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On-site Labour Productivity of New Zealand Construction Industry: Key Constraints and Improvement Measures

Construction Economics and Building

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Title On-site Labour Productivity of New Zealand Construction Industry: Key Constraints and Improvement Measures
 
Creator Durdyev, Serdar
Mbachu, Jasper
 
Subject CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT
Construction management, labour productivity, New Zealand construction industry, performance improvement, productivity constraints.
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Description Productivity is key to the survival and growth of any organisation, industry or nation. Some factors constrain the achievement of the set project objectives in the New Zealand building and construction industry and are responsible for the reported steady decline of productivity and performance. This study aims to identify the key constraints to on-site labour productivity and improvement measures. Using the descriptive survey method, views of some project managers, contractors and subcontractors in New Zealand were canvassed via pilot interviews and questionnaire surveys at the qualitative and quantity data gathering stages, respectively. Multi-attribute technique was used to analyse the quantitative data. Results showed that the key external constraints to on-site labour productivity comprise, in order of decreasing impact, statutory compliance, unforeseen events and wider external dynamics. The internal constraints, which contribute 67 percent of the onsite productivity issues, comprise reworks, level of skill and experience of the workforce, adequacy of method of construction, buildability issues, and inadequate supervision and coordination. . The factors underlying each broad category of external and internal constraints are reported. The relative levels of impact of the identified constraints are expected to guide the project team in addressing the constraints in a cost-effective manner.
 
Publisher UTS ePRESS
 
Contributor BRANZ
 
Date 2011-09-21
 
Type info:eu-repo/semantics/article
info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion
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Format application/pdf
 
Identifier http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/2120
10.5130/AJCEB.v11i3.2120
 
Source Construction Economics and Building; Vol 11, No 3 (2011): AJCEB; 18-33
2204-9029
 
Language eng
 
Relation http://epress.lib.uts.edu.au/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/2120/2501
 
Coverage NEW ZEALAND
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Rights Copyright (c) 2011 Serdar Durdyev, Jasper Mbachu
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0