Construction industry from perspective of force majeure and environmental risk compared to the CoViD-19 outbreak: a systematic literature review

MO Alfadil, MA Kassem, KN Ali, W Alaghbari - Sustainability, 2022 - mdpi.com
The COVID-19 pandemic represents a type of force majeure that significantly and
unexpectedly affected all human lifestyles. This study includes an integrative review of …

Construction sector contribution to economic stability: Malaysian GDP distribution

WS Alaloul, MA Musarat, MBA Rabbani, Q Iqbal… - Sustainability, 2021 - mdpi.com
The construction sector exerts an exceptional impact on economic development all over the
world. Adequate buildings and infrastructures made by the construction sector ensure that a …

Building maintenance practices in Malaysia: a systematic review of issues, effects and the way forward

A Hauashdh, J Jailani, I Abdul Rahman… - International Journal of …, 2020 - emerald.com
Purpose In recent years, there have been many concerns about issues surrounding building
maintenance, which are continually increasing. However, there is a lack of comprehensive …

Performance evaluation of construction companies using integrated entropy–fuzzy VIKOR model

WS Lam, WH Lam, SH Jaaman, KF Liew - Entropy, 2021 - mdpi.com
The construction sector plays an important role in a country's economic development. The
financial performance of a company is a good indicator of its financial health and status. In …

Criticality of construction industry problems in develo** countries: Analyzing Malaysian projects

JBH Yap, IN Chow, K Shavarebi - Journal of Management in …, 2019 - ascelibrary.org
The problems facing the construction industry have hindered the progress and the
development of this vital sector, particularly in develo** countries. To investigate the …

The Role of the Total-Quality-Management (TQM) Drivers in Overcoming the Challenges of Implementing TQM in Industrialized-Building-System (IBS) Projects in …

AM Alawag, WS Alaloul, MS Liew, AO Baarimah… - Sustainability, 2023 - mdpi.com
Total quality management (TQM) is a systematic management technique for develo** a
process-driven culture inside an organization to achieve quality and customer and …

[KNIHA][B] Modern slavery: A global perspective

S Kara - 2017 - degruyter.com
and child labor conducted at the time, and it detailed a shocking prevalence of slavelike
exploitation in India's handmade carpet industry. I also traced slave-made carpets from the …

Risk assessment of fatal accidents due to work at heights activities using fault tree analysis: Case study in Malaysia

A Zermane, MZM Tohir, MR Baharudin, HM Yusoff - Safety science, 2022 - Elsevier
Fatal falls from heights accidents represent a threat to any industry's development and
progress. It is crucial to understand how these accidents evolve from a simple 'near miss …

Sustainability choice of different hybrid timber structure for low medium cost single-story residential building: Environmental, economic and social assessment

AT Balasbaneh, AKB Marsono, SJ Khaleghi - Journal of Building …, 2018 - Elsevier
The impact of different hybrid timber building construction on three different categories
namely: environment, economic and social is analyzed in this research. Five types of hybrid …

On-site construction productivity in Malaysian infrastructure projects

S Durdyev, S Ismail - Structural Survey, 2016 - emerald.com
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine the factors constraining the on-site
construction productivity and measures for its improvement in Malaysian construction …