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A Case Study on the Shortage of Availability of Skilled Labour in Faridabad, Delhi—NCR

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Proceedings of SECON’23 (SECON 2023)

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This study examined the need for skilled labour in Faridabad (Delhi-NCR) construction sector. The study's goal was to assess the current situation of the skilled labour force in the construction sector, the reason behind the low frequency of skilled workers, and their impact on the completion of construction projects. The technique used for data collecting includes the spreading of structured questionnaires. Frequency tables, percentages, mean response analysis, relative importance index, and cross-tabulation were used to analyze the data. Furthermore, the most serious causes of a labour shortage turned out to be a lack of a clear career path, the great mobility of construction employees, and low pay. According to the study, construction companies do not send their skilled personnel to training programs. The study found that the lack of trained labour was causing construction companies to overpay for labour and cause schedule delays in their construction projects. Also, the study indicated that the sampled construction trades had an ageing labour base and that the entry of young workers was quite low.

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, Manav Rachna International Institute of Research and Studies, Faridabad, Haryana, India

    Ashutosh Kumar & Yaman Hooda

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  1. Department of Civil Engineering, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada

    Moncef Nehdi

  2. Department of Civil Engineering, Universiti Malaya, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

    Mo Kim Hung

  3. Department of Civil Engineering, National Institute of Technology Karnataka, Mangalore, Karnataka, India

    Katta Venkataramana

  4. Department of Civil Engineering, Federal Institute of Science and Technol, Angamaly, Kerala, India

    Jiji Antony

  5. Department of Civil Engineering, Federal Institute of Science and Technology, Angamaly, Kerala, India

    P. E. Kavitha

  6. Department of Civil Engineering, Federal Institute of Science and Technol, Angamaly, Kerala, India

    Beena B R

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Kumar, A., Hooda, Y. (2024). A Case Study on the Shortage of Availability of Skilled Labour in Faridabad, Delhi—NCR. In: Nehdi, M., Hung, M.K., Venkataramana, K., Antony, J., Kavitha, P.E., Beena B R (eds) Proceedings of SECON’23. SECON 2023. Lecture Notes in Civil Engineering, vol 381. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-39663-2_5

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