Contributing Factors And Impacts On The Implementation Of Waterfront Projects In Malaysia
| dc.contributor.author | Woo, Suk Wah | |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2017-02-13T08:18:19Z | |
| dc.date.available | 2017-02-13T08:18:19Z | |
| dc.date.issued | 2016-02 | |
| dc.description.abstract | The waterfront projects are momentously gaining its concept of development in the Malaysian construction industry recently. By critically synthesizing the existing research on the waterfront projects, it can be seen that issues related to modernization, revitalization and rehabilitation have been studied rigorously. However, there is still insufficient study on the contributing factors and resulting impacts. This study is imperative as it will influent the performance and the growth of the waterfront projects in Malaysia. This research aims to identify the factors contributing to the implementation of waterfront projects in Malaysia. It also intends to identify the impacts resulting from the implementation of waterfront projects in Malaysia. Besides, the other objective of the research is to identify the relationship between the contributing factors and the resulting impacts from the implementation of waterfront projects in Malaysia. The mixed method approach has been used in carrying out this research. In the quantitative approach, questionnaire surveys have been distributed among the G7 contractors within the state of Penang, Johor, Selangor and Kuala Lumpur (Wilayah Persekutuan). The total questionnaire varies from all the states based on the population of the contractors or the developer of G7 who were registered with Construction Industry Development Board (CIDB) as in January 2015 in which Penang, Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor has a total registration of 308, 363, 1259 and 1168, respectively. The total feedbacks of the respondents based on each of the states were collected whereby Penang, Johor, Kuala Lumpur and Selangor has a total sets of returned questionnaire of 182 (>30%), 189 (>30%), 418 (>30%), and 315 (<30%), respectively. On the other hand, the qualitative approach has involved 15 sessions of interview with the general managers, contract managers, project managers, marketing managers, main contractors and sub-contractors in order to gather their feedbacks related to the implementation of waterfront projects in Malaysia. Only a total of 15 sessions of interviews were conducted due to the data saturation of the interview after having similar and consistent feedbacks from the interviewees of the selected areas. From the findings, it can be concluded that political, economic, sociological and technological factors have contributed significantly to the implementation of waterfront projects in Malaysia. It can be seen that the most dominant contributing factor in this research is the creation of new trademarks to Malaysia. This factor can be regarded as part of the sociological factor. For the case of resulting impacts, the most influential impact is the creation of more business opportunities in the economic trade. The establishment of the relationship based on the contributing factors and resulting impacts has been found to be crucial in cultivating a feasible and sustainable waterfront projects in Malaysia. Besides, the implication of this research highlights the usage of Political, Economic, Sociological and Technological (PEST) analysis as a reliable tool in the study of waterfront projects as well as in the relevant research of the construction industry. Lastly, the current research work has demonstrated a significant contribution to the academia and the performance of the current and future waterfront projects. | en_US |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/123456789/3716 | |
| dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
| dc.publisher | Universiti Sains Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.subject | Waterfront projects in Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.title | Contributing Factors And Impacts On The Implementation Of Waterfront Projects In Malaysia | en_US |
| dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
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