Modelling the Performance Efficiency of Construction Companies in Malaysia Using Data Envelopment Analysis

Construction industry is a central of economic contributor across all countries world widely. As construction sector is one of the income contributions for economic expansion in Malaysia, therefore this paper aims to model and assess the performance efficiency of the construction sector companies using Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) model. The results of this study show that 9 construction companies had been categories as efficient companies which achieve efficiency score of 1.00, i.e.: FAJAR, HOHUP, KERJAYA, MUHIBBAH, PEB, SUNCON, TSRCAP, ZECON and ZELAN. Then the potential improvement had been proposed on the inputs and outputs according to the best possible solution of DEA model so that the inefficient companies can be revamp to efficient companies.