High-rise Building Construction Projects Research Articles

Assesment of Quality Management Practice on High-Rise Building, the Case of Banking and Insurance Companies in Addis Ababa

This research focuses on the assessment of quality management practices within the context of constructing high-rise buildings, with a particular emphasis on buildings designated as headquarters for banking and insurance companies in Addis Ababa. The objective of this study is to gain a comprehensive understanding of the various factors that contribute to the successful execution of complex construction projects in this domain. Employing a hybrid research approach that combines both qualitative and quantitative methods, the investigation explores a range of aspects related to quality assurance, monitoring, evaluation, and regulatory oversight. The study explores the impact of inadequate quality management on the overall quality, structural integrity, and safety of high-rise buildings. It also identifies barriers and challenges in implementing quality management practices, as well as performance indicators and metrics for assessing the effectiveness of quality control measures. Additionally, the research delves into monitoring construction activities for compliance with quality control measures and ensuring quality standards for materials used in high-rise construction. Furthermore, it discusses quality benchmarks, standards, and the monitoring and evaluation of quality assurance measures implementation within organizations, including policies and procedures specific to high-rise building projects. Through interviews with various stakeholders, this study aims to provide valuable insights into enhancing the quality management processes in high-rise construction projects, ultimately contributing to the advancement of building safety and integrity in urban environments. Building upon these insights, the research concludes by presenting a series of strategic recommendations designed to enhance quality management practices in high-rise building construction projects. These recommendations span multiple dimensions, including strengthening regulatory oversight, implementing integrated quality assurance policies, establishing comprehensive monitoring and evaluation frameworks, defining quality benchmarks and performance metrics, ensuring robust materials quality control.

Investigation on the Nature of Safety Rule Violations in High-Rise Construction Projects

The construction sector has consistently demonstrated a greater risk of fatal and non-fatal occupational accidents than other economic sectors, particularly with respect to high-rise building construction projects. Despite searing progress in the regulatory domain, and progressive formulation of new safety agenda for the industry, the truth is safety incidences involving fatalities and injuries still perpetuate with varying degrees of intensity. This is further aggravated by the loss of vital project resources of materials, equipment, and labours, which is counter-productive, unsustainable, and occasionally polluting. What is abundantly clear is that human factor when dealing with safety intricacies and observation still plays a considerable role in determining key safety objective accomplishment. With that in mind, it was the aims of this study to delve deeper into this issue among practitioners at the forefront of the high-rise building construction works in Malaysia. Specifically, it investigates, analyses, and ranks the degree of severity of the safety rule violation repercussion, the frequency, and perpetrators. A questionnaire survey approach was devised and distributed to respondents from among the developers, consultants, contractors, and relevant authorities. The data collected were analysed using SPSS package by determining the average index, standard deviation, variance, and frequency analysis. The results have shown that the lack of fire protection was perceived to lead to the most severe repercussion, while the lack of risky, near-miss, accident reporting, and the lack of Logout or Tagout (LOTO) procedures during servicing and maintenance activities were the most frequent safety rule violations. In addition, the contractor party was the most regular offender of the safety regulations, understandably by virtue of numbers. In conclusion, these outcomes could facilitate safety authorities and professionals in devising pragmatic schemes that best utilize both the persuasive and punitive mitigation measures for better safety outcomes.

On the Key Points of Technical Management in High rise Building Engineering

For the technical management of high-rise building construction projects, it involves a systematic approach throughout the entire construction process. The pre construction stage requires careful planning, from site selection to market analysis, while engineering design ensures structural integrity and functional efficiency. Efficient project organization, procurement, and on-site management, as well as strict quality control, are crucial during the construction phase. The focus of the post construction phase is debugging, seamless handover, and continuous facility operation and maintenance. Overall, by adopting comprehensive technical management, the safe and efficient construction of high-rise buildings has been ensured, meeting functional and aesthetic requirements while considering environmental protection.

Identification of Occupational Hazard in High-Rise Building Construction Projects

Identification of Occupational Hazard in High-Rise Building Construction Projects

Implementation of the HIRADC Method in Risk Analysis of Diaphragm Wall Work Projects

The decreasing land area in big cities makes construction progress develop not only vertically upwards, but also downwards. This is done to optimize the land use. One of the things is the construction of a basement as a parking lot, storage space, and other functions to be neatly organized and safe. There are numerous employment risks in basement work that can result in building failures that hinder other construction activity. This research was conducted at a company that focuses on the business of guitar manufacturing, retaining walls, and soil improvement in three high-rise building construction projects that are currently building, and experiencing difficulties in identifying the main risks in diaphragm wall work. The soil conditions are different at each project site, which is not the same as the superstructure work. It is more typical and the quite large project value reaching more than 100 billion than can be classified as a major construction project. The risks that will be encountered in its implementation will also be large. The steps involved in the research were risk identification, risk qualitative analysis, and extreme risk response planning by experts. There were sixty-four (64) identified risks relevant to the project construction phase, classified into eleven categories. The risk was then simulated to obtain high risk and control risk plans that would be carried out when the high risk occurs. There are four high risks, namely the damaged or non-compliant construction materials, inaccurate specifications, delays in the execution of constructor work, and slope failure during excavation.

