IDENTIFICATION OF FLOOD IMPACTS ON CONSTRUCTION SITES

Norazlin  Mat Salleh; Shahela  Mamter; Syarifah Nur Nazihah  Syed Jamalulil; Mohd Hafiz  Saberi; Nurul Iman  Mohamad Fadzili

doi:10.24191/myse.v11i3.3898

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Norazlin Mat Salleh Centre of Studies for Quantity Surveying Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology College of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch Seri Iskandar Campus 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
Shahela Mamter Centre of Studies for Quantity Surveying Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology College of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch Seri Iskandar Campus 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
Syarifah Nur Nazihah Centre of Studies for Quantity Surveying Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology College of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch Seri Iskandar Campus 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
Mohd Hafiz Saberi Centre of Studies for Quantity Surveying Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology College of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch Seri Iskandar Campus 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia
Nurul Iman Mohamad Fadzili Centre of Studies for Quantity Surveying Department of Built Environment Studies and Technology College of Built Environment Universiti Teknologi MARA Perak Branch Seri Iskandar Campus 32610 Seri Iskandar, Perak, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.24191/myse.v11i3.3898

Keywords:

Flood, Construction industry, Impact, Construction site

Abstract

Flooding is an unexpected phenomenon that happens throughout the year in Malaysia and has become very common. The yearly recurrence of floods has had a significant influence on the lives of humans and other living beings specifically at the construction sites. Due to the negative impact of floods, awareness must be given careful consideration. The purpose of this research is to identify the impact of the flood occurrence on the construction sites. The initial research begins with a literature review from various scholars on key areas of flood and the impact of flood on construction sites. The next stage was of obtaining the data was though primary data. The research instrument was a set of questionnaires. The questionnaires were divided into two sections A – Demographic Questions and B – The impacts of flood. Questions for Section B used five Likert Scales strongly agree to strongly disagree. All the data were analysed using SPSS software, on the frequency and descriptive analysis. The respondents were contractors in Grade 7 (G7) registered with the Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) in Selangor state. A total of 146 respondents participated in this research. This research identified five impacts of flood occurrence in construction sites. There are reconstruction and maintenance of the building structure, safety of labour, the cost of reconstruction, the defects to the building structure, and construction delays. All the construction stakeholders need to be aware and prepared with the flood occurrence to avoid from losses and delays to construction project.

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