Effective implimentation of ICT in Malaysia construction industry

Information and Communications Technology - or technologies (ICT) is a large area and extended term that includes all technologies for the manipulation and communication of information.

In Malaysian construction industry there are a lot of ways that we could manipulate the necessary information to our staff, employees, workers, engineers, contractors, supervisors on site, managers and workers to facilitate the process of our project and also to achieve more success in our projects such as:

1) Creating a network like connecting to a website through internet so every stakeholder could access to this site easily and everywhere.

2) We could have some training methods like having special classes for the education of our workers, employees and engineers.

3) Having special systems that will connect all the members on site through their hand phones together so they could be connected to each other and to gain the necessary knowledge from each other.

4) We could have some special meeting that will enable everybody to develop and communicate their information to other members.

5) We should create and develop the culture of well and open communication in to our teams like our construction teams on site to communicate with each other to achieve more success in terms of scope of the project such as: cost, time, health and safety and also quality.

Vision of Growth and Success

Construction industry in Malaysia with the help of government should be in process of reorganization and investment into a top class Construction industry following its process of success with the effective implementation of ICT that will include:

• Professional Management.

• Human Resource Excellence.

• High Standard Equipment.

HUMAN RESOURCE EXCELLENCE

Construction industry should add value to everything that it enters into. In doing so, they must realize the vital role that each and every associate in the industry have, in meeting the needs on the industry they should serve effectively. They should believe in driving and deriving value through there companies and people associated thereby respecting the rights and dignity of the companies and clients associates.

Some of Malaysian construction industry of the Human Resource Policies could be as follows:

• Establish and sustain construction industry reputation as a preferred and equal opportunity for the companies.

• Encourage the construction companies to maintain a workplace culture in which there is mutual trust and respect, where all employees feel valued, are listened to and are able to contribute their best efforts in achieving set targets.

• Be a strong believer of promoting construction companies to support them with facilities and equipments to achieve more success in local and international construction projects.

• Commit to ensuring that all construction companies know what is expected of them in their jobs and are helped to develop their capabilities through constructive performance appraisals, training and career planning.

• Encourage the values of PRO-ACTIVENESS, PROMPTNESS, PERFECTION and INTEGRITY to achieve personal, organizational and industry goals.

• To maintain and further enhance the high level of training and education for the construction companies is dedicated to invest into new and existing employee's professional career.

Other Human Resource issues of concern at construction industry should have supervision through these issues such as:

The present and future personnel and companies needs, possession of required skills, effective training provision as and when necessary, workforce balance between permanent and temporary workers, compensation and fringe benefits based on the policy of EQUAL PAY FOR EQUAL WORK to recruit as well as retain skilled and experienced companies and personnels.

By: Mohammad Abedi