Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar

Universiti Teknologi MARA

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Asmalia Che Ahmad

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Nor Suzila Lop

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Mohmad Mohd Derus

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Nik Nur Khairunnisa Nik Mohd Ainul Azman

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Norazlin Mat Salleh

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Mohd Yusof Kasiron

Metro Transit

Norizan Mt Akhir

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Mohd Nasiruddin Abdul Aziz

Universiti Teknologi MARA

N.S. Lop

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Shahela Mamter

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Cooperative Institutions

Universiti Teknologi MARA

Universiti Teknologi Petronas

Universiti Sains Malaysia

School of Planning and Architecture Delhi

University of Technology Malaysia

Metro Transit

Universiti Teknologi MARA System

Sultan Idris Education University

Infrastructure University Kuala Lumpur

Hospital Sungai Buloh

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Identifying the Initiatives of Construction Waste Management in Malaysia towards achieving Sustainable Construction

CONSTRUCTION (2023)

Ts. Sr Dr Siti Nur Aishah Mohd Noor Muhammad Shazwan Holelkusairi Dr Lilawati Ab Wahab Ab Wahab Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar Ts. Sr Mohd Khairul Amri Ramly

Construction waste management is not a new topic in the construction industry. It involves the management of waste material arising from construction, renovation, and demolition activities as such concrete, timber, steel, and plastics products. The poor construction waste management practice has led to failure to ensure sustainability in construction by increasing environmental impacts and illegal dumping. Hence, with proper construction waste management techniques and processes, the notion of sustainable construction can easily be achieved. The aim of this study is to identify the initiatives for construction waste management toward sustainable construction. The study adopted a quantitative method of questionnaires survey distributed to 118 numbers of Grade 7 Contractors in Pahang. The professional teams in the company provide their responses in regard to waste management initiatives taken by them. The findings revealed several initiatives taken by contractors in helping to move towards sustainable construction in Pahang as such strengthening the policies in government agencies regarding waste management and compliance with the law to the general legislative structure. This study contributes to increasing the effectiveness of managing construction waste, particularly for contractor companies who are major involved during the construction process.

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10.15282/construction.v3i1.9462

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High Dependency on Foreign Workforce in Malaysian Construction Industry

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences (2022)

Syarifah Nur Nazihah Syed Jamalulil Siti Nurhayati Hussin Norazlin Mat Salleh Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar Khairun Nisa Rizam

Shortage of local involvement and high demand for labour in Malaysian construction industry led to the domination of foreign workers in the construction sector. However, Malaysia is now facing with numerous economic, socioeconomic, and political problems because of these foreign workers. The existence of foreign workers in this situation could result in social problems, an increase in crime, and a higher percentage of unemployment for locals. Considering these circumstances, the objective of the research is to identify the impacts of high dependency on foreign workforce in the Malaysian construction industry. The questionnaire survey was chosen as the research methodology to accomplish the research objective. The respondents for this research were G7 contractors within Petaling, Selangor. The data was analysed by using SPSS software and presented in tabulation form. Based on the data collected indicate that the existence of illegal workers has a significant impact on high dependency of foreign workforce in the Malaysian construction industry. The information gained from this research is expected to aid the country in its attempts to lessen the dependency on foreign labour in the construction industry and further support in raising the employment rate of local workers.

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10.6007/ijarbss/v12-i9/14488

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Exploring the Direct & Indirect Costs of Accident: An Empirical Analysis for KVMRT Projects in Malaysia

International Journal of Sustainable Construction Engineering Technology (2023)

Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar Asmalia Che Ahmad Mohd Yusof Kasiron

The Klang Valley Mass Rapid Transit (KVMRT) System is set to be one the most important and largest transport infrastructure projects in Malaysia. Since its inception in 2011, the rapid development of the KVMRT System has contributed to a substantial amount of costs related to safety and health issues. Fatalities, serious injuries, and damage to properties have occur every year due to the rapid construction of this project. Work injuries create significant economic and humanitarian consequences to our society, especially to this project where it involves billions of Malaysian Ringgit (RM). The awareness of the accident, especially the payment cost, is absent because the contractors, clients and the consultants leave these matters to the insurance company. They always ignore the indirect costs due to an accident without realising the true losses to them. Therefore, this paper studies the types of indirect costs of accident incurred during the construction of KVMRT Projects. Sixty (60) reported accident cases were examined to measure the level of significance for those items from the safety personnel experiences. The study found that the most significant type of accident contributing to the indirect costs is the Management Cost Component and Accident Report Cost where it involved the cost of the investigation process item until to the preparation of report. The findings of the study may assist stakeholders in estimating the accident costs during construction projects, and, hence, enable them to plan their investments in terms of safety measures in a more insightful manner.

