Evaluation of delay related factors in Niger Delta development commission construction projects in University of Port Harcourt
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2022-02
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Federal University of Technology, Owerri
Abstract
This study focuses on the Evaluation of Delay Related Factors in Niger Delta Development Commission Construction Projects in University of Port Harcourt. The objectives include to analyse the selected construction projects to determine their level of performance, and identify and analyse the delay factors in the face of the level of delay witnessed in the delivery of Niger Delta Development Commission hostel project in University of Port Harcourt, Rivers State. Descriptive statistics was partly used to analyze the performance data of the selected construction project from 2004 to 2012 which showed low performance due to high level of cost and time variations witnessed. The contributory factors to the low performance were identified. Based on this, five-point Likert’s scale questionnaire was designed and distributed to 136 respondents for assessment on the level of effect of the contributory factors on cost and time variations. The t-test analysis of the delay factors show that all the identified factors significantly affected the performance of the NDDC hostel project with contractor related factors having the highest effect on the delay witnessed. The correlation analysis show that the delay factors also have negative significant relationship with the economic development of the people of Port Harcourt. The relative severity index also ranked contractor related factors as the highest effective factor to the level of delay witnessed in the NDDC hostel project delivery. The study therefore recommends honesty and transparency among the players in the public sector or government agencies and construction industry, maximum attention by contractors to detailed design before tendering for projects, stability in the market prices of construction materials and efficient and effective tendering process before projects are awarded.
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A Master's thesis on delay related factors in Niger Delta development commission construction projects
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project delays, public sector, construction projects, contractors, clients, NDDC hostel., Department of Project management Technology
Citation
Nkem, N. (2022). Evaluation of delay related factors in Niger Delta development commission construction projects in University of Port Harcourt. (Unpublished Master's Thesis). Federal University of Technology, Owerri.