Towards a Successful Extension of Time (EoT) Claim: A Consensus View of Construction Professionals via a Modified Delphi Method

Undeniably, the claim document provides an opportunity for the claimants to defend and fight for their rights. Hence, it should be prepared in a well-organized, professional and convincing manner to facilitate the assessor in assessing the claim. However, it is not an easy task as a good claim not only requires fact and evidences but also demands other important elements that complement each other. Despite the many studies that have been carried out with regard to improving the management of contract claims, yet very little research has been conducted to address the issue in relation to the extension of time (EoT) claim, specifically as to what constitutes a good EoT claim and the possible measures that can be taken by industry players towards the successful settlement of an EoT claim. This paper reports on a Delphi study focusing on identifying the success elements for EoT claim specifically in the Malaysian construction industry. Two rounds of a modified Delphi surveys were conducted and consensus was obtained from twelve experts. The Delphi survey has successfully elicit experts’ consensus on the elements that perceived to be the most important element in producing a quality EoT claim that may lead to a speedy, successful and amicable settlement of such claim. Findings from this study is expected to provide an aid in assisting the claimants in the preparation of claims through the identification of the success elements for EoT claims that will then lead towards achieving harmonious claim settlement

Significant Factors Affecting Civil Engineering Project Performance

Civil engineering projects trigger the economic growth by providing infrastructure facilities and job opportunities as well as attracting the attention of foreign investments. Due to their significant contributions toward the nation growth, the performance of civil engineering projects has become the upmost concern by the government. Unfortunately, many civil engineering projects in Malaysia are dominantly associated with unsatisfactory performance in terms of cost, time and quality of the delivered products. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the underlying causes which lead to unsatisfactory performance by determining the factors affecting civil engineering projects. The objective of this paper is to identify the civil engineering project characteristics and the quality of Standard Form of Contract (SFoC) adopted and the contractual behaviour of key participants of civil engineering project which affecting the performance. Questionnaires survey were conducted to undertake the research. 124 feedbacks received out of 300 questionnaires distributed to the G7 contractors registered under Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and consultant engineer registered under Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). The data was statistically analysed using SPSS 21 and descriptive analysis was used for rank assessment of factors. It was found that the top three (3) most significant factors affecting civil engineering project performance are delay in making payment, environment uncertainty and the clarity of SFoC. These factors belong to three categories i.e the contractual behaviour of key participants, project characteristics and the quality of SFoC category. Thus, these categories are paramount to be put more concern on the performance of civil engineering projects in Malaysia

Analysing Factors Affecting Green Construction Productivity: Exploratory Factor Analysis

Construction sector productivity is substantial significance for the government and policymakers because it creates a competitive industry environment as well as determines a nation’s expectancy. Addressing the factors influencing productivity especially in Green Construction Project (GCP) is essential and its significantly need to align with the target goal in Malaysia Green Technology Master Plan (2017–2030). In lieu to the scenario, this research aims to identify the important factors affecting the productivity of GCP, by evaluating the criticality factors that may contribute to project productivity. Based on the previous studies, five (5) key component factors were identified with a total of forty-four (44) associated items. The key component factors can be broadly categorized into i) Project, ii) Manpower, iii) Management, iv) Technical and v) External aspect. These factors with their associated items, are then used to develop questionnaire survey to gather data. The Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) was employed to the collected data which emphasize to the five (5) component factors with forty-four (44) items affecting green construction productivity with the total variance percentage is 72.113%. Each of the components consists of at least seven (7) variables, so the components complied with the requirement that each component must have at least three variables. According to the findings, the KOM (Kaiser-Meyer-Olkin Measure of Sampling Adequacy) is 9, which is very similar to 1. Each factor loading variable is greater than 0.4 indicating that all components satisfied the Factor Analysis rule. The highest Eigenvalue is on Project Factors (18.175), and the lowest is External Factors (1.154). It is important to understand all key factors affecting the construction productivity, so that the industry practitioners can effectively strategies a plan to improve the productivity in GCP, for prompt delivery of construction projects with lower cost, higher quality and remarking sustainability

Significant Factors Affecting Civil Engineering Project Performance

Civil engineering projects trigger the economic growth by providing infrastructure facilities and job opportunities as well as attracting the attention of foreign investments. Due to their significant contributions toward the nation growth, the performance of civil engineering projects has become the upmost concern by the government. Unfortunately, many civil engineering projects in Malaysia are dominantly associated with unsatisfactory performance in terms of cost, time and quality of the delivered products. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the underlying causes which lead to unsatisfactory performance by determining the factors affecting civil engineering projects. The objective of this paper is to identify the civil engineering project characteristics and the quality of Standard Form of Contract (SFoC) adopted and the contractual behaviour of key participants of civil engineering project which affecting the performance. Questionnaires survey were conducted to undertake the research. 124 feedbacks received out of 300 questionnaires distributed to the G7 contractors registered under Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and consultant engineer registered under Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). The data was statistically analysed using SPSS 21 and descriptive analysis was used for rank assessment of factors. It was found that the top three (3) most significant factors affecting civil engineering project performance are delay in making payment, environment uncertainty and the clarity of SFoC. These factors belong to three categories i.e the contractual behaviour of key participants, project characteristics and the quality of SFoC category. Thus, these categories are paramount to be put more concern on the performance of civil engineering projects in Malaysia

Significant Factors Affecting Civil Engineering Project Performance

Civil engineering projects trigger the economic growth by providing infrastructure facilities and job opportunities as well as attracting the attention of foreign investments. Due to their significant contributions toward the nation growth, the performance of civil engineering projects has become the upmost concern by the government. Unfortunately, many civil engineering projects in Malaysia are dominantly associated with unsatisfactory performance in terms of cost, time and quality of the delivered products. Therefore, this paper aims to identify the underlying causes which lead to unsatisfactory performance by determining the factors affecting civil engineering projects. The objective of this paper is to identify the civil engineering project characteristics and the quality of Standard Form of Contract (SFoC) adopted and the contractual behaviour of key participants of civil engineering project which affecting the performance. Questionnaires survey were conducted to undertake the research. 124 feedbacks received out of 300 questionnaires distributed to the G7 contractors registered under Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) and consultant engineer registered under Board of Engineers Malaysia (BEM). The data was statistically analysed using SPSS 21 and descriptive analysis was used for rank assessment of factors. It was found that the top three (3) most significant factors affecting civil engineering project performance are delay in making payment, environment uncertainty and the clarity of SFoC. These factors belong to three categories i.e the contractual behaviour of key participants, project characteristics and the quality of SFoC category. Thus, these categories are paramount to be put more concern on the performance of civil engineering projects in Malaysia