Assessment of Project Implementation and Challenges on Building Constructions in Adama City Ethiopia

Abstract

In construction projects, failures are due to project management implementation process problems as well as poor construction performance and many others related factors. This study aims at assessing project management Implementation process, and challenges that appear in the course of the construction of the building construction projects in Adama City, Ethiopia. The study employed a research design of a descriptive approach. The data was collected using a structured and semi structured questionnaire from 67 respondents who are key stakeholders in building construction including clients, contractors and consultants using total census method. The data was analyzed by using RII and descriptive statistics using SPSS v. 23 and Microsoft Excel 2013. The findings of the study revealed that there is a poor implementation process of the project management. The mean value of the respondents for the executing process i.e. core, administrative, and public regulatory process was 2.8, 2.69, and 2.88 respectively. While from the monitoring and controlling the average RII value of 2.5, 2.67, and 2.7 were recorded for the core, administrative and public regulatory processes. The most underlining challenges affecting the construction performance in the study area includes the cost overrun (RII= 0.8; 80% agreement), followed by the scarcity of the construction materials (RII= 0.73; 67.16% agreement). Political and social unrest has been recorded to be the least factor affection the construction performance (RII= 0.57; 38.81% agreement). The majority (67.16%) of the respondents confirmed that there is the failure of the project completion on the planned project schedule. Generally, from the present study, it is concluded that most of the construction projects exhibited poor project performance. Therefore, the project manager and team leaders should take the proper project management implementation process into account to enhance the overall performance. The planning process management and impact of the project manager’s competencies on the project management should be the next research priorities in the study area.