as an empowerment to its development  vision  of  2020  by  reducing up to 40% of carbon emission. Moreover, the industry accounts as threat to the environment, not  only  in  terms  of natural  resources  consumption but  also  in emitting million tons of carbon emission annually. In fact, Malaysia is categorized the 30th in  the  world’s  ranking  in  carbon  emission  level. Several studies attempt to investigate and review barriers that face construction stakeholders in order to provide integration of sustainability in construction industry. However, the barriers were lacking in terms of addressing carbon emission aspects of sustainable practice and limit the emissions from construction projects in Malaysia. This paper investigates the major barriers of organization in achieving sustainability’s best practice. The identified barriers from the perspective of construction stakeholders in Malaysia were categorised based on factor analysis, which are professional and capacity, design and technologies, cost and finance, and, knowledge and culture.  

scholarly journals Adoption of Prefabrication in Small Scale Construction Projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (5) ◽  
pp. 1099-1104 ◽  
Author(s):  
Shabir Hussain Khahro ◽  
Nafees Ahmed Memon ◽  
Tauha Hussain Ali ◽  
Zubair Ahmed Memon
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Dynamic Change ◽  
Construction Cost ◽  
Scale Construction ◽  
Current Status ◽  
Small Scale ◽  
Housing Project ◽  
Construction Time ◽  
Design Changes

The construction industry is facing numerous difficulties in managing construction waste, quality, environment, permanence, safety, and greater construction cost. Dynamic change is needed today to overcome new challenges in the construction industry. Adoption of prefabrication is one of the possible solutions to such problems. This paper explores the advantages in prefabrication adoption with its possible disadvantages (barriers) through the qualitative study. This paper is an addition to the existing literature of prefabrication specially for developing countries where the acceptance rate of new approaches is difficult. It covers private residential project and a public housing project. This study also aims to evaluate the current status of prefabrication adoption in small-scale construction projects. A set of the questionnaire is used to collect the data and Average Index (AI) method using SPSS has been used to analyze the results. Shorter construction time, Low site waste and better supervision are the main advantages. Higher initial construction cost and Strict & difficult design changes are the key disadvantages. It is analyzed that the conventional construction method is more frequently used when compared with prefabrication concept.

scholarly journals Evaluating Levels of Project Planning and their Effects on Performance in the Nigerian Construction Industry

2012 ◽  
Vol 9 (2) ◽  
pp. 39-50 ◽  
Author(s):  
Godwin Idoro
Keyword(s):  
Public Sector ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Delivery Time ◽  
Spearman Correlation ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Spearman Correlation Test ◽  
And Performance

This study compares the level of project planning on public andprivate sectors projects and its impact on performance. Thepurpose is to create awareness of the level and effectivenessof the planning done by public and private clients in the deliveryof construction projects. A questionnaire survey administeredto a sample of 130 client representatives selected by stratifi edrandom sampling from the population of public and private clientsin the Nigerian construction industry is used and analysed usingdescriptive statistics, the t-test and Spearman correlation test. Theresults show that the level of preconstruction planning on privatesector projects is higher than that of public sector projects whilethe level of contract planning done by the latter is higher thanthat of the former. Furthermore, the performance of private sectorprojects is higher than that of public sector projects in many of theparameters used. However, the level of preparation of life-cyclecharts that concern project delivery time in both public and privatesectors projects is low and the level of project planning in the twocategories of projects has a limited impact on project performance.The understanding of how public and private sectors projectsperform in planning and its impact are expected to assist publicand private clients to know the challenges ahead of them in theireffort to improve the planning and performance of their projects.

MITIGATING CONSTRUCTION PROJECT SCHEDULE OVERRUNS

2016 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mulenga Mukuka ◽  
Clinton Aigbavboa ◽  
Wellington Thwala
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
The Body ◽  
Mitigation Measures ◽  
Primary Data ◽  
Project Schedule ◽  
Gauteng Province ◽  
Planning And Scheduling

There are many factors that contribute to the causes of schedule overruns in construction projects. This ranges from factors inherent in the technology and its management, to those resulting from the physical, social, and financial environment. Schedule overruns can give rise to disruption of work and loss of productivity, late completion of project, increased time related costs and third party claims and abandonment or termination of contract. Schedule overruns are costly and often result in disputes and claims. Hence, the need to identify mitigation measures of construction projects overruns that will bring about the timely delivery of construction projects. This paper assesses the measures to mitigate against construction projects schedule overruns in the Gauteng Province construction industry in South African. The data used in this paper were derived from both primary and secondary sources. The primary data were collected through a questionnaire distributed to construction professionals in the study area. Data received from the questionnaires were analyzed using descriptive statistics procedures. Findings revealed that proper project planning and scheduling, effective strategic planning, site management and supervision, amongst others, were the major mitigation measures of construction projects schedule overruns in the Gauteng Province of South Africa. This study contributes to the body of knowledge on the subject of the measures of mitigating against construction project schedule overruns in the Gauteng Province construction industry.

