Questionnaire: Dear All Thank you for spending your time for expressing your opinion I am currently undertaking

a M.Sc degree in Construction Project Management at Herriot Watt University (Dubai Campus) in fulfillment of requirement of this degree I am required to undertake a research project. The topic of the research is An Investigation and Improvements of Site Management Practice in Construction Industry. The questionnaire is simple and requires less than 15 minutes to answer. Please provide your contact/personal details after answering the questionnaire at the end 1 a b c d 2 a b c d e f 3 a b c d e f 4 a b c d Please indicate your qualification level. Graduate Post graduate Doctorate Other Please indicate the type of your organization. Client Project Management Consultant Contractor Other Sub-contractor Please specify years of your experience. 0-5 5-10 10-15 15-20 20-25 Above 25 Whats the value (AED Million) of project you are involved in? Below 10 10-100 100-500 Above 500

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Please indicate your position in the project. Project Manager Site engineer Site supervisor Resident Engineer Assistant Resident Engineer Other Project scheduler Part A Site management practice

To your experience in your work field, is any of the following events are properly controlled and mitigated in the construction site YES No

Waiting for others to complete their works before the proceeding works can be carried out

Waiting for the delivery of equipment on the construction site Waiting for delivery of material on the construction site Waiting for the skilled workers to be on construction site. Clarification and confirmation by client and consultant team. Over-allocation or unnecessary equipment on site. Over-allocation of unnecessary material on site.

Over-allocation of unnecessary labours on site. Unnecessary procedures and working protocols. Material loss or stolen from site during work period. Material mishandling and damage during working time. Mishandling or faulty installation of the construction applications

Time for rework/repair works/defective works. Material for rework/repairing defective works on site. Workers rest hours during working hours. Time in supervising and inspecting the construction works. Time for instruction and communication among different groups and trades of workers. Time for transportation workers, equipments and materials to site. Accidents and incidents on site.

To your experience in your work field, what is the frequency of occurrence of the following activities on site? Never Very rare Seldom Frequent Very Frequent

Waiting for others to complete their works before the proceeding works can be carried out. Waiting for the delivery of equipment on the construction site Waiting for delivery of material on the construction site Waiting for the skilled workers to be on construction site. Waiting for the clarification and confirmation by client and consultant. Over-allocation or unnecessary equipment on site. Over-allocation or unnecessary material on site. Over-allocation or unnecessary labours on site. Unnecessary procedures and working protocols. Material loss or stolen from site during working hours. Material mishandling and damage during working time. Mishandling or faulty installation of the construction applications

Time for rework/repair works/defective works. Material for rework/repairing defective works on site. Workers resting hours during construction. Time in supervising and inspecting the construction works. Time for instruction and communication among different groups and trades of workers. Time for transporting workers, equipments and materials to site. Accidents and incidents on site.

Part B. Problems with Site Management. 1 a b c d In your opinion what are the main problems of construction sites. (rank 1-4) Technical problem. Management and administration problem. People management problem Communication problem. Agree 2 In your opinion is it important to have an organized health and safety department/team on every construction site? Disagree Strongly Strongly Agree Disagree

Agree 3 In your opinion is avoidance health and safety management on construction sites leads to increase accidents?

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Yes 4 Breakdown in construction occurs because of faulty transmissions and perception of messages and because people put their own interpretation on what they see and listen Yes 5 In construction projects large distances can greatly affect the construction work and the role of construction works and the role of the construction workers at site.

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In your opinion who is mostly involved in the occurrence of problems and delays on the construction sites? (rank1-5) Top Management Contractor Consultant Client Workers/labours To your opinion, please identify the most likely sources/causes of problems to impact on the productivity of projects Most Unlikely Unlikely Likely Most likely

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Poor coordination between project participants. Poor planning Lack of control

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Most Unlikely Unlikely d e f g h Bureaucracy Lack of trades skills. Inexperienced engineers/inspectors Lack of supervisors/foreman. Uncontrolled sub-contracting practices. Late Supervision Improper labour distribution. Inaccurate construction techniques and methods. Outdated equipment. Shortage of equipments on site. Poor selection of equipments. Poor site layout. Improper site documentation Delay in delivery of materials. Poorly scheduled delivery of material to site. Low standard/quality of material Mishandling/misuse of construction material on site Poor storage of material. Improper handling of material

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Most Unlikely Unlikely w Information and Communication Factors at site. Defective or Wrong information distribution at work field. Delays in passing of informations and negligence in decision making.

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Agree 8 Construction Site manager is responsible not only for technical and production oriented matters on the construction site, but also has to be trained in administrative work, legal matters and human resource management. Agree 9 In your opinion, in order to generate higher level of performance and production output on construction sites, largely depends upon establishing a careful balance of many motivating factors necessary in achieving workers satisfaction.

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Part C Strategies 1 In your opinion are the following programmes helpful in overcoming the site management problems in construction industry. (Rank 1-5) 4D visualization Virtual design ICT innovations Knowledge Management Computer applications Good 2 How do you rate the following types of organizations in adopting new construction methods, products or processes? Suppliers Manufacturers Subcontractors Clients Project managers Consultants In your opinion why is the information technology IT and construction innovation required for the global construction industries. (Choose one) better quality and less time. to improve health and safety standards. To improve the competitiveness To improve communication To improve construction methods Energy efficiency Knowledge management Improve efficiency of plant and equipments Very Good Bad Very Bad

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Agree 4 In your opinion, the concept of traditional procurement routes and management practices should be avoided in todays construction industry.

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What are the main barriers for the use of IT in construction projects? (Rank 1-5) Lack of interests within organizations Traditional procurement routes. Lack client interests Cost of innovations Lack of competent staff in organizations Which of the following statement suits your firms approaches towards adopting new techniques for improving site management? (Choose one) We like to wait until other companies have successfully used the new products and policies before we use them. We are always the first to adopt new and innovative construction products,systems and techniques. We encourage stakeholders to stick with tried and tested methods and products. We strive to become innovative/creative and constantly seek products/methods that are distinctive and unique.

Are you or your company is using any or all of the following techniques in your work area? (Please select) 4 Dimensional Computer Aided Design (4D-CAD). AutoCAD. Radio Frequency Identification System (RIFD). Global Satellite Positioning System (GPS). Virtual Design in Construction (VDC). Information Communication Technology (ICT). Geographic Information System (GIS). Artificial Intelligence (AI). Automation and Robotic ANDIS 4EMV (BELL ID) Telepresence Mobile Computing

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