Annotated Bibliography on Project Management - Civil Engineering

This annotated bibliography provides summaries of ten research articles focused on project management within the construction industry. The articles cover a range of topics, including improving construction productivity, enhancing safety, and applying intelligent technologies. Several papers investigate factors affecting productivity, such as material availability, labor skills, and automation techniques. Others explore the use of statistical analysis and ergonomics to improve efficiency and reduce risks. The bibliography also examines the application of RFID technology for monitoring machinery productivity and the impact of various factors on construction performance. The included research spans different countries and methodologies, offering a comprehensive overview of key issues and potential solutions in construction project management. Each entry includes a concise summary of the article's key findings and contributions, highlighting the importance of each study within the broader context of the field.

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Article 1: Perera, W.A.S., 2018. An investigation into developing productive construction
environments to improve quality performance in Australian building construction.
The paper mainly reflects on construction performance which has generally attracted a
number of criticisms from different corners over the past few years. It is found that quality issues
mainly plaguing construction-based performance which is found to be one of the popular themes
for proper investigation of productivity as well as construction conditions. The research that is
mainly aimed is helpful in enhancing the entire quality performance which generally focus on
fostering proper customer supplier-based relationship between various trade sub-contractors for
changing management as well as for various work attitude in order to determine as well as rectify
sources.
Article 2: Oroh, R.R., Haris, A.S. and Sugandi, R.M., 2018, February. What are the
Dominant Factors of Students’ Productive Skills in Construction Services?. In IOP
Conference Series: Materials Science and Engineering (Vol. 306, No. 1, p. 012111). IOP
Publishing.
The article mainly helps in identifying the dominant factors of student’s productive skulls
while working with the concrete structure so that it can get fit with the various construction-
based services. The article helps in providing sample of the respondents from various districts
and furthermore, it is found that the data is mainly achieved with the help of performance test-
based instruments. The results of the research help in reflecting the dominant factors of the
students of productive skills in doing the work of concrete structure that is mainly performed as

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per the construction services namely the factor of working concrete casting that further consists
of making scaffolding various materials.
Article 3: Choudhry, R.M., 2017. Achieving safety and productivity in construction
projects. Journal of Civil Engineering and Management, 23(2), pp.311-318.
The article reflects on the safety as well as productivity of construction projects as it is
one of the most important concern within the construction industry. It is one of the dearth efforts
that helps in documenting various needs for achieving safety as well as productivity of the
various construction sites. The main objective of the entire research is to properly investigate
about the productivity as well as safety effectively. On the basis of this particular topic, proper
investigation is mainly done 25 construction projects with the help of statistical analysis. The
results help in confirming that it is quite possible for improving productivity as well as safety
simultaneously on different types of construction project. The findings of these particular
research generally help in providing proper knowledge about the managers as well as safety
practitioners on construction-based projects for achieving safety as well as productivity
simultaneously.
Article 4: Subramani, T. and Rajiv, S.R., 2016. Improving construction efficiency and
productivity of industry using SPSS. International Journal of Application or Innovation in
Engineering & Management (IJAIEM), 5(5), pp.239-250.
The author describes that one of the most significant issue within the construction
industry is to properly improve the production related efficiency. The study that is undertaken in
this paper helps in reflecting that there are top five factors that generally can create huge impact
on productivity and the factors mainly include availability of materials, delayed delivery of the

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materials, strikes, frequent changes in drawings and designs as well as availability of time. The
findings help in giving proper understanding about the various factors that generally helps in
influencing productivity in the Indian context for helping the various practitioners in order to
make proper plans for undertaking improvement with the help of SPSS.
Article 5: Shinde, V.J. and Hedaoo, M.N., 2017. Productivity improvement in construction
industry. International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research, 4(12),
pp.321-333.
The paper helps in reflecting that labour productivity is one of the forefronts of concerns
that are faced by various professionals within the construction industry. This study generally
helps in highlighting various types of factors that generally affects the productivity of the labour
within the construction industry. Furthermore, a questionnaire is utilized for gathering different
types of relevant information from various members. The results help in reflecting that
construction of labour productivity generally includes proper clarification in technical
specification, unavailability of various tools, labour supervision, labour skills and many more. A
number of recommendations is provided within the study for addressing various factors.
Article 6: Chopdar, M.M. and Patil, A.B., 2019. Productivity Improvement in Construction
Industry using Automation Techniques.
The article helps in reflecting that the construction industry is one of the indicators of
development as it helps in creating a number of investment-based opportunities across various
sectors. Human resources generally have a strategic role for enhancing productivity within the
construction industry. With proper utilization of human resources, one can be able to help within
productivity growth. The study that is undertaken helps in highlighting various factors that

