Every project’s goal has always been to be successful. Failure to complete projects on time has become a major problem in the last few decades. Construction delays are a common and serious problem that needs to be investigated further. This issue has implications for the construction industry and the economy’s growth, as well as the long-term development of countries. Many studies have not highlighted the strategies implemented by organisations to lessen the impact of project delays. As such, a systematic literature analysis (SLR) was performed in this study by selecting publications of articles from indexed journals on the Web of Science and Scopus to identify the efficacy of strategies utilised when mitigating problems that postpone the overall construction. The method applied for this SLR is using the Reporting Standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses (ROSES) analysis protocol. Through this protocol, several steps need to be followed accordingly to acquire an accurate number of articles that have to be reviewed. The findings identified five leading aspects of strategies that should be adopted to reduce construction project delays, namely: communication; management; information systems and technology; enforcement of law and order; and financials. The implications of these strategies are also discussed in this research.

Project communication is an important aspect that needs to be stressed in project management to ensure good project delivery in the construction industry. All the key players in construction must represent a good communication flow among themselves to avoid misunderstanding that later will affect their performance and reputation. However, there are still have issues among themselves while communicating. These communication issues are not only happening in Malaysia but in many other developing countries that are involved in the construction industry. However, there are insufficient studies on these communication issues involving project participants. Hence, the present article employs a systematic literature review to determine the issues of communication among project participants in the construction industry. The study was combined many research designs and the review was referring to ROSES (Reporting Standards for Systematic Evidence Syntheses) protocols. This research employs a systematic literature review of selected published indexed journals from Web of Science and Scopus. The findings identified several communication issues that can be categorized into different themes, which are; (1) accuracies, (2) timeliness, (3) distortions, (4) barriers, (5) under loading, (6) overloading, (7) misunderstanding, (8) gatekeeping, (9) procedures, and lastly (10) financial. Furthermore, the study also presented several significant contributions for practical purposes and a body of knowledge. The findings also described the importance of good strategies to overcome the communication issues and to look at the potential impact of those solutions on the whole progress of the projects.

To date, there are many materials available to students in supporting their learning activities. The materials are provided according to the syllabus at their place of study. This study aims to look at the behavior of the students on the technical modules provided by looking at the factors that are considered to facilitate the handling and use of the modules. Quantitative research is used by distributing a set of questionnaires to students at Universiti Teknologi MARA. Respondents consisted of 322 students from four campuses that measure their behavior and factors contributing to the use of the module. Perceived ease and perceived usefulness factors are identified as an essential element in understanding user behavior. The findings suggest that students' perceptions about the perceived usefulness and observed ease of using modules affect them to use this module. The findings show that lecturers should play their role to improve student perceptions on the use of this module which will contribute to success in the implementation of the module.