Abstract
The Ethiopian construction sector has shown a remarkable growth and is given high prominence. However, several defects are being noted in the sector that need immediate action. The current study was conducted to access the level of techniques and software packages used for project time control; to identify factors affecting delay in construction projects and to recommend possible mitigation measures. The study adopts quantitative and qualitative methods with the help of primary and secondary data. Primary data was collected using self-administered questionnaires on 140 respondents and key informant interviews with ten experienced practitioners in the construction sector. Secondary data was collected through reviewing of related materials. Analysis of the quantitative data was made using SPSS version 20. The study revealed low level application of techniques and software packages for project planning and time control. It also identified top five delay factors. The study suggested that current project planning and time control can be improved by adopting the right tools, assigning the appropriate staff. The study implied that delay factors can be managed by proactive planning on alternative resources, appropriate allocation of resources, application of timely knowledge based decisions, and adoption and application of suitable methodologies and resources at the right place and time coupled with provision of continuous trainings for the staff.
Highlights
And with budget completion of a construction project is frequently seen as a major criterion of project success by clients, contractors, consultants and related stakeholders (Luka and Muhammad, 2014; Ibrahim and Nabil, 2013; Abadir, 2011; Chabota et al, 2008)
Hypotheses Testing Results for Delay Factors For the assessment of correlation between contractors, consultants and clients response on ranked delay factors, the hypotheses checkup is as follow: correlation coefficient for delay factors shows a higher correlation among the respondents
The result of this study shows a better correlation than the finding of spearman coefficient by Abd et al, (2008) where the results are between contractors and clients, clients and consultants, and contractors and consultants of 0.47, 0.65, and 0.69, respectively
Summary
And with budget completion of a construction project is frequently seen as a major criterion of project success by clients, contractors, consultants and related stakeholders (Luka and Muhammad, 2014; Ibrahim and Nabil, 2013; Abadir, 2011; Chabota et al, 2008). The primary challenge of a project is the handling of constraints to meet the desired goal where one aims to honor the primary constraints of time and budget to produce quality result (ECIDP, 2014; Warszawski, 1996). Ethiopia is the fastest-growing, non-oil driven economy among African countries. The contribution of the industry sector (which is 21.2%) and that of the construction sector to the national economy is given high prominence and is mainly driven by the energetic performance of the construction sub-sector (ECIDP, 2014; UNDP, 2014). Despite the construction sector has high importance, several defects are being noted in the sector that require immediate action (ECIDP, 2014; Nega, 2008). One significant problem is significant delay of infrastructure and construction projects which can hold back or impair planned economic development (ECIDP, 2014; LiYin et al, 2006)
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