What are the demotivating factors that are affecting construction projects productivity??

To me, the management which holds or has to make all the key decisions when a project is going on is also responsible for the productivity loss. From the management side like

1.Motivation
2.Financial Incentives
3.Overtime
4.Crew Size
5.Inspection Delays
6.Lack of Equipment
7.Disruption of Power/Water Supplies
8.Stop-work orders because of site accidents
9.Stoppages because of work being rejected by consultants
10.Stop work orders because of infringements of government regulations
11.Stoppages because of disputes with owners / consultants
12.Stoppages because of insolvency of subcontractors / suppliers
13.Poor Scheduling and Coordination.

With so many factors that are affecting one will be bound to see productivity loss during the construction project.

Inspite of the list of demotivating factor prepared by Madam Pragya Kothari, other factors are sudden hike in prices of Raw Materials of construction and hike in transportation charges.

These sudden changes affects a lot in the progress of projects.

The abscence of Main Motivation factors as below is the main reason for demotivation.

Motivation as a result of fulfillment of

1. Esteem needs of the man: those are

• Recognition for ahievement of targets.
• Sense of Achievement resulting job saticifation.

       2.Self actualization needs of the managers

• Clear division of responcibilities and responcibilities themselves
• Challenging work environment

In the abscence of the above along with maintenance factors like better pay perks,overtime and any other  factors fail to motivate the employees of any organization.

I would like to add proper labour camp facilities:along with better sanitation;angan wadis(creches) for work men's children will be morale boosting to the workers.I have practically visualized this in one of my projects in Chennai.

According to me, the most important demotivating factor that will affect the productivity is changing of manpower on a regular basis, like there will be a sudden change in Supervisors and change in workers or there might be difficulty in recruitment of supervisors and workers,  with the sudden change it will be difficult to work with them as one has to get accustomed and the flow will not be there and productivity will not be that good either...so this is one such factor,  so what are other factors which hurts productivity.

The payments to the contractors and vendors are delayed due to enhanced procedures in purchases and acc depts due to which the bottom end line which is hand to mouth earners are left to strife on their own and due to which there are many job changeovers and unpleasontries which will lead to manpower defeciency and result in production loss.

Also due to over staffing the management finds it difficult to balance the funds flow for some projects where the outflow is more than the inflow and at such times the management delays the payments of vendors and contractors which ultimately results in slow & delayed construction projects thus incurring more losses.

Hi All

Based on my exp in Shapoorji Pallonji Co Ltd at start of my career, kindly find the factors which touch most of the construction workers.

Organization factors:

Qaulity of Site Mgt

Material Mgt

Systematic work flow

Supervision

Site Layout

Occupational education

Crew Size & Efficiency

Firm Reputation

Camping Conditions

Relaxation allowances

Economic Factors

On-time Payment

Amount of Pay

Working in Social Insurance

Incentive payments and financial rewards

Discontinuity of work

Union membership

Physical Factors

Working in Similar Activities

Design Complexity

Error Tolerance

Weather conditions

Disruptions

Schedule Compressions

Overtime

Shift

Site Congestion

Socio- Pyschological Factors:

Work Discipline

Health & Safety Conditions

Work Satisfactions

Creating competition

Relations with Workmates

Giving responsabilities

Sharing Problems and their results

Social Activities oppurtunties

Cultural Differences

Workers participations in decision making

Distance from home

Distance from population centers

Regards

Mihir Kumar Jhaveri, PMP, CSCM

Senior Manager

There are various problems confronting construction today. Productivity has decreased every year for the past decade, in part because of increasing design complexity, more rigorous regulations and socio-economic changes affecting the work force. Surveys at major construction projects have yielded a significant list of demotivators. The most common are: lack of material, communication breakdowns, rework, unavailability of tools and equipment,disrespectful treatment, lack of recognition, little participation in decision making, lack of cooperation among labour, incomplete engineering, restrictive or burdensome procedures and regulations, and poorly trained foremen. This results in improper scheduling, poor  implementation, cost overruns,  and breakdowns and disruptions in the basic manufacturing activity.

Highly motivated workforce enhance productivity and project effectiveness. Ensuring the safety of the workforce, incentive schemes, insurance, training and reward mechanisms should improve quality of work force and the quality of construction.

During construcion period local politician interfere for want of fulfilling utter desire ,similarly the local press and lastly not the least the top to bottom of funding dept.in a wish of receiving something in shape of cash and/or kind delay the progress thus the construction projects productivity.

Simple project manager should be separate ,he should know civil but job responsibilities to be managing smooth project moving.Time schedule for all,like procurement,the material requirement date, pre- planning procurement in time.labour management.staff management,some time in critical stage staff may put leave like that, heavy equipments should be moved in proper time to the site as well as the loss of keeping heavy equipment unnecessarily also make loss to companies.

methodology must be in practice in important structure

methodology of construction of any structure is very important factor, proper guideline must be convey to all concerned personnels. it save time and help to increase quality and productivity. sometimes it seems that unskilled labours are engaged by agency result waste of time and poor productivity.

A SAFER Work Environment is the most Motivating Factor for MAnpower resulting in Enhanced Productivity.

No other factors like, Payment, Rewards or Incentives can replace the Motivating Factor generated by the SAFER WORK PRACTICES and CONCERNS in the Working Environment...!!!

If this has to be proved, then the reactions of workmen at a casuality affected work site could be observed and its impact on lowering producitivity and team MORALE is very HIGH...!!!

Ehancing SAFETY CONCERNS and CULTURE is a PROACTIVE Step towards PRODUCTIVITY IMPROVEMENT..

1.Delay in supply of major material such as steel,Cement etc ,creates demotivation in un skilled man power and supevisory staff.

2.Delayed decisions by client regarding drawings or any other work process.