...development of the construction industry depends not only on the ability to optimize operations within industry, adapt to external conditions, but also on the country's economic development, the situation in the market. The Manpower forecasting model. The Estimated Manpower Forecast Model is designed to capture the future labour requirements of the engineering construction industry by key sectors. Manpower is undoubtedly a valuable asset upon which the construction industry depends. However, rapid changes of the economy, working arrangements, and technology in construction advocate reliable estimations of manpower demand to lessen future skills imbalance. The aim of this research is to develop advanced manpower demand forecasting models, at both project and industry levels, to facilitate manpower planning for the construction industry. At the project level, statistical models for forecasting the demand of labour demand for a construction project were developed using multiple regression analysis. Results reveal that project cost and project type play an important role in determining the project labour requirements. The forecasting models could serve as practical tools for contractors and government to predict the labour requirements and number of jobs created at an early outset, thus enabling proper human resources planning and budgeting. At the industry level, co-integration analysis was applied to develop a long-term relationship between aggregate construction manpower demand...
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...The Australian Industry Group Business prospects in 2013: Australia’s gap year? februAry 2013 national CEo survEy: Principal contact person for this report: Julie Toth Chief Economist THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP Direct Tel: (03) 9867 0124 Julie.Toth@aigroup.asn.au This report was produced with financial support from the Government of Australia’s Productivity, Education and Training (PET) Fund. © THE AUSTRALIAN INDUSTRY GROUP, 2013 The copyright in this work is owned by the publisher, The Australian Industry Group, 51 Walker Street, North Sydney NSW 2060. All rights reserved. No part of this work covered by copyright may be reproduced or copied in any form or by any means (graphic, electronic or mechanical) without the written permission of the publisher. ISBN 978-1-921768-44-6 2 Ai Group National CEO Survey 2013 Business prospects in 2013 Australian Industry Group National CEO Survey Business prospects in 2013: Australia's gap year? Ai Group National CEO Survey 2013 Business prospects in 2013 3 Key messages Business prospects in 2013: Australia's gap year? The Australian economy is going through significant change, with multiple, long-term forces restructuring our economy (such as global growth shifts and our own demographic changes), and ongoing challenges in our immediate outlook (such as the high Australian dollar and our relatively high business cost base). Recent drivers of growth are waning, with capital investment by the mining industry due to peak soon...
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...( CAUSES OF DELAY/LATE COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECT IN MALAYSIA Sam Zai Keong , Ir Ben Lee See Kim, Engr. Lee Jin Chai Abstract - Delay in construction can be defined as time overrun either beyond the date stated in the agreement or late in handing over the project. The delay in Malaysian construction industry will affect the economic growth of the country because this industry is one of the main contributors to the economy. The objectives of this study is to determine the causes of delay in local construction industry, identifying major contributors to the delay in local construction industry, propose measure to overcome the delay identified and suggest precautionary measures to avoid the delays. Literature review of this study has helped in identifying the causes of delay in local construction industry. There are six categories where the causes of delay are categorized into. In this study, the methodology adapted for data collecting is developing questionnaire survey. The data will then be analyse using relative importance index method to produce the results. The main contributor to the delay in this industry is the contractor. A few of the most important causes of delay is ineffective planning and scheduling of projects, late payments for completed works and owner interference. After identifying the causes, mitigation measure are suggested based on the nature of the causes. introduction In construction industry, delay is common which can also be a nuisance...
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...IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN NORTH-WESTERN NIGERIA Nasiru Adamu1, Mohammed Hassan Nensok2 and Adefemi Aka3 Department of Quantity Surveying, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi. Nigeria Department of Building, Waziri Umaru Federal Polytechnic, Birnin Kebbi, Nigeria The need to improve productivity and cost effectiveness has made some companies to adopt a multi-skilling labour strategy where workers can work across their traditional occupational boundaries. The study assessed the problems and barriers of multiskilling using a cross-sectional survey of construction workers in some selected cities in north-western Nigeria. Descriptive statistics was used in the analysis. Results show that lack of training and limit on human skill retention by workers are among the major barriers of multi-skilling. It was concluded that multi-skilling can lead to improved productivity and cost effectiveness if these barriers are minimised. It was recommended that construction companies should provide adequate training for their workers so that they can be multi-skilled. Keywords: construction industry, multi-skilling, productivity INTRODUCTION Two of the most critical challenges facing the construction industry are the limited availability of skilled labour and the increasing need for productivity and cost effectiveness (Hegazy et al. 2000). One potential solution already being used by some companies is multiskilling (Dada and Ekpe, 2006). It is argued that if labour workers...
