competencies of construction manager alastair chai han rong universiti tunku abdul rahman

93 Pages·2016·1.78 MB·English

by  Alastair Chai

COMPETENCIES
OF
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

ALASTAIR CHAI HAN RONG

UNIVERSITI TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN
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COMPETENCIES OF
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

ALASTAIR CHAI HAN RONG

A project report submitted in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the award of the degree of
Bachelor of Science
(Hons.) Construction Management

Faculty of Engineering and Green Technology
Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman

May 2016
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DECLARATION
I hereby declare that this project report is based on my original work except for
citations and quotations which have been duly acknowledged. I also declare that it
has not been previously and concurrently submitted for any other degree or award at
UTAR or other institutions.

Signature : __________________________________
Name : __________________________________
ID No. : __________________________________

Date : __________________________________
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COMPETENCIES OF CONSTRUCTION MANAGER
APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSION
I hereby certify that this project report entitled “COMPETENCIES OF
CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT GRADUATES IN MALAYSIA” was
prepared by ALASTAIR CHAI HAN RONG has met the required standard for
submission in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the award of Bachelor of
Science (Hons.) Construction Management at University Tunku Abdul Rahman.

Approved by,
Signature : __________________________________

Supervisor : Asst. Professor Dr. Olanrewaju Abdullateef Ashola

Date :__________________________________
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The copyright of this report belongs to the author under the terms of the
Copyright Act 1987 as qualified by Intellectual Properly Policy of Universiti Tunku
Abdul Rahman. Due acknowledgement shall always be made of the use of any
material contained in, or derived from, this report.

© 2015, ALASTAIR CHAI HAN RONG. All rights reserved.
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Specially dedicated to my pillars of strength all these years, and they are no other
than my beloved father and mother.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
It has been a great 4 years of time here in UTAR since my foundation studies.
Thanks for UTAR providing me such a comfortable and study environment to
complete my degree course. Besides that, and also very thank you to everyone who
always support me by my side during my hard times. Especially my supervisor Dr.
Olanrewaju, he is the one who always give me the opportunities for a good titles and
never give up on my bad behaviour until the completion of the research. Without his
guides, this studies won’t be so successful as usual.
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COMPETENCIES OF
CONSTRUCTION MANAGER

ABSTRACT
In Malaysia’s construction industry, there are no specified statement
that outline a construction manager’s competencies. Traditionally, the position of
project manager are mainly claim out by the architect or the civil engineer. But
however there are several problem that found out by studies which is architect and
engineers lack in management skills. Although quantity surveyor can handle on the
procurement and contract documentation work, but they are still lack in management
skill compare with construction manager. CIDB (Plan, 2006), described that, project
performance in Malaysia design faults had contributed a mean of 50% to quality
failures, and construction faults by 40%, and lastly material with only 10%. Where
half of the failure are contribute by construction stage where under the management
of construction manager. It have the possibilities that the required skills and
knowledge are not sufficient for construction manager in Malaysian industry. It is
important to find out which competencies that the industry emphasized on.
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TABLE OF CONTENTS
DECLARATION II
APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSION III
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT VI
ABSTRACT VII
TABLE OF CONTENTS VIII
LIST OF FIGURES XI
LIST OF TABLE XII

CHAPTER
1 INTRODUCTION 1
1.1 General 1
1.2 Background 2
1.3 Problem Statement 3
1.4 Aim 4
1.5 Objectives 4
1.6 Research Significance 4
1.7 Research Scope 5
1.8 Research Framework 5

2 LITERATURE REVIEW 6
2.1 Introduction 6
2.2 Construction sector in Malaysia 7

2.3 The Universities that provide Construction
Management Degree course in Malaysia 9

2.4 Similarities and dissimilarities within the
Universities Program structure 11

2.5 List of stakeholders in construction industry 13
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2.6 Profession in Construction management 13

2.6.1 Architect 14
2.6.2 Engineer 14
2.6.3 Quantity surveyor 15
2.7 Construction manager 15

2.8 Competency of construction manager 20
2.8.1 Personal competencies of construction manager
with construction management background 21
2.8.2 Competencies of construction manager 22

3 RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
3.1 Introduction 23
3.2 Methodology 24
3.2.1 Problem statement 25
3.2.2 Aim and objective 26
3.2.3 Secondary data 26
3.2.4 Primary data 26
3.2.5 Targeted respondent 26
3.2.6 Questionnaire 27
3.2.7 Reliability test and validity test 27
3.2.8 Analysis and discussion of result 28
3.2.9 Conclusion and recommendations 29
3.2.10 Presentation and feedback 29