Journal of Advanced Research in Construction & Urban Architecture

Relationship Between Human Resource Managment Strategy Practice and Worker Performance

Binod Bhandari — 2024-06-21

Introduction: Various human resource management strategies (HRMS) have been implemented in industries nowadays to enhance the performance of employees. The study aims to examine the impact of HRMS on employee performance, in addition to finding the relationship between HRMS practice and worker performance. Method: To achieve the objectives of the study, a descriptive-analytical approach was used, where the study tool was a questionnaire. Thirty-four questionnaires were distributed to the people involved in building construction in Tilottama Municipality for the collection of the data. Relative Importance Index (RII) and mean were used to analyse the data. Results: From the research, among the surveyed HRMS, in building construction, the distribution of compensation and benefits was found to have the most impact on the performance of the employees. After that, the progress of the company depends on the type of leaders and their leadership styles. The security of the workers on the job was not mostly preferred in terms of the most impactful HRMS in building construction as it was ranked third. The impact of the distribution of wages on time was ranked fourth among the five surveyed HRMS. At last among all the surveyed strategies gender discrimination was ranked last to all the strategies. Conclusion: These strategies help to influence the performance of the employer. The strategies help to increase the performance of the employer to a certain level. From the calculation, the result showed that providing compensation and benefits helps to increase the working performance of the employees. The relative Importance Index of the surveyed strategies showed that compensation and benefits are ranked a the higher RII index value of 0.79. Leadership style and security were ranked second before timely wage distribution by the company.

Common Causes of Construction Claims in Hydropower Projects: Case Studies of Selected Medium Scale Hydropower Projects in Nepal

Suraj Tamang — 2024-07-16

Claims in construction projects are inevitable, particularly in hydropower construction works, mainly due to uncertainties entailed. The study identifies various types of claims, causes of claims, and effects of claims in hydropower projects in Nepal. The methodologies applied to achieve the objective of the research are literature survey, problem identification, case study, and experts’ opinion. Both quantitative and qualitative methods of research were applied. The causes of claims include contract provisions being vague and inadequate, various delay events, incorrect and insufficient drawings issued in the agreed documents, inadequate and insufficient preliminary studies, delay in land acquisition and delay in handing over of site to the Contractor, differing site conditions as compared to the tender documents, frequent strikes by locals and political parties, landslide and other geological disturbances in the project periphery, unforeseen geological disturbances at project site, and various force majeure events. The study highlights the importance of preparing proper bid documents free from ambiguity and inconsistency to minimize claims.

A Comparative Study on Quality of Aggregates from Different River Basin of Tanahun District, Nepal

Krishna Acharya — 2024-11-22

Aggregate characteristics that are significant for making concrete include porosity, grading or size distribution, moisture absorption, shape, and surface texture, crushing strength, elastic modulus, and the type of deleterious substances present. These characteristics are derived from mineralogical composition of the parent rock (which is affected by geological rock-formation processes), exposure conditions to which the rock has been subjected to before mining, and the type of equipment used for producing the aggregate. The main objective of this study was to Compare quality of aggregates available in different river basins of Tanahun district. There are four rivers that flows through the Tanahun district (Seti Gandaki, Madi, Kaligandaki, Marshyangdi) from which four crusher plants each basins source was selected. The physical and mechanical properties of the aggregates each river basins were tested as per specifications relying Nepalese and Indian standards. Based on the physical and mechanical properties of aggregates, all the sources are found to be satisfactory based on specifications relying Nepalese and Indian standards. One set of cubes (15cmx15cmx15cm) for 7 & 14 days and two set cubes for 28 days compressive strength check was cast and tested for each basin at normal room temperature. The 28 days compressive strength of cubes for the nominal ratio 1:1:2 at w/c ratio 0.5 of aggregates from Marshyandi, Madi, Seti & Kaligandaki River basins were found to be 29.59 MPa, 26.43 MPa, 31.65 MPa and 31.26 MPa respectively. The compressive strength of Madi River basins seems slightly less than as compared with other river basins in similar condition. This might be due to fundamentals of rock formation, classification and description of rocks and minerals, and industrial processing factors.