Analysis of factors affecting labour productivity of a construction project

  Abhishek Chandrakant Belhekar,  Dr. Sumant Kulkarni

Construction sector is the key sector of the national economy for countries all around the world; it takes up a large portion in nation’s total employment and plays an effective role in contributing to a nation’s revenue as a whole. There are number of activities involved in the construction industry & human resource has an effective role for increasing productivity of any organization which makes it superior in the industrial competition. Labour Productivity is most important factor that affects overall performance in construction industry. There are number of factors that directly affect the productivity of labour, and it is important for any organization to study and identify those factors and take an appropriate action for improving the labour productivity. Improved productivity ultimately reduces or decreases the unit cost of project and gives overall best performance of project. Thus the effective use and proper management regarding labour is very important in construction operations without which those activities may not be possible. One of the biggest problems faced by construction industry is the lack of skilled labour which leads to productivity loss, cost overruns, and failure to keep up with schedule.

Keywords- Labour Productivity, LOPE Method.

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1903042
Page Number(s) - 253-257
Pubished in - Volume 7 | Issue 3 | July 2019
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Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Abhishek Chandrakant Belhekar,  Dr. Sumant Kulkarni,   "Analysis of factors affecting labour productivity of a construction project", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.7, Issue 3, pp.253-257, July 2019, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1903042.pdf