Under the 12MP, Malaysia has set a goal to boost productivity growth across all sectors to rebuild economic growth momentum and enhance industry competitiveness.

Thus, the Construction Productivity Nexus has been established to push the sector to higher value chains emphasizing on strengthening, planning, evaluation and monitoring mechanisms. 

Currently, issues and challenges facing the construction sector includes shortage of skilled and non-skilled workers, over reliance on foreign labour and the technology adoption in the construction sector. 

To ensure the business concerns are well addressed, a recommendation is crucial as to overcome the issues and challenges above. 

The objectives include:
1)	To further understand the bigger picture of the construction industry
2)	To critically evaluate current findings on factors affecting productivity in the construction sector
3)	To provide evidence as to support the proposed recommendations.