The awareness of generation ‘Y’ on green building development in Malaysia / Syarifah Nur Nazihah Syed Jamalulil, Haryati Mohd Isa and Nurul Huda Ahmad

Malaysian construction industry has undergone over 50 years of rapid industrialization and became an economic engine for the country. The industry contributes 5% to Gross Development Product and employs almost 9.3% of overall workforce. However, most of the development has been reported as unsustainableand requires specific sustainable approach to the construction industry. This situation urges the government and professional bodies in Malaysia to take proactive actions in promoting sustainability concept for better environmental and social protection. Nevertheless, creating new sustainable construction concept highly depends on the knowledge and involvement of participants within this industry especially generation ‘Y’. This research aims to investigate the awareness of generation ‘Y’ on green building development in the Malaysian construction industry. In addition, this research also recommends means to improve the level of awareness on green building development among generation ‘Y’ in Malaysia. Data will be collected through questionnaire survey. The paper posits that it is essential to raise the awareness and educate generation ‘Y’ on green building development for continual improvement in the future

Formulating a Long-Term Employment Strategy for Construction Workforce in Malaysia

This paper provides a preliminary idea about the research outline to be conducted by the researcher. Overall idea starts with the unremitting issues regarding skilled construction workforce in Malaysia. Unfortunately, unemployment in Malaysia is becoming increasingly serious. Lack of employment factors there is also a source of unemployment. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the existing strategy to encourage the involvement of local skilled construction workforce (LSCW) onsite. Labour is the main asset in the construction project, even nowadays concerned with the use of advanced technology to reduce costs, labor is still required to drive the technology. Therefore, it is importance to develop a long term strategies to sustain the availability in the industry by implementing questionnaire, interview and ended with validation the framework by professional. The target respondent is Employer (Contractor) and ABM trainee throughout Malaysia. The outcomes dedicate to raise the interest among the youth to choose career as construction workforce, policy maker for revised any policy and employer for hiring LSCW

Formulating a Long-Term Employment Strategy for Construction Workforce in Malaysia

This paper provides a preliminary idea about the research outline to be conducted by the researcher. Overall idea starts with the unremitting issues regarding skilled construction workforce in Malaysia. Unfortunately, unemployment in Malaysia is becoming increasingly serious. Lack of employment factors there is also a source of unemployment. The main purpose of this research is to investigate the existing strategy to encourage the involvement of local skilled construction workforce (LSCW) onsite. Labour is the main asset in the construction project, even nowadays concerned with the use of advanced technology to reduce costs, labor is still required to drive the technology. Therefore, it is importance to develop a long term strategies to sustain the availability in the industry by implementing questionnaire, interview and ended with validation the framework by professional. The target respondent is Employer (Contractor) and ABM trainee throughout Malaysia. The outcomes dedicate to raise the interest among the youth to choose career as construction workforce, policy maker for revised any policy and employer for hiring LSCW