A framework for trade-level labour productivity measurement for building projects: A systematic review

Abstract

<p>Trade-level productivity plays a major role in evaluating the overall performance of building projects.<br>Thus, significant attention has been given by researchers and practitioners to identify the key trades of<br>building projects. However, very few studies have comprehensively investigated this body of knowledge.<br>Therefore, this study aims to analyse the literature on building trades and propose a framework to<br>support trade-level labour productivity (LP) measurement for building projects. To achieve this aim, a<br>systematic literature review is carried out and bibliometric and in-depth content analysis is used for the<br>analysis. Data are retrieved from Scopus, Google Scholar and Government sources. In total 72<br>publications are shortlisted for detailed review after several levels of screening including duplication,<br>title and abstract checking and skim reading. The results of the bibliometric analysis mapped the yearly<br>publication trend and publications by country/region. In-depth content analysis of the selected papers<br>summarised the building trades identified in the literature from different perspectives of the trades. The<br>proposed framework contributes to a better understanding of building trades and LP and also guides<br>practitioners to achieve effective and detailed trade-level LP measurement for building projects.<br></p>