Accident (philosophy)

10.30880/ijscet.2023.14.03.014

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Identifying level of awareness on sufficiency of safety and health requirements amongst contractors / Nor Suzila Lop, Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar and Norazlin Mat Salleh

Nor Suzila Lop Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar Norazlin Mat Salleh

Construction site is dangerous by its nature and are prone to accidents. Extensive efforts have previously been taken in order to minimise its risk. By providing adequate budget for safety requirements during tendering, it will help to concern more about the safety. This research proposes to look into the level of awareness among construction players regarding the adequacy of safety and health requirements on site during construction stage that lead to non-compliance of safety and health regulations. Objective of this research is to identify the level of awareness among construction layers and to recommend the awareness improvement towards safety and health requirements on construction site. The data for this research will be collected via questionnaires which were distributed to the Class A contractors registered with PKK in Perak. Descriptive statistic will be used to analyse the data. The results will indicate the level of awareness of the different parties in order to resolve the problem of the inadequacy of the construction site safety and health requirements.

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Generating a Systematic Construction Accident Costs Calculation for Urban Rail Infrastructure Project

Journal of Design and Built Environment (2019)

Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar Asmalia Che Ahmad Mohmad Mohd Derus Nik Nur Khairunnisa Nik Mohd Ainul Azman Mohd Yusof Kasiron

Construction activities involve various risks, which can cause fatal major and minor accidents. The construction of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), which is the most prestige urban rail infrastructure project in Malaysia, also exposed to those accidents. Both fatal and non-fatal accidents have high significance in economic burden to the MRT project stakeholders. However, it is very difficult to quantify the costs of these accidents. The objective of this study is to explore a method to calculate accident costs during the construction of urban rail infrastructure projects. To derive accident costs at construction sites, an accurate structure of the data collection system is very essential. This study is based on previous research that classifies the accident costs into two basic categories, which are direct costs and indirect costs. Measuring accident costs and providing the most specific variables are crucial as the calculations should be as detailed as possible for the accurate provision of project budget as well as cost for controlling and monitoring purposes. This study can also increase awareness of accident costs in urban rail infrastructure projects.

Accident (philosophy)

10.22452/jdbe.vol19no2.5

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OVERVIEW OF SAFETY & HEALTH COST FRAMEWORK FOR THE CONSTRUCTION OF RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS

Malaysian Journal of Sustainable Environment (2017)

Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar Asmalia Che Ahmad Mohmad Mohamad Derus

The construction of rail infrastructure project is expanding in Malaysia to enhance and integrate the urban public transportation services. This transportation service is one of the National Key Result Areas (NK.RA) which is a priority under the Government Transformation Program (ETP ). Fatalities, serious injuries and damage to properties occur every year due to rapid construction of this project. Numerous studies have attempted to explain the various losses that could be incurred by companies after the occurrence of an accident. These losses are difficult to isolate, identify and evaluate. Models to analyze and calculate the costs of prevention in the construction industry are limited to apply in this area because they are based on studies carried out in the manufacturing sector. Furthermore, the traditional models for analysing these costs are limited to identifying and classifying them. Therefore, the objectives of this paper are to investigate the overall view of safety and health cost model approaches globally (i.e. UK, Australia, Singapore and Malaysia) and to identify the direction of safety and health cost framework to be practiced in Malaysia.

10.24191/myse.v2i1.5586

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Barriers in Implementing Sustainable Construction among Contractor

International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences (2022)

Shafikah Saharuddin Nurul Fatihah Hassan Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar

The construction industry is developing rapidly and become one of the backbones of the country. At the same time, building and sustainability are often highlighted important and connected to one another. Even the country has come out with a momentous milestone of the Twelfth Malaysia Plan (2021-2025) with 14 game-changers, where one of them is focusing on advancing green growth for sustainability and resilience. Hence, Green Building Index (GBI) is introduced in Malaysia as a rating system that aims to promote the use of energy efficient. Sustainable construction in building development have been shown to have a clear positive impact on the environment, it has been highlighted as the current trend in environmental protection. However, different advantages and disadvantages are enticing and discouraging the contractors from implementing sustainable construction in their projects. Therefore, this study is conducted to determine the barriers in implementing sustainable construction among contractors in Malaysia. In attaining the objectives of this study, quantitative approach is adopted, where quantitative data is utilised in the methodology phase via questionnaire survey. The data collected were analysed using SPSS Software and presented in the form of descriptive analysis of mean, standard deviation and ranks. The findings of the study found that the main critical barrier faced among contractors in the application of sustainable construction in Malaysia is the sustainable construction requires more time and cost investment ranked as number 1 with the mean of 4.94 and standard deviation 0.243. Thus, this study has provided the initiative to overcoming the barriers in sustainable construction is significant to ensure the contractor can acquire the benefits from implementing sustainable construction. From the study, it is suggested that further research should be made in identifying initiatives to promote the application of sustainable construction among contractors in Malaysia to adapt sustainable lifestyle in the country.

