Investigation of Uneven Implementation of Price Adjustment Clauses for Public Building Construction Projects in Arsi Zone of Ethiopia

Abstract

Abstract: Public building construction projects have become a growing concern because they ensure the construction of hospitals, colleges, offices, universities, and other public buildings to overcome social issues. However, the Ethiopian building project's price adjustment provision was not properly implemented. The expected programs and uses of public building construction projects are hampered. Thus, this paper is aimed to establish a mitigation measures system to a prune problem at the grass route level to solve inappropriate price adjustment clause implementation. Focused group discussion, case study, and questioner survey are employed as data-gathering instruments in this study. In addition, the study was analyzed with the use of statistical package software and the Relative Importance Index, therefore, the results confirmed good decision making at the right time, a special contract condition must be drafted by experienced professionals, value engineering of alternate materials, paying the contractor in full advance, and regular cost monitoring is identified as mitigation steps for these issues. This research addresses how we can mitigate the issue of price adjustment clause misapplication in our country. More studies in more zones and regions are required to exert positive stresses so that the study's findings can be used to strengthen the national conditions of contract.