Analysis of Factors Causing Material Waste and Cost Loss in High-Rise Building Construction Projects in Jakarta

Analysis of Factors Causing Material Waste and Cost Loss in High-Rise Building Construction Projects in Jakarta

The impacts of 5D-Building Information Modeling on construction's Time and cost performance

The construction sector is essential to a country's economic growth and development. This is why the construction of building projects is one of the most pressing concerns for the Indonesian government. The industrial sector has become increasingly dynamic and responsive to the challenges of building projects due to technological advancements. One example is the Building Information Modelling (BIM) 5D, an emerging technology integrating project implementation time and costs into a 3D model. Therefore, this study aims to investigate the success factors of BIM 5D implementation on the time and cost performance of high-rise building construction projects at Campus-II UIN Sunan Ampel Surabaya. This was achieved through a quantitative research method using a questionnaire completed by 62 respondents: the project manager, site manager, engineering head, and site engineer. Moreover, descriptive statistics were utilized to examine the frequency distribution of concentration measures and data distribution on sample characteristics and variables. The findings showed that the factors of tender document, human resources, BIM software, planning process and production process simultaneously positively affected the construction project's cost and time performance.

Quality Management System in High Rise Buildings

Abstract: The growing demand for more living space and scarcity of land availability is leading to vertical development of building projects in Indian cities. India is the second-most populated country in the world and so its cities. Growing urban population and shrinking availability of land is pushing for a vertical development of realty projects. While skyscrapers have become a necessity in metros and Tier 1 cities in India, Tier 2 cities are now gradually following the trend with growing population and changing lifestyles. Property and land are becoming costly and scarce where tall buildings pose the best option. Developing vertically through constructed structures can accommodate more people, than developing horizontally, which saves availability of land also. And Quality management in high-rise building construction projects is an essential factor to avoid defects in the end product, which could lead to the need for replacements, faults, accidents or any kind of anomalies that will end up having a negative impact on the final result and the customer's experience

Modeling labor productivity in high-rise building construction projects using neural networks

Modeling labor productivity in high-rise building construction projects using neural networks

Pengaruh Pengalaman Tenaga Kerja terhadap Produktivitas Tenaga Kerja Proyek Konstruksi Gedung Bertingkat di Kota Palu

One measure of the success of high-rise building construction projects is the labor. High labor productivity will support timely completion of projects and more efficient use of costs. Labor productivity will be easily achieved if human resources have previous work experience. The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of labor experience on labor productivity in high-rise building construction projects in the city of Palu. Primary data collection through the distribution of questionnaires, interviews, surveys and documentation. Secondary data is obtained through information on the contractor company. Data analysis using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression. The results showed that partially the length of time work (X1) and the level of knowledge and skills (X2) had a positive effect on labor productivity (Y) but not significantly. Meanwhile, mastery of work and equipment (X3) partially has a positive and significant effect on labor productivity (Y). Simultaneously the variable length of time/work time (X1), level of knowledge and skills possessed (X2), variable mastery of work and equipment (X3) has a positive and significant effect on labor productivity (Y) with a coefficient of determination (R2) of 88.4%.

Factors Affecting Workplace Well-Being: Building Construction Projects

This study explores the factors affecting workplace well-being in building construction projects. The objectives of this study are (1) to investigate the critical factors for workplace well-being in building construction projects, (2) to compare the critical factors between large enterprises (LEs) and small-medium enterprises (SMEs), and (3) to compare the critical factors between high-rise building construction projects and non-high-rise building construction projects. Data from 21 semi-structured interviews with construction industry professionals in Malaysia and a systematic literature review were used to develop a potential list of factors. Then, the factors were used to create a survey that was distributed to industry professionals. Data from 205 valid responses were analyzed using mean score ranking, normalization, the Kruskal–Wallis test, and overlap analysis. Fourteen critical factors were determined, including salary package, working hours, project progress, planning of the project, workers’ welfare, relationship between top management and employees, timeline of salary payment, working environment, employee work monitoring, communication between workers, insurance for construction worker, general safety and health monitoring, collaboration between top management and employee, and project leadership. This study contributes to the body of knowledge by identifying the critical factors for improving workplace well-being. The study findings allow researchers and practitioners to develop strategies to promote workplace well-being in building construction projects.

