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PRODUKTIVITI DAN HUBUNGANNYA DENGAN KOMITMEN DAN KEPUASAN KERJA DALAM ORGANISASI PEMBINAAN
Get PDFPekerja merupakan sumber yang penting dalam industri pembinaan yang diperlukan untuk menghasilkan produktiviti. Pengurusan sumber manusia adalah kompleks berbanding dengan sumber-sumber lain disebabkan manusia mempunyai pelbagai sifat dan gelagat yang boleh mempengaruhi hasil produktiviti kerja. Kajian ini bertujuan mengkaji perhubungan di antara tiga pembolehubah-pembolehubah iaitu produktiviti, kepuasan dan komitmen dalam organisasi industri pembinaan. Hasil dari kajian lepas menunjukkan bahawa terdapat hubungan yang signifikan antara komitmen dengan produktiviti dan juga terdapat hubungan yang positif antara kepuasan kerja dengan produktiviti
TOPIC: ENHANCING PRIVACY THROUGH THE SPATIAL DESIGN FOR TEENAGE GIRLS IN ORPHANAGE INSTITUTIONS IN MASHHAD, IRAN AS THE ISLAMIC COUNTRY
Get PDFA few previous studies are examined to understand teenage girls’ needs and to improve orphanage design. However, there are not any specific rules for living space for orphanage teenage girls’ (ages 12 - 18) where their privacy preferences are considered. In fact, the majority constructed buildings in Mashhad, Iran has not been designed basically for the purpose of orphanage which results in unsuccessful institutional care for children. Accordingly, lack of privacy as one of the most important factor for teenage girls, arising from the overcrowding at institutions in Mashhad. In fact, the guidelines for orphanage construction, which proposed by main organization in Iran (Behzisti) are not described precisely. The size and the other specifications of orphanages in regard to spatial privacy are not included in these guidelines. Therefore, there is no official accepted standard for spatial privacy for orphanage construction. Mixed quantitative and qualitative approaches will be conducted to enhance spatial privacy for 67 teenage girls who live in five selected orphanages in Mashhad. This study seeks to identify the most important orphanage teenage girls’ spatial privacy preferences within the orphanages and neighbourhood in Iran. As some similarities among Islamic countries the result might be generalized in these countries
RISKS IN CONSERVATION PROJECTS
Get PDFConservation projects normally involve work that cannot accurately predetermine in terms of extent, specification, duration or cost. It was because conservation projects were unique and non-duplicate project which do not have precedent case to study. It was also fewer specialists in the sense of knowledge about the conservation projects. The aim of the research was to identify the risk in conservation faced by contractor and consultant at pre-contract and post-contract stage. The objectives of study were to identify the type of risk in conservation such as cost risk, time risk and safety risk. The barriers in the conservation refurbishment works also been identified through study. Finally, various possible solutions to reduce risk in conservation refurbishment works been identified. Questionnaires and interviews were conducted to achieve the objectives of the study. Both methods were used to cross-tabulated each other to reinforced the opinion from the practitioners. It was found that risk in conservation refurbishment work was higher that new-built projects. Besides that, it was found that risk management in conservation refurbishment projects had been poorly applied and practiced nowadays. Conservation works was contribute to a new era and ways in construction industry which can helps in growth of country’s economy and to preserve the ancient’s properties from time to time in order to attract more tourism visit our country
COMFORTABLE CLIMATE TO ATTRACT TOURIST BY ENJOYING THE PET AND PMV INDICATORS (CASE STUDY: SAVAR VILLAGE)
Get PDFToday, several indicators have been suggested by scientists for ecological climatology study that are used specifically in tourism meteorological study. Among them, composite indicators of temperature-physiology can be named that are based on energy balance of human body and have more credibility. In this study, two PET[1] and PMV[2] indicators have been used to analyze comfortable climate of Savar Village. Climatic information which have been provided from the nearest synoptic station of the region evaluate daily and monthly comfortable climatic condition of the studied village. Similarity of the results obtained from two above mentioned indicators by using two Ray Man software indicates that the period of comfortable climate in this village is short and limited to 44 days which mostly occurs in June and October; so that in spite of lacking in heat stress and extreme heat stress, 179 days of a year are in extreme cold stress to moderate cold stress conditions and four months of a year in addition to the above months are also specified appropriate for tourism. Research method is analytical and then descriptive which has been done by the output of data analysis software model. [1] Physiological Equivalent Temperature. [2] Predicted Mean Vote
A POST OCCUPANCY EVALUATION OF STUDENTS’ HOSTELS ACCOMMODATION
Get PDFHostel accommodation is very crucial to the performance of students. A post occupancy evaluation (POE) of existing hostels could foster their improvement and services. This study focuses on POE of students’ hostel accommodation in the University of Lagos, Nigeria. The objectives of the study are to investigate students’ hostel accommodation and their users’ satisfaction, to examine the additional facilities provided in the hostels, to pinpoint the problems of the users and that of the facilities managers in managing the hostels. The population of the study is the students of the University of Lagos and the facility managers; while the sampling frame is the students resident in the institution-owned hostels and the facility managers of such hostels in the main campus of the University. Eleven hostels were used and random sampling technique was used to a select a sample of 179 from the frame. Descriptive and inferential statistics tools were used to analyze the data. The study reveals that the content of hostels accommodation in the University of Lagos includes bathrooms, common rooms, bedrooms, reading rooms, kitchen and fixtures. There is also a sparse availability of laundry, pantry and meeting room in some of the hostels. The level of satisfaction of the users with the hostels accommodation is “good” in term of noiselessness, indoor temperature, natural lighting, ventilation and water supply; while it is “fair” with electrical fittings, space, cleanliness and comfortability. The study recommends that more accommodation with state of the art facilities should be provided in the University of Lagos
