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An investigation into construction management practices influencing labour productivity in multi-storey building projects
| Content Provider | Semantic Scholar |
|---|---|
| Author | Gurmu, Argaw Tarekegn |
| Copyright Year | 2017 |
| Abstract | Productivity improvement in construction projects is essential for the economic growth of a country, for increasing the profit margin of contractors and for reducing the project delays and the related consequences such as liquidated damages. Previous studies indicate that management related problems are negatively influencing labour productivity in construction projects. However, understanding the management practices which are suitable for improving productivity in specific project type in a certain location, planning the appropriate practices, monitoring the implementation of the planned practices, and assessing whether the implemented practices are associated with high or low productivity can help to increase productivity. Previous studies identified the best practices for increasing productivity in infrastructure and industrial construction projects in North America. However, it is possible that none of these practices is suitable to enhance productivity in multi-storey building construction projects in Australia as the management practices and their effectiveness would depend on the context such as differences in the resources supply chain within the local market, local regulatory requirements and project types. Furthermore, there is little or no research conducted on what these practices might be and which of them are the most important in the context of multi-storey building projects in Victoria, state Australia. Also, no research has been conducted on how the management practices that could enhance productivity in multi-storey building projects are measured, planned, monitored and evaluated. Additionally, no tool has been developed to predict a productivity value or a probability of exceeding a certain productivity value when the levels of planning of the management practices are known. The purpose of this research is to identify the management practices that have the potential to improve productivity in multi-storey building construction projects, refine and validate scoring tools for measuring, planning, controlling and evaluating the practices in the context of building projects, and develop a tool for predicting the probability of exceeding a baseline productivity factor when the levels of planning of the management practices are determined. The research adopted a two-phase exploratory sequential mixed methods design. During Phase-I, in-depth interviews were conducted with 19 experts who have been involved in the delivery of multi-storey building projects. The qualitative data was analysed, construction management practices that have the potential to improve productivity were identified, and the unweighted |
| File Format | PDF HTM / HTML |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | https://minerva-access.unimelb.edu.au/bitstream/handle/11343/194881/Gurmu_Thesis_2017.pdf?isAllowed=y&sequence=1 |
| Language | English |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Thesis |
