Study on the Competency in Human Resources for Successful Completion of Construction Projects

Competence in this report means the ability of a person to carry out responsibilities and to perform job to a recognized standard on a regular basis. Competence involved a combination of technical and thinking skills (intelligences), knowledge and experience, and may include a willingness to undertake specified job activities and performed in accordance with agreed standards, rules and procedures. The purpose of this research is to study the competency in human resource for successful completion of construction projects and how competencies are defined based on different work group of the construction team. This research paper will focus into five main parts related to competency. From the literature review, the researcher will identify some of the competency criteria of stakeholders that are crucial in successfully completing a construction projects. Based on those criteria discussed, the researcher will then look into the Critical Success Factor (CSF) of a construction project in terms of competency in human resources. Semi-structured interviews and survey questionnaires will be used as the tools to carry out this study. These survey questionnaires will be distributed to lists of developers, architects, engineers, and contractors both through online and offline (hardcopy) method. These papers will also presents the findings of a survey aimed for identifying some of the factors contributing to employee incompetency in construction projects. It also identifies the problems cause by incompetency in a construction project. This report also explores some of the ways to overcome employee incompetency in the construction project. It is hoped that these findings will be one of reference guide for developers, engineers, architects and contractors in an efforts to improve competency of employees and enhance the performance of the construction industry.