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 UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA

FACULTY OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND SURVEYING

COURSEWORK 2

COURSE/COURSE CODE : CONSTRUCTION ECONOMICS 1 / QSM 506SEMESTER : 03SESION : MARCH-JUNE 2012LECTURERS : PM. AHMAD FARIS OMAR

DR. NORIZAN AHMADPN NATSHA KHALIL

PN NOOR AISHAH MOHAMAD HAMDAN

OBJECTIVES

1. Appreciate the importance of construction industries2. Understand the implication of construction industry to national economics

TASKS 1

The government through its policies and programmes play their role by providing holistic initiativestowards sustaining the growth of Malaysian economy. In the construction  sector the initiatives areto stimulate high impact economic projects and economic activities in ensuring stable growth of the

construction GDP contribution to the economy.

The students are required to investigate and prepare a report on the policies and initiatives of thegovernment on infrastructure development projects and its implications to the construction sector,other sectors and the national economy.

The time frame of your investigation is from 8th until 9th Malaysian Plan (2000 to 2010)

Main sections of the report should include:

1. Introduction on the overall 8th and 9th Malaysian plan on construction industry

2. Explain the government policies; initiatives; strategies in 8

th

and 9

th

Malaysian plan for theprovision of Infrastructure (identify project planned and implemented in 2000-2010) explainhow economic situation influence the implementation

3. Identify which sectors focus by the government provision of infrastructure4. Identify the growth trend of the focus sectors by the government

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Requirements and Format of Report:1. Times New Roman, font – 12, 1.5 spacing

Your report must include supplementary sections:a. Contentsb. Conclusion/ summary

c. List of references (Proper citation and referencing is compulsory using Harvard styleof references)

2. Your report must at least based on five references

BRIEF

1. Students should group themselves into a maximum of four (4) members per group. Withinthe group, each student should prepare an individual report based on one of the

listed main sections. Therefore, you should discuss with each other the informationto be included in each of your report to ensure continuity of information. Pleasenote that each report must include its own supplementary sections.

2. Only 2 persons will present the report on behalf of the group

3. Presentation time is 15 minutes using not more than 10 slides (main slide)

4. The presentation is scheduled at week 14.

5. Submission date is at week 14 before presentation starts.

Thank you.

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