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Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project

Construction industry is frequently related with variation order and the project holders have to believe that no construction method is free of variation. A document review was done for three (3) projects on building construction project in Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) during the period of Eight Mala...

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Main Author: Syed Baharom, Sharifah Ruzanna
Format: Thesis
Language:English
Published: 2009
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HD28 Management. Industrial Management
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Online Access:http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/15445/1/SharifahRuzannaSyedBaharomMFKA2009.pdf
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spelling my.utm.154452018-06-25T08:59:54Z http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/15445/ Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project Syed Baharom, Sharifah Ruzanna HD28 Management. Industrial Management TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Construction industry is frequently related with variation order and the project holders have to believe that no construction method is free of variation. A document review was done for three (3) projects on building construction project in Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) during the period of Eight Malaysian Plan from 2001-2005. The objectives of the study are to identify the causes of variation, the effect of variation on project performance and to identify strategies to minimize them. The method of this study involved literature review, document study, interview and questionnaire. Based on the literature review, there are eight root causes of variation are found to be design errors, client requirement, contractor proposed change, construction change, discrepancies between work and statutory, extra work, design change and plan deficiency. Meanwhile, the effect of variation order as found in the study are cost overruns, time overruns, professional relations, delay in payment, increase overhead expenses, procurement delay, additional payment for contractor, progress effected without any delay, poor safety condition, dispute among professionals and completion schedule delay. 2009-05 Thesis NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/15445/1/SharifahRuzannaSyedBaharomMFKA2009.pdf Syed Baharom, Sharifah Ruzanna (2009) Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project. Masters thesis, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Faculty of Civil Engineering.
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topic HD28 Management. Industrial Management
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
spellingShingle HD28 Management. Industrial Management
TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
Syed Baharom, Sharifah Ruzanna
Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project
description Construction industry is frequently related with variation order and the project holders have to believe that no construction method is free of variation. A document review was done for three (3) projects on building construction project in Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) during the period of Eight Malaysian Plan from 2001-2005. The objectives of the study are to identify the causes of variation, the effect of variation on project performance and to identify strategies to minimize them. The method of this study involved literature review, document study, interview and questionnaire. Based on the literature review, there are eight root causes of variation are found to be design errors, client requirement, contractor proposed change, construction change, discrepancies between work and statutory, extra work, design change and plan deficiency. Meanwhile, the effect of variation order as found in the study are cost overruns, time overruns, professional relations, delay in payment, increase overhead expenses, procurement delay, additional payment for contractor, progress effected without any delay, poor safety condition, dispute among professionals and completion schedule delay.
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author Syed Baharom, Sharifah Ruzanna
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title Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project
title_short Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project
title_full Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project
title_fullStr Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project
title_full_unstemmed Managing variation order in Majlis Amanah Rakyat(MARA) project
title_sort managing variation order in majlis amanah rakyat(mara) project
publishDate 2009
url http://eprints.utm.my/id/eprint/15445/1/SharifahRuzannaSyedBaharomMFKA2009.pdf
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