An Overview of the Construction Industry

In this chapter the Malaysian construction market is described. This chapter is included because of the interrelationships that existed between the construction industry and quality of education. Their correlation is a positive one. The education sector has strong spill over implications on other sectors of the economy and has contributed directly to productivity enhancement directly, indirectly or both. But as we have illustrated in chapter one, the education sector requires infrastructural facilities including roads, buildings, services, that are produced by the construction industry. Likewise the human capitals needed by the construction industry are supplied by the education sector. Therefore, the learning outcomes the ability to: (1) Be able to describe and discuss the Malaysian construction industry, (2) Be able to explain the extent of maintenance market, (3) Understanding the problems facing the construction industry.