Key Last Planner System Metrics to Assess Project Performance in High-Rise Building and Industrial Construction Projects

AbstractThe Last Planner System (LPS) establishes short cycles of planning and control, comprising LP, the make-ready process, short-term planning commitments, identifying reasons for noncompletion...

The Practices of Occupational Safety and Health Management in Construction Industry: Case Studies of High Rise Building Projects

This paper presents an investigation of safety practicesin occupational safety and health management at high-rise building construction projects in the Klang Valley. Three case studies were selected for data collection. Data was collected through semi-structured interviews with the safety personnel of the respective projects. The findings show that overall construction projects were implemented with safety practicessuch as safety inspections, safety meetings among construction personnel, education and training for workers, personal protection equipment (PPE) for construction personnel and workersand fall protection systems. Nevertheless, several problems were encountered while implementing the safetypractices, which include workers' ignorance of safety workingprocedures, language obstruction between workers and construction personnel, and lack of awareness among workers. Some of the suggestions given by the interviewees are to provide effective safety training, get full commitment from the top management, impose punishmentor penalty on those employees who have irritated the safety regulations and rules, and keep reminding the employees to be aware of their safety as the strategies to decrease problems in safety practices.

Schedule Risk Assessment in High-Rise Building Construction Projects with Joint Operation Scheme by Foreign Contractor in Indonesia

Schedule Risk Assessment in High-Rise Building Construction Projects with Joint Operation Scheme by Foreign Contractor in Indonesia

Analysis on risk management of occupational health and safety on ongoing building project

The issue of handling occupational safety and health is an important aspect of construction projects around the world. The purpose of this study is to find the dominant risk aspects that affect occupational safety and health accidents in high rise building projects. This study used a survey method through questionnaire with analytical hierarchy process (AHP) type. Respondents at minimum must have relevant education background in the construction sector and had at least 3 - 4 years of work experience in the construction sector of high-rise building projects in the Greater Jakarta area. Through literature study, there were 3 aspects with its own sub-criteria that was analysed in this research. Those 3 aspects are Technical Aspects (A), Human Resource Aspects (B), and Unexpected Events aspects (C). With technical Aspects (A) has seven sub-criteria, Human Resource Aspects (B) has six sub-criteria, and Unexpected Events aspects (C) has seven sub-criteria. These variables were compiled into an analytical hierarchy process type questionnaire. The survey used an online media, which is the use of Google Drive (Google Sheets), where each respondent filled in the questionnaire in Google Sheets, stored in an online database. The data from the questionnaire were analysed using a program called Expert Choice to determine which aspects have the highest scored and then each aspect was ranked based on the score. Each sub-criteria of the aspects were also analysed and was ranked based on the score. Based on the results of the analysis carried out, the dominant risk aspects that affect work accidents in high rise building construction projects is human resources (Criteria B).

Implementation of Lean Six Sigma Method in High-Rise Residential Building Projects

Fueled by the growth of residential needs, high rise building projects has become a major contributing segment that increases the competition in the world of construction project services [1]. In the implementation of high-rise building construction projects, scheduling and good quality control plays a very important role in the timeliness, cost, and quality of the overall project completion. Project delays often occur in the construction project implementation process. It results in poor quality that is not in accordance with the technical specifications. In the end, it causes loss to a project [2]. Project delays may occur because of internal factors, external factors, weather disturbances, changes in images, etc. Quality failures are usually caused by poor communication between parties in a project. Project development must fulfill the 3 most important things, namely cost, quality, and time. [3]. Cost overrun is one of the issues confronting the construction industry. Most of the construction projects in Malaysia have experienced a cost overrun of 5 to 10% of the total contract [4]. To control the cost, quality, and time, the researchers used the Lean Six Sigma method. Lean Six Sigma is a combination of lean and six sigma which can be defined as a business philosophy, systemic and systematic approach to identifying and eliminating waste or activities that are not value-added through the continuous increase in productivity to reach level Six Sigma, and consists of 5 stages of improvement commonly called DMAIC consisting of Define, Measure, Analyze, Improve, and Control [5]. This research focuses on basement construction, especially bore pile secant pile and excavation work. By applying the Lean Six Sigma method, we can get a cost efficiency of 6,85% and a time efficiency of 9,60 %. Therefore, this research is very useful.