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...Construction skills development in the UK: transitioning between the formal and informal Paul W Chan Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK paul.chan@unn.ac.uk ROBERT C MOEHLER Northumbria University, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK robert.moehler@unn.ac.uk RESEARCH REPORTED HERE IS PART OF A WIDER STUDY THAT SEEKS TO EXAMINE THE PRACTICES INVOLVED IN ENCOURAGING AND ENABLING EMPLOYERS TO ENGAGE WITH THE SKILLS DEVELOPMENT AGENDA. A SERIES OF EXPLORATORY INTERVIEWS AND ETHNOGRAPHIC OBSERVATIONS REVEAL POTENTIAL DISCONNECTIONS BETWEEN SKILLS POLICIES AT THE GOVERNMENTAL LEVEL AND WHAT ACTUALLY HAPPENS IN EMPLOYER PRACTICES REGARDING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT. ON THE ONE HAND, THE FORMAL EDUCATION AND TRAINING SYSTEM FOCUSES ON SUCH TARGETS AS THE ATTAINMENT OF NARROWLY-DEFINED OCCUPATIONAL STANDARDS, LEVELS OF COMPETENCE, AND QUANTITATIVE PERFORMANCE MEASURES LIKE COMPLETION RATES. ON THE OTHER HAND, THE SOCIALISED CONCEPT OF SKILLS DEVELOPMENT TAKES PLACE INFORMALLY AT THE WORKPLACE THROUGH ON-THE-JOB TRAINING AND MENTORING RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN SENIOR AND JUNIOR EMPLOYEES. BOTH THE FORMAL AND INFORMAL SYSTEMS APPEAR TO CO-EXIST ALONGSIDE EACH OTHER, ALTHOUGH TENSIONS ARE MOUNTING IN TERMS OF CONFIDENCE THAT EMPLOYERS AND THE WIDER INDUSTRY PLACE ON THE EFFICACY OF THE FORMAL SYSTEM. Keywords: informality, skills development practices, skills policy, training and education. INTRODUCTION The UK construction industry faces an enduring problem of skills shortages...
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...HRM822 Strategic Human Resources Planning Case Study Stonewall Industries Limited by Charles Purchase Read the following case study carefully. • The case study will form the basis of three individual assignments that are to be completed at various points in the course. • For all responses to each assignment, provide the rationale for your answers and any assumptions that you are making. • Before you begin, ensure that you have followed the General Instructions for Assignments, and reviewed the Criteria for Written Assignments. • Consult the Timeline for the due date for each assignment. Stonewall Industries Limited is a construction materials company with its Canadian head office located in Mississauga, Ontario. The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Wallboard. The company has been in existence in Canada since 1960 producing gypsum wallboard for the Canadian construction industry. The senior management team is located at corporate office in Mississauga directly in front of the Mississauga production facilities. These facilities provide product for the Ontario market. A plant in Montreal produces wallboard for Quebec and the Maritimes. A plant in Winnipeg produces for Manitoba and Saskatchewan. The Calgary plant manages the Alberta market and Vancouver’s plant manages British Columbia. Two mines produce the gypsum for all of the plants in Canada. Each plant is headed by a plant manager and they in turn report to VP Manufacturing, George McBain. The...
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...Training, motivation and teamwork improvement: The case of construction firms Amin Akhavan Tabassi*, Mahyuddin Ramli and Abu Hassan Abu Bakar School of Housing, Building and Planning, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Penang, Malaysia. Accepted 15 March, 2011 A powerful human resource development system is a critical strategy for every construction companies, as in the coming years, human capital plays a significant role in order to have a successful organization. Based on a combination of literature research and questionnaire surveys, the study explores the effect of training and motivation in HRD practices on teamwork improvement in construction firms. The research was conducted by sending 50 sets of questionnaires to the nominated contractor firms in Mashhad, Iran. The analysis methods in this research were mainly descriptive and regression analysis and the type of investigation was co-relational study. The research found that the percentage of skilled and unskilled labour in the construction companies, some barriers and solutions of training and motivating workforces and the relationship between training and motivation practices in teamwork improvement. Future research should try to address on how companies can shape the environmental and organizational settings in order to motivate staff and workers for training and development. Key words: Human resource development, training, motivation, teamwork improvement, construction. INTRODUCTION A powerful human resource development (HRD)...
