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 acceptance of technology in the construction sector. Thus, engagement session with the industries is crucial to identify and explore other business concern to boost the productivity of the industries. 

Objectives of the workshop  are : 

1) To identify issues and challenges affecting productivity in the construction sector.
2) To provide any recommendations for the issues and challenges addressed. 
3) To develop the implementation plan of initiatives undertaken by Nexus;
4) To build innovative collaboration among industries and public sector.