A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects
Developing countries have seen an increase in construction of tall buildings in metropolitan cities due to space constraint. The construction of tall buildings in developing countries is undertaken as a combination of manpower and equipment to economize costs. This combination or interface of man...
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| author | Parthasarathy, Mudumbai Krishnaswamy Murugasan, Rajiah Murugesan, Kavitha |
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| description | Developing countries have seen an increase in construction of tall buildings in
metropolitan cities due to space constraint. The construction of tall buildings in developing
countries is undertaken as a combination of manpower and equipment to economize costs.
This combination or interface of manpower and equipment, particularly in the basic activities
such as concreting, reinforcement, formwork, blockwork, and plastering affects productivity
of both the resources. This research aims at studying the factors affecting productivity of
manpower and equipment at the micro level for the basic activities of construction for tall
building projects. The factors have been further grouped and combined as sections. Responses
collected through questionnaire survey from 109 personnel associated with the construction
of 72 tall buildings in different geographies of India have been analysed using theoretical
tools like frequency index, Spearman's rank correlation coeffcient, and factor analysis. The
factors have been prioritized in descending order of frequency indices. Based on analysis, it is
found that factors in human and planning groups are more influential and affect manpower
and equipment productivity signifcantly. Contract managers and cost engineers can use this
study to make allowance while analysing productivity and estimating costs for tall buildings
having combined usage of manpower and equipment. |
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| spelling | usm.eprints-414222018-08-20T03:10:26Z http://eprints.usm.my/41422/ A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects Parthasarathy, Mudumbai Krishnaswamy Murugasan, Rajiah Murugesan, Kavitha TH1-9745 Building construction Developing countries have seen an increase in construction of tall buildings in metropolitan cities due to space constraint. The construction of tall buildings in developing countries is undertaken as a combination of manpower and equipment to economize costs. This combination or interface of manpower and equipment, particularly in the basic activities such as concreting, reinforcement, formwork, blockwork, and plastering affects productivity of both the resources. This research aims at studying the factors affecting productivity of manpower and equipment at the micro level for the basic activities of construction for tall building projects. The factors have been further grouped and combined as sections. Responses collected through questionnaire survey from 109 personnel associated with the construction of 72 tall buildings in different geographies of India have been analysed using theoretical tools like frequency index, Spearman's rank correlation coeffcient, and factor analysis. The factors have been prioritized in descending order of frequency indices. Based on analysis, it is found that factors in human and planning groups are more influential and affect manpower and equipment productivity signifcantly. Contract managers and cost engineers can use this study to make allowance while analysing productivity and estimating costs for tall buildings having combined usage of manpower and equipment. Penerbit Universiti Sains Malaysia 2017 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.usm.my/41422/1/jcdc2017.22.s1.1.pdf Parthasarathy, Mudumbai Krishnaswamy and Murugasan, Rajiah and Murugesan, Kavitha (2017) A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries , 22 (1). pp. 1-18. ISSN 1823-6499 http://web.usm.my/jcdc/vol22_s1_2017/jcdc2017.22.s1.1.pdf |
| spellingShingle | TH1-9745 Building construction Parthasarathy, Mudumbai Krishnaswamy Murugasan, Rajiah Murugesan, Kavitha A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects |
| title | A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment
Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects |
| title_full | A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment
Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects |
| title_fullStr | A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment
Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment
Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects |
| title_short | A Critical Review of Factors Affecting Manpower and Equipment
Productivity in Tall Building Construction Projects |
| title_sort | critical review of factors affecting manpower and equipment productivity in tall building construction projects |
| topic | TH1-9745 Building construction |
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