scholarly journals Assessment of tendering processes for construction projects and it’s effect on public projects delivery in Nigeria

2021 ◽  
pp. 19-27
Author(s):  
Ajaelu Henry C. ◽  
Onwusonye I.J. Samuel ◽  
Isiofia Lawrence A.
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Microsoft Excel ◽  
Strict Adherence ◽  
Contractor Selection ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Global Standards ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Descriptive Survey

This study assessed the tendering report processes and their effect on public project delivery in Nigeria. The study was carried out at the Federal University of Technology Owerri, where ongoing and completed projects in the institution were assessed. The study is a descriptive survey employed questionnaires, interviews, and documentary records as a research instrument. The sample size comprised of 50 procurement professional and public projects experts in various selected units in the institution as respondents. The research objectives were analyzed using descriptive statistics of frequency as a tool that was computed using Microsoft Excel and presented in the form of charts and histograms. Qualitative data collected from interviews with respondents were recorded by using tape recorders and then transcribed. The outcome of the study reveals that the current tendering process in Nigeria has vulnerabilities that can be exploited to negatively impact public project delivery. The study recommends that there should be strict adherence to global standards in contractor selection and this should be based on objectivity, flexibility, reliability, and adaptability of the chosen criteria as they apply to projects peculiarities.

scholarly journals Application of RFID Technology in Olusegun Oke Library, Ladoke Akintola University of Technology, Ogbomoso: Challenges and Future Prospects

2022 ◽  
Vol 08 (01) ◽  
Author(s):  
Olatundun Oluwatoyin Oyewumi ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Radio Frequency Identification ◽  
Quantitative Research ◽  
Value Added ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Rfid Technology ◽  
Global Standards ◽  
University Of Technology ◽  
Initial Stage ◽  
Technological Limitations ◽  
Descriptive Survey

Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) offers tracking capability to locate equipment, supplies and people in real time, and provides efficient and accurate access to library transactions such as book search, security, inventory, borrowing and book return. The paper studied many aspects of the RFID application such as budgeting, purchase process, advantages and limitation of RFID technology, documentation and financial implication, challenges faced in initial stage and remedies. A structured questionnaire using descriptive survey method was designed to collect data. The study employed the method of quantitative research to gather an in-depth understanding of the nature of usage of RFID system among users of Olusegun Oke Library. The findings of the study revealed that RFID is functional and useful in such areas as speedy circulation, easy book identification, security of library materials and other value added services while the major problem to implementation include technological limitations, interference concerns, prohibitive costs and lack of global standards. The study concluded that orientation programme for all users for the RFID enabled is very much important.

scholarly journals The dynamics of vulnerabilities and capabilities in improving resilience within Malaysian construction supply chain

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 412-432 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nurul Afroze Zainal Abidin ◽  
Bingunath Ingirige
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Supply Chains ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Public And Private ◽  
Content Type ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Public Organisations ◽  
Market Pressures

Purpose The dynamics and effects of interconnected risks among construction organisations tend to be overlooked across the Malaysian public project supply chains, making them highly vulnerable to supply chain disruptions. This study aims to investigate this dynamism by assessing the supply chain’s critical vulnerabilities and capabilities that formulate the level of resilience in handling disruptive events in construction projects. Design/methodology/approach A comprehensive questionnaire survey was conducted with 105 construction professionals from two groups of respondents, the public and private organisations that work in public projects to identify their current vulnerabilities and capabilities. Data were analysed and compared using the Mann–Whitney U and Kruskal–Wallis tests. Findings The findings revealed that the top five critical vulnerability factors of the supply chain include political or regulatory changes, market pressures, management, financial and strategic vulnerability. Further comparisons highlighted that the public organisations faced significantly higher political threats compared to the private organisations whilst the private organisations faced significant market pressures. The survey also shows that despite the private organisations’ high capability in financial strength, the public organisations’ financial vulnerability has destabilised the entire supply chain. Originality/value This study presents the construction supply chain’s vulnerabilities in a layered framework approach that can provide managers a new perspective on the dynamics of the cascading impacts of these vulnerabilities when observed through several layers of supply chains.

scholarly journals The Mediating Effect of Knowledge Transfer in Construction Project

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (10) ◽  
pp. 2412-2416
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Transfer ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Management Practices ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Mediating Effect ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
And Performance

