Study on Factors Affecting Equipment Management and its Effect on Productivity in Building Construction

Abstract

Construction equipment is one of the important resources of modern day construction in the building sites. Equipment selection is an important factors in the implementation of many construction projects. Equipment managers are habitually called upon to make economical decisions involving the machines in their charge. Their duties includes repairs, rebuilds, and maintenance. Around 30-40% of construction cost overrun is caused by inappropriate supervision of equipments. The purpose of this paper is to identify the various factors affecting equipment management which effects the productivity in construction sites. The main goal of the research study is to provide essential information about factors affecting equipment management to the project management teams who enable the project's success. The questionnaire was categorized into the profile of respondents and the factors in three different groups. This profile were created to collect the information such as job position, experience and contact information. Factors affecting equipment productivity were ranked on the basis of relative importance index method. Based on analysis, the factors which affect equipment productivity are late inspection, condition of sites, operators efficiency and availability of skilled operators.