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Construction projects are unique and face many different types of risks even though every business endeavor is known to contain risks, construction related risks are unique. There are two major categories of risks faced by any construction project; they include internal and external environment risk. This study was carried out to identify the construction environment risks facing construction projects. A questionnaire survey was conducted where 70 questionnaires were sent out and only 24 were of them were returned, yielding a response rate of 60%. However, questionnaires were for non-compliance and 31 were analyzed. This paper was attempted to identify the environment related risk in the construction projects, and rank the environment risks according to their significance in relation to project objectives. In addition, it intended to measure the use of risk management in construction companies. A questionnaire survey was carried out to get the opinions of stakeholders with regards to ranking of factors, and use of risk management. As results, it was found that there were 10 construction environment risks, and the three most ranked significant factors according to the analyzed results were 'variation by client', 'tight schedules' and 'lack of enough trained professional managers'. In measuring the use of risk management, 61.3% of construction companies surveyed were found to apply risk management and this helped them in improving their business profits while those who did not apply risk management had lower profits. As conclusion, professionals in the industry should provide effective leadership through the proper identification and management of construction. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

Building Information Modelling (BIM) has gained the attention in the construction industry especially within the Malaysian construction context. This paper generally aims to investigating the understanding of industry towards building information modelling technology in Malaysia. Study was carried out through a random questionnaire survey among the registered professional architects and graduate architects. Overall from this research,it was indicates that the level of BIM technology adoption in Malaysia is still low with percentage of 70 although it has been applicable in Asia. Therefore, it is suggested that government should take initiative to promote BIM in order to make more professional in the industry aware of this technology. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The construction industry continues to occupy an important position in the nation's economy even though it contributes less than the manufacturing or other service industries. The contribution of the construction industry to national economic growth necessitates improved efficiency in the industry by means of cost-effectiveness and timelines and would certainly contribute to cost savings for the country as a whole. A major criticism facing the construction industry is the growing rate of delays in project delivery. Delay is a situation when the contractor and the project owner jointly or severally contribute to the non-completion of the project within the original or the stipulated or agreed contract period. Thus, this paper is investigated the implication of non-completion in construction projects in Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

This paper presents the assessment of building security system and active fire protection system in administration building. Building is a structure that gives protection to human. A building needs to protect human from extreme weather and danger created by human. Apart from giving us protection; building gives us privacy as well. Our generation is different from the previous generations. The environment is now more dangerous than the past. People can get hurt or killed even in the house. Other than building security system, an active fire protection system is also crucial to ensure that the occupants in the building are protected adequately against fire. Fire can spread to a wide area in seconds if we do not have fire protection system to prevent the fire from spreading. Administration building is a building accommodating ten to hundreds of people. It needs a proper security system to monitor and control the flow of people. Vandalism and burglary can happen easily without a proper and effective security system. Besides that, since an administration building accommodates many people, therefore, its active fire protection system needs to comply with Uniform Building By-Law (UBBL) of Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The construction industry continues to occupy an important position in the nation's economy even though it contributes less than the manufacturing or other service industries. The contribution of the construction industry to national economic growth necessitates improved efficiency in the industry by means of cost-effectiveness and timelines and would certainly contribute to cost savings for the country as a whole. A major criticism facing the construction industry is the growing rate of delays in project delivery. Delay is a situation when the contractor and the project owner jointly or severally contribute to the non-completion of the project within the original or the stipulated or agreed contract period. Thus, this paper is investigated the implication of non-completion in construction projects in Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

There are numerous causes of unwanted costs in site. Often times these costs come camouflaged as claims and others come in the form of cost overruns incurred due to extended stay on site beyond the planned time. These costs could be triggered by either party to the contract or their representatives. This paper is attempted to identify the unnecessary costs in construction sites in Malaysia. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The idea of the Green Building approach is receiving increasing attention in Malaysia as an effective way to reduce energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, sick building syndrome, and the overall environmental impacts of development patterns. However, the approach has not yet created a freestanding paradigm yet: The fear that green buildings might increase construction costs tremendously makes it hard to sell to private developers or government agencies despite their undeniable advantages for the environment and thermal comfort. The aim of this article is to create awareness of potential measures how to counterbalance global warming for the building industry in Malaysia. Hence, this paper describes an array of viable pathways that can contribute to curb global warming in Malaysia. Because green building assets became of recent interest in Malaysia and is important in mitigating global climate change, it is beneficial to analyse the over 30 years old Western experience and literature for insights that could help formulate a Malaysian approach and later a paradigm. The method of the research presented here is to set a robust framework bound for future research experiments over the next 2-3 years in order to determine the best materials and energy supplies for greener buildings. The results, if successfully proven, might boil down to the fact that concepts of green buildings can be devised for mid- and low cost buildings. Our recommendation or suggestion is to further research in all 8 areas mentioned below, and to show-case affordable green buildings by upcoming experiments. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]