Factors Affecting Labor Productivity in the Construction Industry

Abstract

Construction industry facing many challenges with respect to difficulties associated with time and productivity. Productivity is mainly dependent on labour effort and performance. The main objective of this study was to measure productivity and identifying the factors affecting labour productivity. The present study was carried out in the precast construction project. The first phase of the study comprises of the labour productivity measurements; productivity measurement was performed by practical observation of the finishing trades. The second phase of the study comprises of the questionnaire survey to identify the factors affecting labour productivity in building construction; Total 30 questionnaires were distributed to the project personals involves client's, contractors and consultants of different construction companies. The relative importance index technique was used to rank the questionnaire response. The results of this study recommended that construction companies have to conduct labour productivity measurements in their projects to improve labour productivity. It is important to adopt the motivational system, safety programs, schedule for procurement of materials, frequent meeting with project professionals and use project scheduling techniques etc. are discussed to enhance the labour productivity in construction projects.