Factors Affecting Time, Cost and Quality Management in Building Construction Projects

Ot Ibironke,D Ibironke

doi:10.4314/fje.v6i1.68323

Abstract

The study is an assessment of time, cost and quality management in the Nigerian construction industry, and it aims to explore time cost and quality management in the construction industry. The objective of the study is to identify factors affecting time; cost and quality management in building construction projects. This study is limited to the view of a convenient sample of professionals in the building construction industry. The method used to collect data were questionnaire and interview while the data collected were subjected to descriptive statistical analysis using percentage, mean score and frequency. It was observed that planning and scheduling deficiencies, fraudulent practice and kickback and absence of clear Evaluation standards are the major factors affecting time, cost and quality in construction project. The study recommends that construction team should strive to ensure effective management of time, cost and quality in building production.

Highlights

Client when engaging professionals for the purpose of procuring a building or other infrastructure are primarily concerned about quality, time, and cost
For the factors affecting cost, fraudulent practice and kick backs is a major factor with a weighted mean score of 3.78, fraud is a major problem in the Nigerian economy today and its effect is felt in the construction industry, with this practice contractors and client representatives either inflate contract figures or work together to defraud the client especially in government contract
The study concludes that the major factor affecting time cost and quality are planning and scheduled deficiencies, fraudulent practice and kickback, and absence of clear uniform evaluation standards

Summary

INTRODUCTION

Client when engaging professionals for the purpose of procuring a building or other infrastructure are primarily concerned about quality, time, and cost. The objective of this paper is to identify factors affecting time, cost and quality management in building construction project in Nigeria. Bamisile (2004) drew attention to the fact that good design embraces such things as getting a proper brief, ensuring the design matches the client requirement, prescribing the best material for the job and making sure that what is inked in the drawing can be built on the site Another perspective which the factors affecting quality in construction can be looked at is the construction stage. METHODOLOGY Relevant and necessary data were collected through questionnaires and scheduled interviews so as to achieve the objective which is to identify factors affecting time, cost and quality management in building construction projects. Weather, confined site etc. were rated least compared to other factors

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Findings

CONCLUSION