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...Course Evaluation & Exams | Msc Construction Project Management | Admission into the Masters of Science programme can be obtained through: (a) Candidates with B. Sc or B. Tech. (Building) with a minimum of second class lower or GPA not less than 2.50 (on a 5-point scale) (b) HND Building plus PGD (with upper credit) from any recognized university Duration and Mode of Study. The programme is a full time programme which runs for a minimum of 18 months. The mode of study for the programme is through a comprehensive course work to be examined in both oral and written papers, seminars and other necessary work to be contained in a submitted thesis. Employment Opportunities Graduate of the programme will have further relevance in the following areas: (a) Public sector, government ministries, parastatals and research institutes (b) Private sector employments and related industries, oil and gas, power and steel, telecommunications. COURSE CODE | COURSE TITLE | UNIT | BD 701 | Construction Plants and Equipments | 2 | BD 703 | Construction Planning and Contract Practice | 2 | BD 705 | Construction Finance | 2 | BD 707 | Research Methodology | 2 | BD 709 | Project Feasibility Analysis/Studies | 2 | BD 711 | Construction Management Process | 2 | BD 797 | Research Project I | 2 | | Plus One Elective | 2 | | Total | 16 | BD 701 Construction Plants and Equipment (2 units) Selection of plant and equipment for construction work. Factors affecting the selection...
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...HRM822 Strategic Human Resources Planning Case Study Stonewall Industries Limited by Charles Purchase Read the following case study carefully. • The case study will form the basis of three individual assignments that are to be completed at various points in the course. • For all responses to each assignment, provide the rationale for your answers and any assumptions that you are making. • Before you begin, ensure that you have followed the General Instructions for Assignments, and reviewed the Criteria for Written Assignments. • Consult the Timeline for the due date for each assignment. • Stonewall Industries Limited is a construction materials company with its Canadian head office located in Mississauga, Ontario. • The firm is a wholly-owned subsidiary of British Wallboard. • The company has been in existence in Canada since 1960 producing gypsum wallboard for the Canadian construction industry. • The senior management team is located at corporate office in Mississauga directly in front of the Mississauga production facilities. • These facilities provide product for the Ontario market. • A plant in Montreal produces wallboard for Quebec and the Maritimes. • A plant in Winnipeg produces for Manitoba and Saskatchewan. • The Calgary plant manages the Alberta market and Vancouver’s plant manages British Columbia. • Two mines produce the gypsum for all of the plants in Canada. • Each plant is headed by a plant manager and they in turn report to...
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...International economic integration is a defining characteristic of the Irish economy. Globalisation is perceived as both an opportunity and a threat (if Ireland is uncompetitive, its domestic industries will decline in the face of cheaper imports of goods and services). Globalisation impacts the labour market through increased completive pressures from abroad and migration. International trade in goods and services has contributed massively to higher standards of living. The mechanism by which this is achieved is specialisation. Domestic industries now compete against foreign firms at home and abroad. Uncompetitive firms will be eliminated by more efficient rivals, which mean higher unemployment in uncompetitive countries. For a small, open economy like Ireland, the solution to unemployment caused by competition from abroad is to capture large economies of scale. This can be achieved by focusing on becoming the world leader and largest producer in a small, specialized segment of an established industry. For instance, supplying specialized inputs for the car manufacturing industry or parts of a computer processor. Another cause of unemployment is immigration. The impact of immigration on the labour market critically depends on the skills of migrants, the skills of existing workers and on the extent to which migrants have skills that are substitutes or complements to those of existing workers. Generally migrants whose skills are substitutes will cause higher unemployment...
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...ENGINEERS IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY IN KENYA. BY BETT BARNABAS EDU/PGT/09/07 A PROPOSAL SUBMITTED TO THE SCHOOL OF EDUCATION IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE AWARD OF MASTER OF PHILOSOPHY IN TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION (BUILDING AND CIVIL ENGINEERING OPTION) DEPARTMENT OF TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION SCHOOL OF EDUCATION UNIVERSITY OF ELDORET APRIL, 2014 DECLARATION DECLARATION BY THE CANDIDATE This proposal is my original work and has not been presented for any award in any other university. No part of this work may be submitted without my permission. NAME: BETT BARNABAS……………………………. REGN.NO:.…EDU/PGT/09/07……………………….. SIGNATURE:………………………. DECLARATION BY SUPERVISORS This proposal has been submitted for examination with our approval as university supervisors. NAME: Dr. KYALO……………………….. SIGNATURE:…………………. DATE:…………………………. NAME:…DR. DIMO……………………… SIGNATURE:…………………… DATE:……………………………. DEDICATION. It is my pleasure to dedicate this work to my family whose efforts have made me proud, with all the stresses through the course work and writing of this proposal they have been on my side. ABSTRACT The purpose of this study is to determine the challenges facing university trained structural engineers in the construction industry. Participants are...