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generally affect the productivity within the construction industry. It is analyzed that proper
questionnaire is mainly utilized for gathering various types of data from different area of study.
The factors that is affecting the construction generally includes productivity management, human
factors as well as external factors. Moreover, a number of recommendations are made for
addressing the factors quite effectively.
Article 7: Sopic, M. and Vukomanović, M., 2017, January. Modelling the Productivity of
Construction Machinery by Using RFID Technology. In 13th International Conference on
Organization, Technology and Management in Construction.
The author helps in reflecting that proper assessment of actual productivity is one of the
construction sites that generally needs continuous as well as proper monitoring of the entire
construction content. With proper assessment of the productivity, it is very much possible to
properly predict the time as well as expenses that are required for construction. Wireless
technologies generally help in representing area with proper possibilities as well as effective
application with appropriate purpose of proper measurement, monitoring, assessment as well as
control of productivity. The entire paper helps in giving proper overview about the entire
situation that is related with the research for planning and controlling productivity of
construction machinery.
Article 8: Hasan, A., Baroudi, B., Elmualim, A. and Rameezdeen, R., 2018. Factors
affecting construction productivity: a 30-year systematic review. Engineering, Construction
and Architectural Management.
The author reflects that the amount of work that is mainly performed within the area
helps in identifying factors that generally affect the productivity of construction. One of the

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studies have generally tried for properly determining the significant factors which affect the
construction related productivity within the different countries. Proper and continuous effort
within this particular direction has helped the researchers in determining a number of factors. On
the other hand, it is found that the entire subject areas were matured and therefore no agreement
can be made for focussing on the various factors that are generally affecting the construction
productivity. For filling this gap, one of main purpose of the paper is to properly undertake
systematic view of the different mainstream studies on different types of factors that are
generally affecting the productivity.
Article 9: Michaloski, A.O., Stradioto, J.P. and de Paula Xavier, A.A., 2019, July.
Ergonomics Study in the Productive Process in Civil Construction in the External
Plastering Activity. In International Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics
(pp. 245-255). Springer, Cham.
The work that is mainly used within the ergonomic analysis method reflects OCRA
checklist which further helps in enabling proper ergonomic risk analysis of various external
plaster related activities that is mainly indicated by the international standard. The analysis that
is mainly conducted on the demand gets verified by the high incidence beside the question of
repetitiveness within the analyzed activity. The study which is undertaken over the resulted topic
generally resulted in proper risk requiring for making a number of improvements. The entire
progress generally results in proper reduction of ergonomic risks by more than 50% with proper
improvement within the posture as well as strength requirements.
Article 10: Al-Zwainy, F.M.S., Eiada, A.A.A. and Khaleel, T.A.A., 2016. Application
intelligent predicting technologies in construction productivity. American Journal of
Engineering and Technology Management, 1(3), pp.39-48.

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The article mainly focuses on the application of intelligent predicting technologies within
the construction productivity. It is found that most of the studies are generally interested for
proper identification of the factors that generally affects the construction productivity in
achieving control as well as for improving construction productivity for finding proper
mathematical model in estimation of construction productivity. It is found that a number of
techniques are used for analyzing the data that is mainly used for identifying factors for affecting
relative importance, scope definition as well as sensitivity analysis for using them for successful
development of predictive models.

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Bibliography
Al-Zwainy, F.M.S., Eiada, A.A.A. and Khaleel, T.A.A., 2016. Application intelligent predicting
technologies in construction productivity. American Journal of Engineering and Technology
Management, 1(3), pp.39-48.
Chopdar, M.M. and Patil, A.B., 2019. Productivity Improvement in Construction Industry using
Automation Techniques.
Choudhry, R.M., 2017. Achieving safety and productivity in construction projects. Journal of
Civil Engineering and Management, 23(2), pp.311-318.
Hasan, A., Baroudi, B., Elmualim, A. and Rameezdeen, R., 2018. Factors affecting construction
productivity: a 30-year systematic review. Engineering, Construction and Architectural
Management.
Michaloski, A.O., Stradioto, J.P. and de Paula Xavier, A.A., 2019, July. Ergonomics Study in the
Productive Process in Civil Construction in the External Plastering Activity. In International
Conference on Applied Human Factors and Ergonomics (pp. 245-255). Springer, Cham.
Oroh, R.R., Haris, A.S. and Sugandi, R.M., 2018, February. What are the Dominant Factors of
Students’ Productive Skills in Construction Services?. In IOP Conference Series: Materials
Science and Engineering (Vol. 306, No. 1, p. 012111). IOP Publishing.
Perera, W.A.S., 2018. An investigation into developing productive construction environments to
improve quality performance in Australian building construction.
Shinde, V.J. and Hedaoo, M.N., 2017. Productivity improvement in construction industry.
International Journal of Engineering Technology Science and Research, 4(12), pp.321-333.

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Sopic, M. and Vukomanović, M., 2017, January. Modelling the Productivity of Construction
Machinery by Using RFID Technology. In 13th International Conference on Organization,
Technology and Management in Construction.
Subramani, T. and Rajiv, S.R., 2016. Improving construction efficiency and productivity of
industry using SPSS. International Journal of Application or Innovation in Engineering &
Management (IJAIEM), 5(5), pp.239-250.