INCREASING PRICES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS

ACADEMIC REPORT WRITING UHL2332

Group 4 Members• Athirah Binti Azman AE09017• Chan Men Hoo AE09023• Nor Salica Binti Mohd Saad AE09025• Section: A03

INTRODUCTION

Background Information

Meaning of construction

Contains many sectors

Increasing Prices is the main problem nowadays

Research Questions

• What are the reasons of increasing prices in construction works?

• What are the solutions that can be taken to overcome this problem?

Methodology• 30 respondents• Various faculties• Female and Male• Analyzing

RESULTS AND ANALYSISReasons & Solutions;

INCREASING PRICES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS

Reasons

• Inflation-Materials-Transportation-<INFLATION IN MALAYSIA> by Cheng & Tan 2002

Reasons• Humanity Error-Worker’s skill-Less affective in arrangement schedule-Peter E.D Love 2002

Reasons

• Waste Management-increasing job-more manpower is needed• Government Tax-international trading tax-land tax

How About The Result?

Reasons

inflation waste management humanity error government tax

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What About The Solutions?

Solutions

• Supported by Guthrie et al. (1999) research

Solutions

• Supported by Chen et al. (2002) research

Solutions

• Supported by Chen et al. (2002) research

CONCLUSIONINCREASING PRICES OF CONSTRUCTION WORKS

In a nutshell..• This research was a success!• We have identified:

– Reasons– Solutions

Last But Not Least..

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