Abstract
Considering the increase of urban population and traffic congestion, smart parking is always a strategic issue to work on, not only in the research field but also from economic interests. The existing and ongoing works on smart parking are complicated and Trans disciplinary. The construction industry is one of the main sectors that provide important ingredients for the development of an economy. However it is becoming more complex because of the sophistication of the construction process itself and the large number of parties involved in the construction process. Delay in construction project completion is a global phenomenon that occurs in the construction industry and considered as one of the most common problems causing a multitude of negative effects on the project. The objective of this study is to identify the major determinants factor smart parking project delay. Both primary and secondary data were used in this study. A survey questionnaire was structured and distributed to contractor, consultant, client and subcontractor who were working in smart parking construction projects. The questionnaire included 30 predefined factors, which were grouped into six major factors, client, contractor, and consultant, and material, external and labor factors. The relative importance index (RII) was determined and the factors were ranked within their groups and overall. The results showed that the group of client factors ranked first among the six groups. The top ten factors causing delay of smart parking projects are: delay in sub-contractors, slow in decision making by client, delay in delivering the site to the contractor, Dollar insecure in government, delay in obtaining permits from municipality, less capacity to admin the project, lack in qualified labors/shortage of qualified engineers, shortage of construction materials, late procurement of materials and Ineffective planning and scheduling of projects. Finally, recommendations have been developed for each of the contract parties’ client, contractor, consultant and subcontractor where present in this research in order to minimize and avoid the delay factor and get the project completed within the planned schedule. Keywords : Smart parking, project delay, determinant factor, Relative Importance Index (RII) DOI: 10.7176/JAAS/67-02 Publication date: August 31 st 2020
Highlights
AND LITERATURE REVIEW Transportation is the engine for social and economic development of a country
Research Design: This research is a practical problem developed from the observation of smart parking development projects and the research questions are designed with the purpose of understanding the planning, practice and major determinant factors of delay in smart parking project so as to investigate the cause of time overrun in smart parking development projects of Addis Ababa city administration
It is descriptive because it tried to describe the actual rate of time overrun and the variables or factors of time overrun in Addis Ababa city administration Target Population: The population of the study comprises of the stakeholders such as contractors, consultants, www.iiste.org clients and sub-contractors who were involved in construction process of smart parking projects taken for the study under Addis Ababa city administration to get possible reasons for time overrun
Summary
AND LITERATURE REVIEW Transportation is the engine for social and economic development of a country. Addis Ababa is exhibiting high social and economic development. With certainty, parking is a major problem in urban cities which has been increasing challenges both in developed and developing countries since it interlinks the transportation infrastructures and land use management. Due to rapid rate of urbanization and increased socio-economic characteristics, the demand for transport has increased in unprecedented scale, currently; globally, the construction industry hugely influences the economy, the environment and the society. In Ethiopia, the construction industry is the highest recipient of government budget in terms of government development program. Public construction projects consume an average annual rate of nearly 60% of the government’s capital budget (Ministry of urban development and construction, 2006)
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