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10.6007/ijarbss/v12-i8/14485

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Preliminary Survey of Safety and Health Cost Framework for Urban Rail Infrastructure Project in Malaysia

Environment-Behaviour Proceedings Journal (2017)

Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar Asmalia Che Ahmad Mohmad Mohd Derus Nik Nur Khairunnisa Nik Mohd Ainul Azman

This paper presents the findings of a preliminary survey, which is consist of three criteria as the main focus, namely the identification of critical phases for safety cost allocation, issues, and importance of safety and health cost allocation and potential respondent for this research. Semi-structured interviews were conducted with seven (7) construction stakeholders who are involved in urban rail infrastructure project. The transcription and interpretation from the interview findings were carried out using Atlas.ti© qualitative software. The respondent views are needed to obtain safety items and related issues in developing this framework mainly for estimating the safety cost allocation.Keywords: Safety and Health Cost; Cost Framework; Urban Rail; Infrastructure Project. ISSN: 2398-4287© 2017. The Authors. Published for AMER ABRA by e-International Publishing House, Ltd., UK. This is an open access article under the CC BYNC-ND license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). Peer–review under responsibility of AMER (Association of Malaysian Environment-Behaviour Researchers), ABRA (Association of Behavioural Researchers on Asians) and cE-Bs (Centre for Environment-Behaviour Studies), Faculty of Architecture, Planning & Surveying, Universiti Teknologi MARA, Malaysia.

10.21834/e-bpj.v2i5.712

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Economic challenges: Conceptual framework on factors affecting construction cost during COVID-19 pandemic in malaysia

IOP Conference Series Earth and Environmental Science (2021)

Natrah Abdullah Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar Nor Atiqah Mustapa Asmalia Che Ahmad Muhammad Najib Abdullah

Abstract Various studies have found that COVID-19 pandemic impacts on a country’s economy through several channels, including the construction sector. The construction sector, which has always been a big growth generator for the economy, has also been completely shut down. Construction stakeholders are facing a several of the issues as the construction costs keep increasing as a result of the workplace safety and health compliance, suspension and termination of the project, and productivity loss. Accordingly, this paper attempted to propose a conceptual framework on the factors affecting construction cost during COVID-19 pandemic in Malaysia. Almost all evidence from the literature shows that project completion, supply chain and regulatory compliance are the main factors that need to take heed of by the construction players during COVID-19 pandemic. Significantly, all these three components have the potential as the contributors to the increment of construction costs during COVID-19 pandemic.

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Determination of Direct to Indirect Accident Cost Ratio for Railway Construction Project

MATEC Web of Conferences (2019)

Nik Nur Khairunnisa Nik Mohd Ainul Azman Asmalia Che Ahmad Mohmad Mohd Derus Izatul Farrita Mohd Kamar

Construction industry involves dangerous activities which few are exposed to a high risk of being fatal, injuries and damages to machinery and property. The construction of Mass Rapid Transit (MRT) and Light Rail Transit (LRT) have no exception to those accidents. The accident can bring economic burden to project stakeholders especially contractors and client. However, the accident cost is relatively complicated because of its “hidden” or “invisible” portion. Thus, this paper is aimed to determine the ratio of direct to indirect accident cost for railway construction projects. The study was conducted using self-administered questionnaire distributed to safety practitioners (n=11) at MRT and LRT construction projects. A total of 36 out of 43 reportable accident cases successfully collected for the study and were analysed with simple descriptive statistics. The findings show that the accident cost ratio for fatality is 1:1.22 , permanent disability is 1:1.94 , and temporary disability is 1:1.19 . The overall accident ratio for all accident classifications is 1:1.23 . The findings of the current study may impact future safety cost estimation process in determining the hidden accident costs for railway construction projects.

Accident (philosophy)

10.1051/matecconf/201926603009

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