The emerging of employment gap in the Malaysian construction industry

Employment of young people is a big issue in the Malaysian construction industry. This is a common phenomenon not only in Malaysia but affected most developed and developing countries around the world. Sufficient workers are needed to cater to the robustness of the construction sector and to sustain the productivity that will boost the development demand. However, young people had difficulties to find decent employment in this industry due to lack of experience and skills among young people and some employer are more likely to hire foreign workers. The aim of this study is to examine the emerging of skill gaps in the Malaysian construction industry. The methodology adapted for this study comprise of primary and secondary data collection. The primary data had been collected from the questionnaire surveys on the professional within the construction industry. The data then were analyzed using the percentage score and the diagram such as bar chart had been used to visualize the results from the analysis. While, secondary data collected through literature review to gather information and important views from previous studies. The findings reveal that the construction industry prefer more than 30 years old skilled workers. Eventhough, the jobs could be filled by young people, but somehow, some barriers such as high risk, low wages, hard work and availability of foreign workers had distracted the involvement of young people in the construction industry

Construction industry prosecution cases under Malaysian occupational safety and health legislation

In 2015, a total of 140 construction workers, which consists of 47 locals and 93 foreigners (DOSH) suffered fatal injuries from on-site accidents. These workers are prone to be involved in mishaps due to unsafe use of tools and inexperienced handling of machines and materials in construction sites. In order to prevent industrial accidents from occurring, the Malaysian government established the Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 for employers or firms to use as a guideline for them. Occupational Safety and Health Act 1994 (OSHA 1994) is used for employer, employee and manufacturer to put efforts in securing safety, health and welfare at work place. According to numbers of accidents occurred on construction sites, it can be assumed that the enforcement and the compliance of OSHA by both employers and employees are weak. The prosecution is the last method executed in order to penalize the violation of the act by employers. Employers often do not want to spend money to comply with safe working practices to employees. But after an accident occurs, the employer will have to spend a lot of money for compensation of accidents and penalty imposed by DOSH. So far, there is very little published data and analysis of the prosecution cases under the Malaysian OSH legislation. Thus, the objectives of this study are to analyze the most common non-compliance cases of OSH legislative provision from a collection of prosecution cases, to determine the barrier to non-compliance of OSH legislation in the construction industry and to generate ways to increase compliance to OSH legislation for the construction industry. The study was conducted through several phases. There are three phases of research methodologies to answer the three objectives. The findings assisted the study in formulating recommendations that could significantly improve the efficacy and compliance levels of OSH legislation in the construction industry in Malaysia

Supply and demand of the industrialised building system component by the CIDB registered manufacturer

The Malaysian Construction Industry is the oldest industry in Malaysia and it is very important to improve the economic development of the country. Through the Construction Industry Transformation Plan (CITP) 2016-2020 by the government, the construction industry will be focusing on the usage IBS. The main reason is due to the construction industry is the basis of the economic structure in the growth of domestic activity in the realization of vision 2020.The construction industry is an important branch of the economy. The use of advanced technologies IBS is an effective way and the government must encourage it to be used more developers and contractors. According to the Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government Minister, Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahlan, a lot of things that need to be taken into account before developers using the IBS include a number of demand and supply in each country. If IBS is not used by all developers, it can lead to rising construction costs. Therefore, the issue of supply and demand in the IBS will be serious. However, issues of demand and supply in the IBS currently under investigation as CIDB promote these components to drive productivity in the construction sector. Therefore, this study is necessary to answer the issues, obstacles and ways to improve the flow of supply and demand components IBS registered under CIDB