Assessment Performance of Public Disbursement in Civil Maintenance Railway Projects (A Post Audit–Covid Pandemic)

Abstract

This paper examined the impact of COVID-19 using a quantitative approach on disbursement of maintenance railway projects. Information was gathered by deploying questionnaire survey to practitioners who involved in railway maintenance projects. Primary factors effected to disbursement procedure were identified from 70 major railway maintenance projects (Civil, Mechanical and Electrical works). Thirty-two (32) factors effected to the disbursement procedure were then distributed in the form of questionnaire. A total 115 respondents were sent back and ranking the severity of effective factors to disbursement procedure. Findings revealed in submission stage that contractor’s failure to follow the procedures submitting invoices. contractor submits claims with errors and government prevention policies were mainly factors which effected the performance of submission. While, quarantine period and adverse weather factors were the main factor which effected the performance of inspection stage. Financial crisis and shortage of staff were main factors which effected the payment execution period. All mentioned factors effected to disbursement procedure were caused by contractors and engineers and owner staffs. It appeared factors effected to performance of disbursement procedure that were normally occurred in construction projects.