Egyptian construction manpower productivity

Construction productivity has been steadily on the declineover the Jast decade.Since Jabor costs comprise between 24 -40% of the total project cost also. production factors other thanl a b o r . such as equipment. ma t e r i a l s . methods of construction, andmanagement are inanimate unless they are transformed into produc-tion uses by the human element. So, the purpose of this study is~o measure and analyze the Egyptian manpower productivity ratesunder certain various conditions, such as volume of work, avail-able facility areas, manpower sources. repetition of work, con-struction technology. and complexity of work. The study focusedon certain crew types. such as Reinforcement Carpenters, Reln-force-men , Iron Workers. Masons, Plasterers. Ti le Workers, andPainters.The study data were collected at fifteen construction sites~cr05S the nation. Their range for completion stages varied be-tween 20 - 75%. Their sizes varied between small sizes (4-8nr(lnth€’s.and cost L.E. 200.000 - L.E. 500,000). medium sizes (1 -2 ’:teal’S. and cost. L~E. 2.,OOOyOOO - L .. E .. 10,000\000), and largesizes (J - 4 years. and cost L.E. 25.000.000). Measuring survey~as done for al I types of construction in each site. Selectingthe Or 0 S t sui tab I e pro j e et s t hat sat i sf i e d ea ch condition was don eto calculate the industry average of manpower productivity ratesf(lr each condition. Each condition was divided into two cases,case A - favorable conditions. and case 8 - unfavorable condi-tions.