Abstract:
In enhancing the living standards of the society advanced technologies can be used in gaining the
labour productivity and competitive advantage. There the low-cost housing projects are facilitating a
proper labour productivity adhering the effect of labour productivity factors. Thereby, Aluminium
system formwork is a use of advanced methodology which enhance the labour productivity in low-cost
housing projects while highlighting the significance and domain created within the industry.
Meanwhile, tendency of poor performance in Aluminium System Formwork is observed due to
improper planning in high rise building construction. Consequently when maintaining productive
advantage, productivity norms are number of labour hours required to complete a particular task
while facilitating the efficient evaluation of labour performance in enhancing the merits of the
Aluminium System Formwork. Hence, deficiency of researches have been done to establish particular
standards or norms, this research aims at investigating the realistic measure of the labour
performance for Aluminium System Formwork in low cost housing projects.
Accordingly, a case study was conducted using direct observations to prepare the labour productivity
norms and collected data were analysed based on labour productivity factors. Finally conclusions
were drawn and recommendations were put forward.
Findings proved the combination and varying effect of weather factors, crew factors, management and
projects factors, site conditions represent different labour productivity norms in each four different
occasions. Meanwhile within each occasion the effect of structural elements towards the norms is
highlighted and facilities the realistic measurement of the labour performance in Aluminium system
formwork while embossing low cast housing concept.
