Appraisal Of Construction Management Practice In Nigeria

ABSTRACT

Construction industry has complexity in it nature because it contains large number of parties such as

clients, consultants and contractors. The factors that influence construction management practice differ

from country to country, due to prevailing conditions. The objective of this project is to identify factors

that influence construction management practice in Nigeria construction industry and elicit

perceptions/ranking of the severity using relative importance index of the various factors. A

comprehensive literature review was conducted to generate a set of factors believed to influence

construction management practice in Nigeria. A questionnaire survey was conducted and fifty-seven

(57) factors were identified, grouped into nine (9) categories, evaluated and ranked from the

construction actors perspectives. 108 questionnaires was produced and distributed to the key

construction actors as follows: 45 to contractors, 33 to consultants and 30 to clients. Out of these

questionnaires distributed, 92 were received (85%) as follows: 40(88.9%) from contractors, 28(84.8%)

from consultants and 24(80%) from clients as respondents. They nine categories considered in this

research work are as follows: quality management during design, quality management during

construction, construction management techniques used in practice, economic policy, management

style, socio-political consideration, motivation of staff, obstacles facing construction management

practice and benefits of applying construction management tools in practice.