Causes Leading to Poor site Coordination in Building Projects

The construction industry is one of the main pillars of Hong Kong’s economy. It employed eight per cent of approximately three million working population of Hong Kong according to government statistics. Over the years, Hong Kong construction industry has earned a reputation for the rapid construction of quality high-rise first class buildings. Due to fluctuation of workload, there is a high level of subcontracting in the projects. According to government statistics, labour-only subcontractors and fee subcontractors contributed 24 per cent and 42 per cent of the gross value of construction work performed in 2008 respectively. As a result, the role of main contractors have gradually transformed from a constructor to a manager of subcontractors of the project. subcontracting, site coordination problems, performance