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    Investigating Key Factors that Determine Construction Project Success: Evidence from Oromia Construction Corporation (Occ)
    (Addis Ababa University, 2026-05-03) Temam Mame; Amare Abawa
    Projects are widely regarded as successful if they are completed on time, within planned budget, to the specified quality standards, and to the satisfaction of clients. Practically, however, this concept is rarely accomplished particularly in public sector construction projects like (OCC) due to failures in investigating and implementing determinants of their success. The main objective of this study was to investigate key factors that determine construction project success at OCC. Potential success factors were explored from literature review and grouped into different categories. Primary data were used in the analysis from sampled respondents including contractor, clients, consultants, and other experienced professionals. Secondary data related to project time and cost performances were also incorporated to measure how efficiently the corporation has been performing in terms of time and cost across the sampled projects from building, water, irrigation, drilling, and road projects. Descriptive statistics, SPSS, correlation, and regression analysis were employed for data analysis and interpretation. The RII was also used to rank the key determinants of construction project success at OCC. The regression analysis results showed that all success factors have been found statistically significant. The contractor related factors have been found to be the key determinant of construction project success followed by consultant, external, and client related factors. Using RII contractor related have been ranked as the most overall determinant of construction project success whereas client consultant, and external related factors have ranked from second to fourth next to the most determinants of construction project success. Four indicators (time, cost, quality, and client satisfaction) were identified as success criteria to measure the corporation’s performance. It was confirmed that quality has been the most and best performing measurement followed by client satisfaction whereas the rank of time and cost related criteria has been significantly lower. The study found that actual completion time and costs exceeded planned time and costs persistently confirming that cost and time overruns have been systematic and critical challenges across most of the sampled construction projects A set of recommendations have been proposed for gaps that should be bridged by OCC. The study suggests limitations and several areas for further investigation by subsequent studies.