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An Analysis of the International Competitiveness of Productivity in the Korean Construction Industry  

Won, Jong-Sung (연세대학교 건축공학과 대학원)
Lee, Ghang (연세대학교 건축공학과)
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Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management / v.9, no.4, 2008 , pp. 75-83 More about this Journal
Abstract
In the previous comparative studies of international competitiveness conducted before 2003, Korean construction productivity had been estimated to be lower (or poor) than that of developed countries such as US, UK, and Japan. However, the amount of international contracts Korean has won increased substantially, and Korean construction has progressed with creating two skyscrapers such as Petronas Tower and Burj Dubai. At this point we need to reevaluate what we are capable of. In this paper, we evaluated international competitiveness of our construction industry comparing to advanced countries by analyzing labor productivity. For evaluating construction competitiveness we measured labor productivity using the value of construction work in US dollar per hour based on domestic and foreign statistical data and analyzing completion days per a story and the ratio of underground floors to ground floors of buildings in Korea and Japan. As a result, although our construction productivity is not yet competitive with the US and Japan yet, we excel the UK.
Keywords
construction productivity; labor productivity; completion days per story; international competitive;
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