Current Issues In Construction Industry In Malaysia 2016

In the past the industry has been notoriously slow to adopt new technology but that trend is starting to change.

Current issues in construction industry in malaysia 2016. There are a number of challenges the construction industry faces as a whole. Delays in production and delivery time of unnecessary wastages and lack of. Malaysia considers the construction industry as one of the main contributors to its gross domestic product gdp. However there are some unresolved issues arising from the ongoing and widespread adoption of the conventional method of construction such as the resultant fragmentation of the industry itself.

The market for the construction industry is there and what s more it s growing. 6 2 5 citp 2016 2020 83 6 3 health and safety. The construction industry is an important sector of malaysian economy however accidents incidents injuries and fatalities continued to occur unabated on construction sites that show a high incidence of accidents and fatality rates this paper discusses the current issues or problem related to the safety in the sector construction building in malaysia it is based on the data of number of. 8 8 1 the issues 120 8 8 2 impact of current regulatory arrangement 121 8 8 3 recommendation 121 appendices.

Depending on the size of the firm some companies either refuse to dedicate the money or simply don t have the funds to invest in certain technology. Within about 19 months that figure global construction growth is predicted to rise to 13 2 percent however this intense and unwavering demand puts even more pressure on the. With malaysia s recent clampdown on foreign workers it is of no surprise that the labour intensive construction sector is the hardest hit. Environmental sustainability agenda in the construction industry will be robustly developed and rolled out as a model to the emerging world.

The construction industry needs a continuous supply of workers an estimated of one million every year the majority of them foreign workers for infrastructure and building projects in order for it to sustain growth of 8 to 10 this year new straits. Construction is already one of the most significant sectors according to pwc contributing to 11 percent of the world s gdp. 2 1 construction industry in malaysia. A construction worker is reported by new straits times online portal was died when the concrete water storage tank under construction collapsed on him while he is mixing cement and the other two workers were injured in an incident at university teknikal malaysia melaka utem on 20th october 2016 around 3pm.