...Kaisu Laitinen; Mika Luhtala; Maiju Örmä; Kalle Vaismaa Purpose Insufficient productivity development in the global and Finnish infrastructure sectors indicates that there are challenges in genuinely achieving the goals of resource efficiency and digitalization. This study adapts the approach...

...Anas Al-Refaie; Ali Alashwal; Zulkiflee Abdul-Samad; Hafez Salleh; Ahmed Elshafie Purpose Weather is one of the main factors affecting labour productivity. Existing weather-productivity models focussed on hot and cold climates paying less attention to the tropics. Many tropical countries...

...Tirivavi Moyo; Gerrit Crafford; Fidelis Emuze Purpose While operational factors reduce construction workers' productivity in Zimbabwe, the impact of the people-centred management aspects has not been empirically interrogated as a remedy. This article reports on a study that sought to determine...

...Rex Asibuodu Ugulu; Andrew Arewa; Stephen Allen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish the perception of tradespeople about project-specific constraints (PSCs) influencing construction productivity in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach Using a qualitative descriptive survey...

...Marina Macedo de Abreu; Alberto Casado Lordsleem Jr Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish and evaluate the concrete loss and labor productivity (LP) indicators in the concreting step of aluminum formwork system (AFS) in construction in Brazil. The loss and productivity indicators...

... stakeholders to improve productivity of construction practices in the Nigerian construction industry. The study established the requirements that ought to be satisfied for VM to successfully enhance productivity of construction activities. Design/methodology/approach Data collection was based on self...

...Abid Hasan; Abbas Elmualim; Raufdeen Rameezdeen; Bassam Baroudi; Andrew Marshall Purpose The issue of low productivity has remained a very stern and chronic problem in construction projects. Previous studies have found poor communication as one of the leading causes of low-construction...

...Chukwuka Christian Ohueri; Wallace Imoudu Enegbuma; Ngie Hing Wong; Kuok King Kuok; Russell Kenley Purpose The purpose of this paper is to develop a motivation framework that will enhance labour productivity for Iskandar Malaysia (IM) construction projects. The vision of IM development corridor...

... trust model adds a number of different dimensions to the existing trust models found in the literature and as such improves the contractor’s ability to foster and enhance trust on a US construction project. Construction Trust Communication Project management Productivity Trust model...

...Ruchini Senarath Jayasinghe; Nirodha Gayani Fernando Purpose The purpose of this paper is to establish labour productivity norms (LPNs) on an elemental basis to investigate a measurement for the labour productivity (LP) of aluminium system formwork (ASF) in low-cost housing projects (LHPs) in Sri...

...Harshini Mallawaarachchi; Lalith De Silva; Raufdeen Rameezdeen Purpose The purpose of this paper is to determine the relationship between indoor environmental quality (IEQ) and occupants’ productivity improvements in green buildings in order to propose probable enhancements of national green...

...Dr Alex Opoku, Professor Vian Ahmed and Dr Heather Cruickshank; Ahmet Anil Sezer Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to analyse the use of building refurbishment productivity and sustainability indicators among construction contractors. Design/methodology/approach – Theories...

... and later clarifies the relationship between COPQ, labor productivity, and profitability. Design/methodology/approach – In order to measure COPQ, the researchers prepared data entry forms for recording COPQ items on a daily basis and formulated the cost contribution of lost material, lost man-hours...