COPYRIGHT, PUBLISHING AND LICENSING

COPYRIGHT POLICY

The author(s) of an article published in the CONSTRUCTION journal retains ownership of the intellectual property rights in work (s).

PUBLISHING RIGHTS

The author(s) of an article published in the CONSTRUCTION journal have unrestricted publication rights. The authors give the CONSTRUCTION journal the right to publish the article and designate Universiti Malaysia Pahang Publishing as the original publisher of the article.

LICENSING POLICY

CONSTRUCTION is an open-access journal that follows the Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial 4.0 International License (CC BY-NC 4.0), which states that:

CC BY – NC 4.0: Under this licence, the reusers to distribute, remix, alter, and build upon the content in any media or format for non-commercial purposes only, as long as proper acknowledgement is given to the authors of the original work. Please take the time to read the whole licence agreement (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode ). As long as reusers follow the licence conditions, the owner cannot withdraw these freedoms. The following components are included under this license:

Attribution: Users must provide appropriate attribution, including a link to the licence, and indicate whether or not they made any modifications. Users are free to do so reasonably, but not in a manner that indicates the licensee approves of their usage.

Non-commercial: Only non-commercial uses of the work are permitted as long as proper acknowledgement is given to the authors