Assessment 1A Critical Review Report: Building Payment Issues

This report presents a critical review of the problems associated with under-certified payments in the context of residential buildings. It begins with an executive summary highlighting the key issues and the importance of the topic. The report identifies and analyzes a primary scholarly article and two other relevant articles from Google Scholar, evaluating their research findings, authenticity, and relevance. The primary article explores payment issues in the Malaysian construction industry, while the secondary articles discuss construction delays, disruptions, and interim payment valuation. The report includes annotations, evaluations of credibility, and explanations of how the articles were located. It also identifies research gaps and reflects on the learning experience, emphasizing the importance of certified payment processes and the development of a simplified framework for managing payment issues in residential buildings. The report concludes with a reflection on the learning experience and the importance of the course in providing a basis for original research. The report aims to provide a comprehensive analysis of the payment problems, identifying the issues, and how they can be managed to improve efficiency.

Assessment 1A: Critical Review Report
Executive summary of the report:
The paper analyses issues and importance of Accessing the problems of under-certified payments in
context of residential buildings. One article related to this topic and two other relevant articles are
identified through searching of keywords from the database of google scholar. All this articles have been
analysed in terms of research findings, authenticity and relevance for effective review.
Proposed research topic
Accessing the problems of under-certified payments in context of residential buildings
Summary of the main identified scholarly article relevant to the topic:
[1] Article citation
[1] Azman, M.N.A., Dzulkalnine, N., Hamid, Z.A. and Beng, K.W., 2014. Payment issue in
Malaysian construction industry: Contractors’ perspective. Jurnal Teknologi, 70(1).
A. Provide the annotation
[2] Introduction
In this article, Azman et al. (2014) explores the operational challenges associated with payment
issues due to lack of certified payments in the context of residential buildings.
[3] Aims, research questions & Research Methods
This study Azman et al. (2014) adopts an interdisciplinary research approach to explore investors’
or contractors perceptions and behaviours in relation to security and reliability of payment laws and
associated issues with the under-certified payments in context of residential buildings and areas for
improvement.
[4] Scope
The study Azman et al. (2014) consists of a participant sample of 100 participants, whereby all
participants were considered to have expert knowledge about contractual payment, payment
certifications and participated in qualitative expert interviews. The participants were selected based
on their knowledge of the study area and together, had a combined knowledge of security of payment
laws and importance of certification for resolving payment related issues effectively in construction
projects.
[5] Usefulness [to a particular topic)
This study Azman et al. (2014) is of specific significance to the topic that is selected for Assignment
1, as the topic aims to explore the nature of payment regulations and importance of certified
payments applicable to the construction industry.
[6] Limitations
A key drawback of the study that is considered here Azman et al. (2014) is that the research sample
only contained 100 practitioners across. However, though the sample size was neither not too short,
but it was not that effective either which should be considered as a limitation of this study and this
limitation means that results are not effective to be generalized so that it is possible to apply it to
other broader context. However, results of this study might be considered as research
recommendations that is intended to inform current and legal practices.
[7] Conclusions

The research identified i) parameters of complexity in payment certification and payment processing
and ii) a number of operational problems related to security of payment legislation and reliability of
payment laws and associated issues with the under-certified payments in context of residential
buildings and areas for improvement . Furthermore, through the analysis of information collected
through the questionnaires, the research identified opportunities for improvement with the aim of
improving and potentially remodeling the payment structure for effective payment structure design
[8] Reflection
This research paper is of importance to this report as it is relevant to the topic of research
‘Accessing the problems of under-certified payments in context of residential buildings’ as
completion of payments is a key area of consideration especially in the context of residential
buildings.
B. Evaluate the credibility of the article
a. Check if the journal has genuine peer review: yes the journal is peer reviewed
a. Journal index in scientific data bases: h-index: 17
C. Explain how did you locate and download the article
The article is selected through keywords combination and search engine. Keywords combination
was searched through the search engine to identify the article.
Keywords combination considered: Payment; contract; dispute; delay; adjudication; arbitration
Search engine considered: google scholar
Summary of a relevant article cited by the main article
Article citation
Kikwasi, G., 2012. Causes and effects of delays and disruptions in construction projects in Tanzania.
In Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building-Conference Series (Vol. 1, No. 2, pp.
52-59).
B. Evaluate the credibility of the article
a. Check if the journal has genuine peer review: yes
b. Journal index in scientific data bases: h-index: 12
C. Explain how did you locate the article
I have located the article through back search technique. First an article was selected from the
reference lists and it was then searched in google scholar.
D. Provide the brief annotation
Aims:
The aim of the research is to identify issues regarding construction and its impact on the project success.
Method:
The method considered for this paper is interview with contractors to identify what are the major issues
that affects construction and why payments is an major issues often encountered by most of the
contractors.
Limitation:
Only limited sample has been considered for this research and hence it is not possible to apply the

findings in general context.
Conclusion:
The research has identified issues regarding construction and its impact on the project success. It has also
identified ways to improve it so that these issues are properly managed in context of project execution.
relevance to your topic:
The research has discussed issues regarding construction and its impact on the project success which is
also research topic for this report and hence it is a relevant article.
Summary of a relevant article citing the main article
Article citation
[2] Nayan, R., Mustaffa, N.E. and Judi, S.S., VALUATION OF INTERIM PAYMENT: ISSUES
ENCOUNTERED BY THE PARTIES INVOLVED IN RELATION TO INTERIM PAYMENT.
A. Evaluate the credibility of the article
a. Check if the journal has genuine peer review : yes the journal is peer reviewed
b. Journal index in scientific data bases: Google Scholar 2012-2016 h-index: 7.
B. Explain how did you locate the article
I have used forward search technique and with the help of the google scholar I have traced
how many articles have cited this article and there was total 7 articles that was in the list and
from that list I have identified and selected this article.
C. Provide the brief annotation
Aims:
The aim of the research is to identify issues regarding construction and its impact on the project success.
Method:
The method that is selected for this paper is to conduct interview with experienced contractor to identify
what are the major issues that affects construction and why payments is an major issues often encountered
by most of the contractors.
Limitation:
Only limited sample has been considered for this research and hence it is not possible to apply the
findings in general context.
Conclusion
The research has identified issues regarding construction and its impact on the project success. It has also
identified ways to improve it so that these issues are properly managed in context of project execution.
relevance to the topic:
The research has discussed issues regarding construction and its impact on the project success which is
also research topic for this report and hence it is a relevant article
A preliminary research gap or statement of the research problem
Although the articles that are considered here has provided context for payment related issues in
residential issues, it has not clearly mentioned how general contractors should manage this problems,
especially when contractors are less experienced.

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A critical reflection of your learning experience
Here in this context I have learned various important things regarding execution of payment in
context of residential building which is often very complex to manage. Here I have identified journal
that have cited main article and also journal that is cited by the main article. Here I have learned
about forward and backward search technique which will definitely help me in my future research in
general. Hence in preparing this report I have learned a lot that has enriched my basic knowledge in
this topic which will help me in advance research. Hence an original research is required to develop a
simplified and effective framework to implement a certified payment process in the context of
residential building. If proper framework is available, there will be an improved execution of
payment system and hence there will be less issues regarding payment procedures which is often an
important issues in execution of residential project. Preparation of this report and review of articles
has provided this knowledge and also provided the basis for conducting the research in this topic.
Hence I am not only satisfied but also want to mention that this course has proven to be an effective
lesson as it has provided basis for original research which is very important for anyone learning
anything as it enrich learning process and also increase knowledge.