Development of a Risk Assessment Model for Oman Construction Industry

2014 ◽  
Vol 70 (7) ◽  
Author(s):  
K. N. Yafai ◽  
J. S. Hassan ◽  
S. Balubaid ◽  
R. M. Zin ◽  
M. R. Hainin
Keyword(s):  
Risk Factors ◽  
Risk Assessment ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Model Development ◽  
Arabian Gulf ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Research Approach ◽  
Secondary Sources ◽  
Assessment Procedures

Oman as one of the Arabian Gulf countries which have invested billions of dollars in the construction industries, infrastructural services and real estate, but it is clearly identified that risk assessment was not applied for once on these awarded contracts. Lack of knowledge and awareness of risk management or assessment procedures in the construction industry in Oman caused additional cost and time delay in most of the awarded construction projects. This paper aimed at developing a model for risk assessment in the Oman construction industry to save huge amounts of millions of money wasted due to this problem. A field survey of semi-structured questionnaire with face-to-face interviews was carried out in the Oman construction industry including public, contractors and consultants. The research approach relies on data collected from primary and secondary sources. Combination of quantitative and qualitative data analysis was used in analysing the data for the Model development. The risk factors in the Oman construction industry varies from one category to another, the risk factors in government category are more than the consultant category and contractor’s category. Overall, the Oman construction industry has no very high risk factors, which means it has good opportunities for investment. It is expected that the output of this research will have a good and beneficial contribution to save time and money for both public and private sectors in Oman due to expected awareness and improvements in the risk assessment procedures. 

scholarly journals Revisiting the construction project failure factors in Vietnam

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (4) ◽  
pp. 398-416 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tan Phat Nguyen ◽  
Nicholas Chileshe
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Systematic Approach ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Project Failure ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Doi Moi ◽  
Failure Factors

Purpose – The Vietnam construction industry has considerably developed since 1986 as a result of “Doi Moi” or all-round renovation process. However, despite the pace of economic reforms, a number of challenges continue to plague the construction industry. The purpose of this paper is to revisit the factors causing construction project failure in Vietnam. Some of the selected best practices from Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa (BRICS) and China, Indonesia, Vietnam, Egypt, Turkey, South Africa (CIVETS) are discussed. Design/methodology/approach – Using a mixed method approach, data were collected from construction stakeholders in Vietnam using a postal survey questionnaire and semi-structured interviews. The quantitative data were subjected to descriptive statistics using ranking and frequencies analysis, and qualitative data employed content analysis. Findings – Despite the lack of systematic approach to managing projects risks, there is a high level of acknowledgement regarding the importance of risk management practices. The highly ranked critical factors still causing construction project failure in Vietnam are: disregard of the significance of project planning process and project planning; lack of experience in executing complicated project; poor design capacity and frequent design changes; lack of knowledge and ability in managing construction projects; lack of financial capacity of owner; poor performance of contractors; lack of a systematic approach to managing the project and entire organisation; corruption and bribery in construction projects; the delays in payment; and economic volatility and high inflation. Practical implications – The identified and revisited project failure factors could be used as a “road map” for the revaluation, and development of appropriate project management practices. Originality/value – The construction sector has undergone through significant structural changes following “Doi Moi”. This study provides the opportunity to realign the strategies for addressing project failure factors and learning from comparative studies in BRICS and CIVETS countries.

scholarly journals Factors for implementing green supply chain management in the construction industry

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (4) ◽  
pp. 651 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mochamad Agung Wibowo ◽  
Naniek Utami Handayani ◽  
Anita Mustikasari
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chain Management ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Research Result ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Assessment Model ◽  
Green Supply Chain Management ◽  
Green Supply Chain ◽  
Chain Management

Purpose: The objectives of this study are to elaborate on the concepts, dimensions and elements of green supply chain management (GSCM) and develop a framework of GSCM implementation for the construction industryDesign/methodology/approach: This paper presents the findings from a study where experts were asked to contribute their opinions related to GSCM in the construction industry. To develop the model, the Delphi method was used. The objective of this method is to achieve the most reliable consensus in a group of expertsFindings: The research result is a developed framework for GSCM in the construction industry comprising five concepts, 22 dimensions, and 82 elements.Research limitations/implications: The limitation of this research is that its output was the discovered elements, but it did not cover the implementation of this model in construction projects, so some elements may be missing.Practical implications: The output of the research could give new perspective to manage the construction project based on Green Supply Chain Method.Social implications: The stakeholder of the construction project has to learn with this concept (Green Supply Chain) in order to improve construction’s project performance.Originality/value: The originality of this research is that it is a new theme in the area of the construction supply chain. Previous research merely considered the concept of GSCM in construction. Therefore, this research develops an assessment model for performance indicators of GSCM implementation in construction projects.

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