2-81 Welfare Facilities Implementation at Construction Sites in Malaysia Mohamad Noor Ilfariz Ibrahim 1 , Abdul Rahim Abdul Hamid 1* , Zaid Mohammed Hatem 1 , Nuhu Abba 1 , Mohammad Saiful Islam 1 , Alpha Umaru Bah 1 1 School of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Malaysia. *rahimhamid@utm.my ABSTRACT. Having a healthy and safe work environment can increase the employee’s morale and motivation in work place and can affect the physical and mental alertness of the employee, resulting in greater productivity. The provision of good employee welfare by employers will lead to competition among employers in term of recruitment, reputation, and retention of quality personnel. Despite the rapid development and profitability of an organization, the condition of welfare facilities at construction site have not been taken seriously by many workers and employers, which may lead to negative impact to individuals and organizations. The aim of this study is to examine the extent of the implementation of welfare facilities in the construction sites of ongoing projects. The methodology of this study includes literature reviews, data collection and questionnaire survey among the individuals in construction field. The questionnaire provided was developed based on the idea of checklist for welfare facilities from literature review on authority’s documents such as MS 2593:2015 Temporary construction site workers' amenities and accommodation - Code of practice and Factories and Machinery (Safety, Health and Welfare) Regulations 1970 (REVISED – 1983). The data from the questionnaire was analyzed using average index method. The results of the study indicated that sanitary conditions, first aid medical facilities and electricity are the most common welfare facilities provided in the contract document. Most respondents are aware of the law and code of practice regarding welfare facilities. The highly satisfactory and adequate welfare facilities available at construction sites in Malaysia are first aid, medical, electricity and drinking water facilities. Finally, this paper has proposed checklist of the welfare facilities that could be used at the construction sites in Malaysia, for instance the first aid and medical facilities are among the most agreed by respondents to be the most important welfare facilities. Keywords: Site’s Welfare Facilities; Workers; Health; Construction; Code of Practice INTRODUCTION Every work place is required to have welfare facilities according to the conditions in health care facilities (HCFs). There will be many serious and significant effects if there are improper implementation of facilities at work places. The failure to provide the facilities will bring serious consequences in basic environment health conditions [1]. The safe and adequate environmental conditions in health care facilities (HCFs) include the provisions of water, hygiene, energy, sanitation, and waste management, besides the provision of standard precaution items. The provision of welfare facilities also have been mentioned by The Workplace (Health, Safety and Welfare) Regulations 1992, as amended by The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations (CDM Regulations) to ensure that appropriate and adequate welfare facilities are provided at most workplaces such as construction site [2 – 4].