Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation

Cooperation between the main contractor and subcontractor to deliver the construction project within the time, quality and cost are important in the construction industry. The success of the construction project depends on the subcontractors because they are the party that execute the technical and...

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Main Author:	Lagiman, Syahidah
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.8672021-09-06T05:44:40Z Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation 2017-01 Lagiman, Syahidah TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Cooperation between the main contractor and subcontractor to deliver the construction project within the time, quality and cost are important in the construction industry. The success of the construction project depends on the subcontractors because they are the party that execute the technical and the operation of the works. The main contractor needs to possess the ability to effectively coordinate and manages the sub-contractors. Despite to this importance, there are relationship issues between the main contractor and the subcontractor that required to be reviewed. The objectives of this research were to determine the factors leading to relationship problems between the main contractors and subcontractors in a construction project and to propose recommendations to improve the main contractor and subcontractor relationship for a successful project implementation. A qualitative method was chosen and face to face semi-structure interview was conducted by having the discussion with six respondents from both main contractors and subcontractors. The scope of this research is the housing development project in Johor Bahru. The data collected was analysed using content analysis. The outcome of this research concluded the relatives to this issues, the factors leading to relationship problems between the main contractor and subcontractor are time and cost overrun factor, delay, trust, lack of quality, lack of communication, lack of safety, shortage of construction material and shortage of skill labors. On the other hand, the recommendation to improve the relationship between both parties are skill, integrity, trust, responsibility and communication application which is mutual in a contractual relationship between both parties. In conclusion, the finding can assist in the improvement of the main contractor and subcontractor relationship for successful construction project implementation. 2017-01 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/867/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/867/1/24p%20SYAHIDAH%20LAGIMAN.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/867/2/SYAHIDAH%20LAGIMAN%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/867/3/SYAHIDAH%20LAGIMAN%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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language	English English English
topic	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle	TA Engineering (General) Civil engineering (General) Lagiman, Syahidah Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
description	Cooperation between the main contractor and subcontractor to deliver the construction project within the time, quality and cost are important in the construction industry. The success of the construction project depends on the subcontractors because they are the party that execute the technical and the operation of the works. The main contractor needs to possess the ability to effectively coordinate and manages the sub-contractors. Despite to this importance, there are relationship issues between the main contractor and the subcontractor that required to be reviewed. The objectives of this research were to determine the factors leading to relationship problems between the main contractors and subcontractors in a construction project and to propose recommendations to improve the main contractor and subcontractor relationship for a successful project implementation. A qualitative method was chosen and face to face semi-structure interview was conducted by having the discussion with six respondents from both main contractors and subcontractors. The scope of this research is the housing development project in Johor Bahru. The data collected was analysed using content analysis. The outcome of this research concluded the relatives to this issues, the factors leading to relationship problems between the main contractor and subcontractor are time and cost overrun factor, delay, trust, lack of quality, lack of communication, lack of safety, shortage of construction material and shortage of skill labors. On the other hand, the recommendation to improve the relationship between both parties are skill, integrity, trust, responsibility and communication application which is mutual in a contractual relationship between both parties. In conclusion, the finding can assist in the improvement of the main contractor and subcontractor relationship for successful construction project implementation.
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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Lagiman, Syahidah
author_facet	Lagiman, Syahidah
author_sort	Lagiman, Syahidah
title	Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
title_short	Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
title_full	Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
title_fullStr	Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
title_full_unstemmed	Improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
title_sort	improvement of relationship between main contractor and subcontractor for successful construction project implementation
granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
granting_department	Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
publishDate	2017
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