People critical success factors (CSFs) in Information Technology/Information System (IT/IS) implementation
Get PDFInformation technology/Information System (IT/IS) become the vital tools in today’s competitive environment, hence it has become the major concern for successfully implementing IT/IS in every organisation. In every organisation, people are the fundamental issue. They have the powerful force that can influence the success and failure of IT/IS implementation. Many literatures have discussed about the critical success factors (CSFs), but none of them highlighting the people issue. Therefore, this research paper presents a review of recent work of CSFs in implementing IT/IS focusing on the people issue only. Various journal articles, conference proceedings, theses and book between years 2001 to 2010 were reviewed to get relatively new findings. Findings revealed twenty (20) factors that frequently cited by researchers. These factors were then grouped into four (4) categories; skills, behaviour, management and mind-set. It is anticipated that, this research will not only create awareness but also assist organisations to understand the CSFs in implementing IT/IS, increasing the chances for successful implementation and served as a guideline for future planning
MEASURING INDOOR AIR QUALITY PERFORMANCE IN MALAYSIAN GOVERNMENT KINDERGARTEN
Get PDFChildren require good indoor environment since indoor air quality (IAQ) is very important for their growth and wellbeing. Studies around the world have found that indoor air quality affected these sensitive groups more compared to adults. In IAQ of kindergarten buildings especially in Malaysia is unknown as research on this matter is limited. The failure to identify and establish IAQ status can increase the chance of long-term and short-term health problems. Therefore, the IAQ of two government kindergartens in Malaysia was studied in this research. In these studies, all factors were considered including temperature, relative humidity (RH), airflow rate and the amount of carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrogen dioxide (NO2), formaldehyde and volatile organic compound (VOC). One case study is located in the rural area of Rembau, Negeri Sembilan and the other one is located in the city centre area of Kuala Lumpur. Measurements were taken continuously in a period of three daysin order to establish the IAQ pattern. Furthermore, a comparison with an established benchmark was conducted to identify rooms for improvement. It is anticipated that findings from this research would provide some advancement towards improving existing Malaysian policies and standards. This research could also spur other research activities concerning IAQ
DOKUMENTASI, ANALISIS DAN PENGGUNAAN HADITH: SATU PENILAIAN KEATAS REKABENTUK MASJID MODEN DI MALAYSIA
Get PDFKertas kerja ini cuba untuk menyusun dan menganalisa hadith dalam memberi pendekatan pilihan untuk rekabentuk masjid moden di Malaysia. Kajian dilakukan dengan membuat pengumpulan Hadith-hadith himpunan Bukhari dan Muslim yang kemudian dihuraikan dan dijadikan kerangka rujukan bagi menangani pelbagai permasalahan dan kecelaruan rekabentuk masjid yang terjadi di Malaysia. Kajian ini terbahagi kepada dua bahagian utama. Bahagian pertama mengandungi kajian mengenai isu dan permasalahan rekabentuk masjid di Malaysia. Bahagian dua pula terdiri daripada dokumentasi dan analisis terhadap himpunan Hadith-hadith berkenaan dalam menyingkapi pelbagai isu dan permasalahan rekabentuk masjid di Malaysia dan dunia. Diharapkan melalui kajian ini kita dapat memahami penggunaan hadith sebagai salah satu pendekatan utama dan menjadi kerangka pertimbangan dalam penghasilan rekabentuk masjid moden di Malaysia untuk masa kini dan masa hadapan
COMPLEXITY OF STATUTORY REQUIREMENTS: CASE STUDY OF REFURBISHMENT PROJECTS IN MALAYSIA
Get PDFThe complexity of refurbishment projects is reflected in the difficulty in getting accurate design information during the design process. One of the factors contributing to the complexity in refurbishment projects is building legislation. The changing and updating of some of the building regulations by government has also affected the approval process in refurbishment projects, especially projects related to conservation. The statutory requirements could cause project delays and cost overruns due to adjustments that need to be made to design in order to comply with the regulations. Therefore, the main objectives of this paper are to present the difficulties that contributed to the complexity of building legislation and to show how it affects the overall performance of refurbishment projects. Quantitative research techniques are used, which consists of review of literature and a postal questionnaire survey that involved 234 respondents. From 234 questionnaires sent out, 62 questionnaires were found to be suitable to form a database for analysis. Descriptive and inferential statistics were used in the data analysis. The results conclude that complexity in refurbishment projects in Malaysia is made worse by complexity of building legislation. The associative test indicates that performance of refurbishment projects suffered from the complexity of building regulations
DIAGNOSIS OF DAMPNESS IN CONSERVATION OF HISTORIC BUILDING
Get PDFHistoric buildings are old aged buildings that have a unique architecture which relates to its history and events of the construction. Historic buildings usually experience physical defects like cracks, peeling paints, decays and others. The main factor that contributes to these defects is building dampness. Most decisions that have been made to overcome dampness are ad hoc decisions. It is because by looking at the current situation there is no comprehensive scientific research in explaining the exact factor of dampness. Most of the scientific research done cannot be comprehended by contractors because the procedure used is ambiguous. As a result, faulty in the repair works will occur and lead to severe effects in which the same or even worse defects or damages can happen in the future. The goals of this study are to investigate the dampness problems on the historic buildings and introduce a straightforward procedure in investigating the building dampness. There are four processes of investigation used in this study which are visual inspection, a test that will not damage the building, a test that will damage the building (lab test) and comprehensive research. All of these processes have been completed in UK. A comprehensive or detailed research will be conducted by experimenting and the data will be analysed thoroughly. Through the research that has been done, one simple method in inspecting the dampness of the building will be presented. In addition, one method or technique in analysing the dampness will be presented manually in order to be understood and followed without difficulty