2021 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
1. Introduction
Authors: Joy Ong, Low Sui Pheng
Publisher: Springer Singapore
Published in:
Waste Reduction in Precast Construction
Abstract
Low construction productivity growth has been a global phenomenon for at least fifty years (Naoum 2016). Apart from developing countries, Australia, Canada, European countries, Japan, and United States (US) have for decades recorded declines or slowdown in measured labour productivity in construction (Fulford and Standing 2014; Nasir et al. 2014).