The contractor is responsible for providing and maintaining temporary accommodation for their workers for the construction project runs smoothly. Since the characteristics of the construction projects are temporary, generally the contractor is providing temporary accommodation for the workers inside or near the construction site. The introduction of MS2593:2015 (Code of Practice for Temporary Site Workers Amenities and Accommodation) in 2015 is one of the initiatives take by the Malaysian government to improve the quality of construction workers’ accommodation. However, reality hits different as most of the foreign workers’ accommodation does not comply with the suggested guidelines. Thus, this paper aimed to determine the criteria of facilities provision in construction workers’ accommodation and to identify the level of implementation regarding facilities provision in construction workers’ accommodation among employers. A questionnaire is derived from literature review and distributed online to 118 respondents who is Grade 7 contractor in Kinta District, Perak. . The responses were collected by using online questionnaires that consists of questions regarding respondents’ profile and criteria of facilities provision in workers’ accommodation under respondents’ supervision. The information obtained from the questionnaire will be broken down by using descriptive analysis. Major findings of the results disclosed that most of the temporary accommodation were complying with the guideline, where there are some sections that achieve full compliance (100%) but there is also section with less compliance percentage especially when it comes to leisure and social facilities for the workers. As a conclusion, according to some gaps that appear in compliance based on MS2593:2015, a comprehensive solution needs to be taken for the guideline to be complied. A further study suggests to study on criteria of facilities provision in construction workers’ accommodation in more depth that focusing on construction project in Malaysia.
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To Cite this Article: Saidin, M. T., Zamri, N. I., Zain, F. M. Y., & Zainuddin, M. F. (2022). Criteria of Facilities Provision in Construction Workers’ Accommodation. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(8), 1464– 1475.
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