Assessment of Performance Evaluation and Challenge of Design-Build Project Delivery System: The Case of Gergi Modern Housing Construction Project
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2022-06
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Addis Ababa University
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In Ethiopia, mega projects have been implementing using Design- a build delivery system. These projects consume huge financial resources and are expecting to deliver outputs that significantly improve the social and economic issues of the society. Gerji modern housing construction project is one of the projects implementing the Design- build delivery system. The main objective of this study is to determine the Performance practice of the design-Build (DB) delivery system in the project and the factors that lead to its success or failure, assess how the client requirements have been managed and the challenges that occurred during the implementation of the DB contract. The methodology applied for this study was a descriptive method with a mixed approach. As the study focuses on assessing the performance of the mentioned project, this study used primary and secondary data gathered using the instrument of a questionnaire survey and interviewing from the key project team members. The sample design used in this study was census and questionnaires were distributed to all 25 targeted respondents in person and through e-mail to be fill out and returned. The collected data was analyzed using quantitative and qualitative method, then performance and the challenges exist in the DB project was evaluated using performance measuring criteria like time, cost, quality, stakeholder satisfaction, and functionality of deliverables. Overall, the study's findings show that based on the mentioned performance measuring criteria with minor schedule dalliance and cost overrun the project was effectively and efficiently accomplished to its intended objectives.
Keywords: Design-Build (DB) delivery system, Project performance, performance measure