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...IBS–CIDB COLUMN INTRODUCTION TO THE IBS CONTENT SCORING SYSTEM (IBS SCORE) MANUAL By: Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) INTRODUCTION Prosperity and high economic growth in Malaysia has created a high demand for construction activities. As a consequence, this has attracted a huge number of foreign workers into this country to take up employment on site as unskilled labour doing manual jobs. Despite their contributions, the country is in a quagmire with a host of problems such low quality works, delays, wastages, social problems, diseases, etc. Likewise, the minimum percentage requirement is also needed for CIDB Levy exemptions. Consequently, some form of IBS content assessment is needed for the purpose. The IBS Content Scoring System (IBS Score) is a systematic and structured assessment system that can be used to measure the usage of Industrialised Building Systems (IBS) in a consistent way. wastage, less site materials, a cleaner environment, better quality, a neater and safer construction site, faster project completion, as well as lower total construction costs. The method of determining the IBS Score is designed to be a simple but effective process. Points are awarded based on the IBS Factors of the structural and wall elements used. The presence of high repetitiveness in the design as well as other simplified construction solutions shall also contribute to the total score. The points are summed up to give the IBS Score of the building. The IBS score...
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...automobiles drop, so will the demand for the products used to make the automobiles. Derived demand applies particularly to strategic human resources planning in relation to labour. Demand and supply of labour interact to determine the wages and affects the allocation of labour resources in ta corporation. It involves anticipating both the need for labor and the labor supply while planning programs necessary to ensure the organization will have the right mix of employees. The demand for labour is derived form the demand for the goods and services that labour is used to produce. Additionally the demand for labour is influenced by the level of economic activity, the productivity of labour and relative cost of labour compared to capital.[2] The demand and supply of labour are influenced by both macroeconomic and microeconomic factors. Macroeconomics refer to conditions in the whole economy affecting the general labour market. Microeconomic factors include specific industry and company conditions that influence the demand and supply of labour for particular occupations and labour skills. These are factors that are industry or firm specific and include the nature and size of the industry, the pattern of consumer demand and output, the wage rate and conditions of employment offered, the productivity of labour, the rate of...
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...HIGHER NATIONAL DIPLOMA IN BUSINESS MANAGEMENT HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT ASSIGNMENT 02 LECTURER ALEXANDER MAXWELL-COLE BY DON RUWAN RANDIKA WICKRAMANAYAKA ID – 927353 DATE – 12/01/2014 LEARNING OUTCOME 2 EVALUATE THE PROCEDURES AND PRACTICES USED FOR RECRUITING AND SELECTING SUITABLE EMPLOYEES CONTENT PAGE Page INTRODUCTION …………………………………………………………………………………………... 04 TASK 1 * – HUMAN RESOURCE PLANNING ....……....……………………..………………..……. 04 1.1 - Impact Of Human Resource Planning To Construction Industry …...….…….…. 05 1.2 - The Process Of Human Resource Planning …….……………………….…....…. 06 TASK 2 * - RECRUITMENT……...……………………………….………………………......…… 07 2.1 - The Process of Recruitment ………………….…...…………………….……….. 07 2.2 - Methods of Recruitment …………………………………………………/…...… 08 TASK 3 * - SELECTION …………………….………………………………………………......… 10 3.1 - Drawbacks in Interview for “Bob the Builder” ……….……………………..….. 11 3.2 - Alternative Selection Methods ……………………………….………………...... 11 3.3 - Best Practice …………………….……………………………….………….….... 11 CONCLUSION ………………………………………………………………………………………...........12 BIBLIOGRAPHY………………..…………………………………………………………… 13 INTRODUCTION The purposes of this report is to analyse the procedures which have been taken from two major companies regarding human resources planning, recruitments and selection processes. The two companies have complete different methods and approaches on recruiting employees...
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...CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1.1 Introduction The property development industry is considered one of the major industries contributing significant growth to socio-economic development in Malaysia, as it constitutes an important element of Malaysian economy. The economics of Malaysia has experienced rapid growth with thousands of houses are built every year to fulfill the demand of rising population and economy activities. According to tradingseconomics.com (2011), Malaysia has been undertaking a sustainable economy growth throughout decades, with GDP (Gross Domestic Product) growth of 1.17 percent from 2000 until 2011, achieving an historical high of 5.90 percent in September 2009. Property developers found the potential in property development in Malaysia fascinating due to geographical reality of Malaysia, which provides great opportunity and potential to the housing industry. It is essential to distinguish the factors that affect housing construction costs in Malaysia with the aim of minimizing the construction costs, besides of discovering actions to reduce the high cost of housing. Various authors and the ways to develop alternative building materials to produce cheaper and durable homes have discussed the latter severally. 1 1.2 Background Real Estate and Housing Developers Association (REHDA), the main governmental body responsible in property development industry in Malaysia, has initiated on 13 October 2000. This organization plays an important role in...
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