The construction industry is a competitive high-risk industry with an unprecedented uncertainties in technology, budget, and development processes. It has become more dynamic in nature and the execution of projects have become more complex and difficult to manage. The need then evolved to develop a framework for project performance. This study investigates the factors affecting the project success and performance using a knowledge and resource-based approach. Data was collected from project managers, civil engineers, site managers, and architects. A total of 221 responses were collected. The data analysis was conducted using SPSS and Smart PLS. This results from this investigation revealed that knowledge transfer does not mediate the effect of strategic factors or employee factors on the project performance of Iraqi public construction projects. This finding indicated that the role of knowledge practices in Iraqi public project is still not matured. Top management are advised to effectively implement the knowledge management practices in public projects. Implementing knowledge management will avoid the organization the cost of repeating the same mistakes. Thus, it was concluded in this study that knowledge transfer is still in its infancy and currently it has no mediating effect between the variables of this study.

scholarly journals Governance Factors and Mismanagement of Public Project Funds in Nigeria: A Case Study of Ondo State

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (4) ◽  
pp. 73
Author(s):  
Deborah Bose Adedeji ◽  
Akinloye Fatai Lawal ◽  
Olayemi Oladehinde Simon-Oke
Keyword(s):  
Due Process ◽  
Secondary Data ◽  
Principal Component ◽  
Target Population ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Public Project ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Ondo State ◽  
The Government

This paper evaluates the governance factors that are responsible to the mismanagement of public project funds in Nigeria. Governance factors are variables that influence the effective usage of project funds to achieve project delivery while public projects relate to works done by the government to meet public interest. The target population for this study include ministries, departments and agencies (MDAs) in the public sector in Ondo State comprising a total number of seventy-four (74) establishments in the state. Primary and secondary data were collected. Principal component analysis method and explorative factor analysis were combined to extract the five relevant governance factors that impact public project delivery in the study area. Findings reveal that execution of public projects could be fettered with different types of corrupt practices such as bribery, favour-to-favour, nepotism, percentage sharing and contract inflation in the study area; however, weaknesses and lapses were observed in bureaucracy, accountability and due process. Therefore, the study suggests among others, that there should be a political will to redress corruption dilemma, tighten accountability, due process and bureaucratic control in project environment.

Managing relationships in large public projects: comparative study of China and Singapore

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (3) ◽  
pp. 348-363
Author(s):  
Yongjian Ke ◽  
Florence Y.Y. Ling ◽  
Yan Ning ◽  
Zhe Zhang
Keyword(s):  
Comparative Study ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Developing Economies ◽  
Developed Countries ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Governance Practices ◽  
Public Construction ◽  
The Comparative Study

Purpose One of the solutions to manage large public projects that are complex and difficult to manage is through relationship management. Although formal and relational approaches have been adopted in managing relationships, it is widely recognized that participants from developed and developing economies have different mindsets toward these two approaches. The purpose of this paper is hence to elucidate the more effective practices for managers to manage relationships in large public projects that are in countries of different sizes and stages of development. Design/methodology/approach A structured questionnaire survey was conducted. Multiple stakeholders involved in public construction projects in Singapore and China that include public sector clients and consultants, private sector contractors and conszultants, were approached for data collection to provide information on one of their completed large public project. Findings Both Singapore and China primarily adopt contractual governance by making rational decisions, pursuing profit and using the contract to guard against trouble. Participants in Singapore are more deeply committed and work more collaboratively than their counterparts in China. Project partners in China build stronger relationships, which may be due to the importance of “guanxi” to conduct business activities there. Originality/value The comparative study provides managers with different sets of governance practices to adopt to improve the relationships with public clients in large public projects under different environments. In large public projects in developed countries, participants should rely more on relational practices that show commitment and teamwork, while those in developing countries participate in activities that build up their social networks.

scholarly journals The Effects of Strategic and Employee Factors on Project Performance of Iraqi Public Construction Projects

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (11) ◽  
pp. 959-962
Keyword(s):  
Performance Measurement ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Policy Makers ◽  
Project Failure ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Strategic Factors ◽  
Public Construction

