One soft problem that we can relate to the scenario is motivation. When the construction worker loses motivation in doing their work, the employee cannot complete the construction of the building within the period specified by their manager. Because the worker loses motivation, they will also lose focus and self-esteem in performing work. There is no sure way to increase motivation to the employee unless the manager takes action to rise his employee motivation level

Hard problem

     Additional cost occurring during construction. This is because of unforeseen conditions such as wrong ordering of soil. Wrong usage type of soil will lead to the dangerous or circumstances of their construction. So the solutions to this hard problems is, they must ask early unexpected cost in their budget agreement before construction starts. Other than that, they may ask for extra cost to the client and do budget agreement again if the constructions have already begin. 

Nur Raihan Binti sabri (2016655742)

Nur Najwa Binti Abd. Muni’m (2016655742)

Nur Azimah Binti Zolkefly (2016655654)
Nor Amira Binti Ariffin (2016655696) 

Soft problem- Noise pollution that emitted by the construction such as clearing of land, excavation, site preparation, clean up and landscaping. There is no definite way to avoid this soft problem because workers themselves wear hearing protection and these activities will definitely lead to noise pollution. 

Hard problem-  Insufficient of safety equipment. For example, let say if the workers do not wear a hard hat because the number of hard hats are less than the number of workers, accident may occur. This problem can be avoided by the manager by buying more safety equipment. Next, if the workers and the supervisor did not put a construction sign near the construction site, innocent people can be harmed if any accident happen. One of the ways to avoid these problems is manager has to take an action to increase the level of safety in the construction area. 

Examples of  hard problem that can be related is the cost and schedule overrun. An improper construction management and miscommunication often result in schedule overrun. Proper schedule management is needed to assign every single worker with their respective tasks . Whereas, if any errors or defects occur during the construction phase that would be one of the causes of cost overrun where more cost is needed to cover the damaged part of the building or any casualties and also the cost for reconstruction. 

2. Soft Problem 

One soft problem that can be related is the fatigue of each individual construction worker working at the construction site. Fatigue has both mental and physical causes which makes it hard to define qualitatively or even qualitatively . Every workers has their own limits of strength, some reach fatigue faster than others. Even external matters which disrupts their mental health is also affecting their fatigue. 

 

Group 

Muhammad Nurhaziq bin Mohd Fauzi-2016655748 

Muhammad Zakwan bin Zakaria-2016655674 

Muhammad Arif bin Rudi-2016655602 

Muhammad Zahid bin Zorkeflei-2016655652 

One of the hard problem in a construction is delay in construction due to poor plans and specification. The project manager should plan the project well because when there is a delay in the project, it will have additional cost to the project, which would lead to financial loss of the company

Nur Fateha binti A. Halim (2016655626)
Fauziatul Naeilah binti Hilmi (2016655612)

Construction industry should rely on latest technology. Technology adoption is crucial in the building construction because technology has transformed the industry and whoever cannot keep up will be left behind. This has become especially true as competition increases both in attracting workers and competing for projects. Necessary construction technology includes cloud-based software, integrated collaboration and mobile project management. Companies must be strategic when implementing new technology. Companies also should implement technology slowly and steadily to reap its benefits with minimal blowback from employees.

The soft problem for the picture above is different language use by the worker.Because of that it cause the miscommunication between workers and their colleagues or between workers and their supervisor. it also can make the work progress a little bit slower because of the language use is different between each other.

 

Nurul Hasina Bt Kamal Bashah (2016655636)

Siti Nur Shakirah Bt Suhaimi (2016655614)