Comparative Evaluation of Project Performance Between Domestic and Chinese Contractors in Selected Federal Road Projects in Ethiopia
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2010-03
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
This study was conducted to evaluate comparatively the project performance of domestic and
Chinese contractors with regard to key performance indicators. The scope of the study was limited to
examine the performance of road construction projects in the road sector development program of
phase IV. The study had developed its research framework through the non-probability sampling
technique particularly the purposive or judgmental sampling methods. Accordingly first, it assessed
13 Federal road projects executed either by the domestic or the Chinese contractors. Subsequently,
the overall performance of both domestic and Chinese contractor’s was low. It was strongly
associated with design related problems, unexpected ground conditions, right of way related
problems, variation order and finally poor contractors’ capacity respectively. Besides, the key
differences between domestic and Chinese contractors, was found resource capacity. Generally, in
both the domestic and Chinese contractors there was low performance during the construction of the
federal road projects due to internal and external factors. Finally, the study had also developed
improvement interventions based on the findings; to solve the internal problems of the contractors,
there should be a joint venture between the domestic and Chinese/foreign contractors. Ethiopian
Road Authority should also solve as much as possible the external factors that affects the
performance of both the domestic and Chinese contractors during the construction of the federal road
projects.
Key words: Domestic and Chinese Contractors, Federal Road Projects, Key Performance Indicators,
and Performance.
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Domestic and Chinese Contractors, Federal Road Projects, Key Performance Indicators, Performance