Safety Hazards Identification of Construction Site Layout Based on Geographic Information System (GIS)

In the world's gross domestic product, the construction industry accounts for about 10% and plays a significant role in the eastern and western economies. Hectic places, unique characteristics, and an ever-changing work environment and its dynamic nature make construction sites challenging to predict before construction or during the life cycle project. The physical and psychological problems of construction workers caused by the construction site's poor safety, economically, significantly affect the project with a significant increase in costs. This study aims to identify occupational safety hazards by proposing occupational safety hazards in predicting worker safety hazards at construction sites. In this research, GIS is used to present the relationship between temporary facilities and safety issues at construction sites to improve the accuracy of identifying work accidents. The data collection stages were carried out through a location survey, geographic spatial, and interviews by SHE managers on a high-rise building construction project. The site layout's dynamic safety assessment is a step in GIS development in obtaining the safety zone accuracy around the temporary construction facility. It was found that there is a combination of GIS capabilities in the accuracy of site layout, which can significantly increase safety at the construction site to obtain recommendations for safety measures and minimize the occurrence of work accident fatalities through preventive actions.

Choosing the rational management of high­rise building construction projects

The approach to the choice of rational management of high-rise building construction, which ensures the effective use of resources, was developed. This approach is aimed at ensuring cost-effectiveness, energy-saving, quality, safety, and environmental friendliness of high-rise buildings. It was proposed to solve such tasks based on the search for rational decisions that correspond most to desirable (assigned) technical and economic characteristics (indicators), based on the application of statistical modeling of projects as manageable processes. At the same time, it is advisable to take into consideration the influence of determining organizational-technological, technical, and managerial factors. To assess decisions regarding these factors, it is necessary to find a rational value of management efficiency criterion. From the customer’s (investor’s) position, it is advisable to consider the minimum cost of high-rise building construction. It was proposed to consider the impact of the factors of quality, safety, energy efficiency, environmental friendliness, optimal maintenance of a high-rise building. The sufficiency and essence of the impact of these factors on making rational decisions in the management of high-rise building construction projects were substantiated by the results of the expert questioning. Mathematical models, based on the consideration of the systemic influence of determining factors, were obtained. These models provide an opportunity to assess numerically the level of achievement of the assigned results, in particular, by the criterion of high-rise building construction, at various stages of project management. The obtained results are relevant because they make it possible to reach the rational values of the desired indicators under specific conditions of execution of construction and mounting works within specified resource restrictions. By operating predictive estimates of the expected results, investors have the opportunity to adjust their goals and choose the most rational variant of the investment-construction project.

UAV Integration in Current Construction Safety Planning and Monitoring Processes: Case Study of a High-Rise Building Construction Project in Chile

The majority of construction fatalities and accidents in Chile occur in high-rise building construction projects that also suffer from an insufficient number of safety managers on-site. Unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and their generated aerial visual contents have the potential to help the limited number of safety managers in such projects to quickly and properly inspect the inaccessible, hard-to-reach, or unsafe locations on the site and to enhance their safety assessment of those projects. In this study, a case study approach was adopted to investigate how UAV technology and their generated aerial visual contents might affect the current approach of conducting safety planning and monitoring in a high-rise building construction site in Chile with a limited number of safety managers. The case study involved three steps: (1) understanding the current safety planning and monitoring process in a high-rise construction project, (2) investigating how UAV-related tasks and generated visual contents could be integrated into the current process, and (3) assessment of how such UAV integration might affect the current safety planning and monitoring process. The outcome of the case study provided a detailed overview of the new steps required to integrate UAVs in the current safety planning and monitoring process and concluded that adoption of UAV technology had enhanced identification and assessment of hazards in the high-rise project. Hazards associated with unsafe acts and conditions at height (e.g., missing guardrails or safety nets around unprotected edges or openings and loose or unsecured material at height) were the most common types of hazards identified using the UAV in this case study. Safety managers in the project also rated aerial videos captured by the UAV as the most useful type of data for their safety planning and monitoring tasks. The UAV also significantly reduced the amount of time required for safety managers to conduct their site visit walkthroughs on the project site.

Design of tools for treatment lightweight mortars in supporting construction materials in Banyuwangi

The development of the construction industry in Banyuwangi has very rapid. This can be seen from the high-rise building construction projects such as hotels and others. Banyuwangi has located in a coastal area, this gives a signal that consideration of lateral loads that may occur is necessary. One of them is earthquake load which has a higher concept and building weight, so the greater the earthquake load received. So, we need the use of lightweight structural elements such as the use of lightweight aggregates. This requires innovation, which in this case was used fly ash in making lightweight mortars that were applied to non-structural elements such as lightweight bricks. Proportion that has been done in previous studies. In this follow-up research focused on the design of tools used to treat mortars in order to have good quality. Results of this study found the design of the steam curing device and the results of the mortar test. The mortar test results with tools could be have compression test a maximum of 7.47 MPa, with treatment on 70 degree C for six hours. These results have a better value when compared to the value of mortar on lightweight bricks on the market.