| dc.description.abstract | In recent years, all industrial sectors in Taiwan have been hampered by the impact of Covid-19. The higher international raw material prices and the shortage of labor have impacted economic development in Taiwan. The construction industry, which is related to the people′s livelihood, is the most affected because the industry is highly labor-intensive. Labor shortage, especially those skilled ones, will inevitably affect the development of the overall industry. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to explore the causes of manpower and technical labor shortages in the construction industry, and to propose countermeasures through the industry in the face of these two major difficulties.
The research is conducted in two phases, the first phase is to conduct field interviews with several representative tier-one construction company leaders or senior executives. They were asked to put forward relevant countermeasures for the labor shortage issues and constructive suggestions for government governance to serve as the foundation of this research. The second phase of the study is to analyze the countermeasures to resolve the two major problems of labor shortage, including the most direct way that accelerates the import of foreign migrant workers to make up for the shortage of domestic labor, and the possibility of applying the pre-cast structural construction methods, instead of the traditional reinforced concrete construction method.
The results of the case examined in this study show that the pre-cast structure method can save close to half of the labor force on site, and the construction time can also be saved by 50%; in addition, this study further analyzes the effects of introducing the BIM （building information modeling） system to assist construction management. The research results show that BIM system-assisted construction management has the potential to significantly mitigate the problem of insufficient technical or skilled labor. The study also examined other possible systemic construction methods, which also shows the potential of cutting construction time by 25%. The implications, limitations, and future research directions of the study are provided in the conclusion. | en_US |