There has been a persistent reported increase in project failure in many Iraqi’s construction public project. This has resulted in project withdrawal from contractors, and revoking of companies licenses due to weak performance. This study investigated the effect of strategic and employee factors on the performance of construction public projects in Iraqi. The findings indicated that strategic and employee factors were statistically significant and they are important determinants for performance measurement. On the overall, the employee factors are more important than strategic factors and its component rewards is the most important variables. There is therefore a need for policy makers in Iraqi to focus on strengthening the role of strategic and employee factors in enhancing the project performance in construction projects.

scholarly journals Evaluation of Construction Delay of Public Projects in Erbil Governorate

2019 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 18-26
Author(s):  
Noori Sadeq Ali ◽  
Khalil Ismail Wali
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
External Factors ◽  
Public Project ◽  
Public Projects ◽  
Common Causes ◽  
The Common ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Public Construction ◽  
Causes Of Delays ◽  
Significant Factors

Delay is one of the greatest challenges facing the implementation of construction projects. The completion project time is considered one of the measure indicators for assessing the success of any project. Delays usually have negative impacts of financial and social to all parties involved in the projects. The aim of the study is to find the most important causes of delay by evaluating the common causes of delays in terms of frequency, severity, and important indices in implementation of public construction projects in Erbil Governorate related to owners, contractors, consultants, and external factors. The data gathered through conducting a questionnaire for perception various parties involved in implementation of public construction projects. For these purpose, 104 forms of questionnaire were distributed to various parts to identify the delay causes in accordance with their opinions. It was concluded that the most significant factors causing the delay in construction of public project in Erbil Governorate related to the owner were “variation orders by owner during the construction” which came in the first rank, while the cause of delay related to the consultant that came in the first rank was “unclear and inadequate details in drawings,” whereas the factor related to the contractor which came in the first rank was “selecting incompetent contractor.”

scholarly journals An Integrated Decision Support Model Based on BWM and Fuzzy-VIKOR Techniques for Contractor Selection in Construction Projects

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (12) ◽  
pp. 6933
Author(s):  
Aziz Naghizadeh Vardin ◽  
Ramin Ansari ◽  
Mohammad Khalilzadeh ◽  
Jurgita Antucheviciene ◽  
Romualdas Bausys
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Construction Project ◽  
Water Channel ◽  
Multicriteria Decision Making ◽  
Decision Support Model ◽  
Cost Overruns ◽  
Contractor Selection ◽  
Model Based ◽  
Fuzzy Vikor ◽  
Bid Price

Sustainable development of any country to some extent depends on successful accomplishment of construction projects, particularly infrastructures. Contractors have a key role in the success of these projects. Hence, the selection of a competent contractor as a complicated and hard decision process has a vital importance in the destiny of any construction project. Contractor selection is in essence a multicriteria decision-making that ought to encompass so many aspects of the project and the client’s requirements on one hand and the capabilities and past records of the contractors on the other hand. Failure in selecting a competent contractor may cause time and cost overruns; quality shortcomings; increasing in claims, disputes and change orders; and even failure of the project. In spite of deficiencies of selecting a contractor by the rule of “the lowest bid price”, it still prevails in many countries including Iran. In this paper, a new contractor selection model based on the best-worst method (BWM) and well-known Fuzzy-VIKOR techniques is proposed as a solution to overcome the deficiencies of the traditional “lowest bid price” rule. An illustrative example of a water channel construction project verified the applicability of the proposed model in practice.

scholarly journals Value Management in Practice: An Interview Survey

2012 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 11-18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Therese Daddow ◽  
Martin Skitmore
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Project Delivery ◽  
Value Management ◽  
Practical Implementation ◽  
Construction Work ◽  
Value For Money ◽  
Extra Time ◽  
Prescriptive Literature ◽  
Interview Survey

Despite its obvious theoretical benefits, there has been some reservations regarding the practical implementation of Value Management (VM) for construction projects. In particular, these concerns the extra time and costs involved in conducting VM in relation to the actual benefits gained as a consequence of its use. This paper provides the result of an interview survey of the experiences and observations of 17 professionals working in the property and construction industry to establish the extent to which this is an issue. The main conclusion is that the process is working well, with VM being popular among those with experience in its use - which has been extended into the area of consultant selection. However, in contrast with the prescriptive literature, much of the participants' experiences appear to be more concerned with VM's contribution to the identification and management of the risks involved in project delivery than the straight value-for-money aspects. This may be due to the higher levels of uncertainty involved in construction work than in VM's original use in construction.

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