Assessing the sustainable construction of large construction companies in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Bamgbade, Jibril Adewale, Ahmed Mohammed, Kamaruddeen, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Published: 2016
• Subjects: TH Building construction
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/19485/; http://doi.org/10.1063/1.4960867
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Considering the increasing concerns for the consideration of sustainability issues in construction project delivery within the construction industry, this paper assesses the extent of sustainable construction among Malaysian large contractors, in order to ascertain the level of the industry’s impacts on both the environment and the society. Sustainable construction explains the construction industry’s responsibility to efficiently utilise the finite resources while also reducing construction impacts on both humans and the environment throughout the phases of construction.This study used proportionate stratified random sampling to conduct a field study with a sample of 172 contractors out of the 708 administered questionnaires. Data were collected from large contractors in the eleven states of peninsular Malaysia. Using the five-level rating scale (which include: 1= Very Low; 2= Low; 3= Moderate; 4= High; 5= Very High) to describe the level of sustainable construction of Malaysian contractors based on previous studies, statistical analysis reveals that environmental, social and economic sustainability of Malaysian large contractors are high.