Conclusion - Monitoring, Measuring,
Managing
The statement that “proper planning and
preparation prevents poor performance” is true.
All construction projects must be planned properly
and carefully to eliminate any sources of wastes
and their consequences.
The CIDB research arm, the Construction
Research Institute of Malaysia (CREAM) is
currently conducting research into developing
a measuring tool to monitor and measure the
productivity rate of construction projects in
the country. The idea behind this research is to
identify the essential factors or key parameters
that have a huge influence on the productivity rate
of construction projects.
Productivity is generally defined as the
relationship between output and input used to
produce the output. For instance, how much
manpower in one day (input) is required to
produce a certain amount of concrete. However,
in the construction industry, not only manpower
productivity needs to be measured, but all
elements related in the whole process are
important to be assessed and monitored to
establish the productivity level of construction
works and projects.
With this measuring tool, industry players,
especially clients, manufacturers, contractors and
developers, can properly plan their construction
projects by optimising capacities to achieve
optimum productivity and indirectly generate an
optimum amount of waste.
Acknowledgement
The authors would like to acknowledge the
Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB)
Malaysia and Construction Research Institute
of Malaysia (CREAM). Acknowledgement is also
due to following individuals: Datuk Ir. Elias Ismail,
Hj. Razuki Ibrahim, Ismail Mohd. Noor, Mohd
Rizal Norman, Mohamad Razi Ahmad Suhaimi,
Nurulhuda Mat Kilau, Natasha Dzulkalnine,
Ihfasuziella Ibrahim, Ahmad Farhan Roslan, Syed
Hamad Naguib Syed Azmi, Mohd Ikhwan Abdullah,
Nuramin Baslan and Tengku Mohd Hafizi Raja
Ahmad for their valuable contributions and
insights into this article.
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