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    Exploring the factors associated with low construction labor productivity
    (UMT Lahore, 2019) Ansar Abbas
    Labor productivity is always considered to be a captivating and a foremost problem in the construction industry, ensuring cost savings and well-organized use of resources. Although significant no. of researches exists on construction labor productivity issues in other states, but unfortunately, a very low no. of studies has addressed productivity issues in Pakistan. So, being a developing country, issue of labor productivity is equally important to projects located within different cities of Pakistan. The objective of the research is to explore the factors that affect the productivity of construction labor according to the viewpoint of Engineers and contractors working at different construction projects. A questionnaire based survey was conducted by involving respondents from the various construction departments i.e. government, semi government and private sector to categorize factors that affect negatively construction labor productivity in the various construction projects in the various cities of Pakistan. Construction labor productivity is affected by an assembly of factors. However, the analysis shows that the main factors responsible for low labor productivity are poor labor motivation; improper supervision; tool and equipment issues; unfavorable working environment at site; craftsmen issues; lack of training and facilities for Labor; poor safety measures at site; bad weather conditions; low wages and late payments; noncompliance of safety rules by labor.