Papers by Lew Lip Ping
In line with the world aspiration to go for Green Building and sustainability development, Malays... more In line with the world aspiration to go for Green Building and sustainability development, Malaysian Government has launch Putrajaya Green City 2025 project and will become the benchmark for future urban development. This project had been discussed since May 2010 between Director General of Federal Town and Country Planning Department and the Director of Town Planning of Putrajaya Corporation pertaining to the development of low-carbon cities. This academic paper is set out a basic recommendation on integrated green building design principles and construction management to achieve sustainable development with minimum cost incurred to the project in return of great benefit along the building life cycle toward vision of Green City 2025.
In arrived of "new economy" in the construction industry nowadays is inevitable on abandonment of... more In arrived of "new economy" in the construction industry nowadays is inevitable on abandonment of conventional construction management practices in order to align with tremendous advances in Information and Communication Technology and globalization in competitive landscape. This paper is review on how the implementation of ICT will improve the effectiveness of construction management toward sustainability. The scope of review is focus on construction stage (RIBA Stage 5). The implementation of web enabled project collaboration platform and BIM emerging technologies to achieve the objectives along the lifecycle of AEC project not only within the budgeted cost, time and quality, it is also meeting the functional requirements and satisfaction of the clients or end users toward sustainability development in order to improve the effectiveness of management process and usage of world's resources.
Thesis Chapters by Lew Lip Ping
The management of construction claims is become greatest challenge today which is not a simply st... more The management of construction claims is become greatest challenge today which is not a simply straightforward task and experienced susceptible to a variety of factors along with an increasing difficulty in reaching amicable settlements in respect of complex reasons. Therefore, this research will attempt to identify the key issues and challenges faced in the management of claims for construction projects and will critical examine the root causes of these issues and make recommendation to address the issues identified from the study in order to mitigate the potential risks. For this purpose, a research study through an extensive literature review and quantitative data collection from varies discipline using questionnaire survey has accomplished to identify the essential issues faced in the management of claims. The sample size of approximately 200 responses is adequate to verify on the validity of fact and reflecting the real situation of construction claims in Malaysia. Through SPSS validity, reliability and factor analysis, the following eight significant factors that faced in the management of claims for construction projects are identified: (1) Record keeping; (2) Contractual risks; (3) Training and ICT system support; (4) Client intervention; (5) High turnover of staff; (6) Lack of contractual knowledge; (7) Contract close out and (8) Administrative support. The identified of these eight critical factors are crucial for practitioners in the construction industry to further research and develop a management strategy for better manage construction project by reducing the construction claims dispute effectively. The construction industry today is too emphasized in disseminate the alternative dispute resolution (ADR) methods such as negotiation, mediation, adjudication, arbitration and litigation to resolve the construction claims and dispute cases. There may be too little emphasis placed upon strategy to avoid unnecessary and costly investigations associated with construction claims. The more discoveries of prevention measures for construction claims disputes are obviously better than cure.
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Papers by Lew Lip Ping
Thesis Chapters by Lew Lip Ping