Astudy on Problems Affecting The Integration of Major Construction Parties in Design-Bid-Build Project Delivery Method in The Addis Ababa 40-60 Housing Construction Projects
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2016-11
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Addis Ababa University
Abstract
Construction industry is a major player in the economy of countries by generating
employment and wealth to the nations. However, in design-bid-build project delivery, many
projects in developing countries like Ethiopia experienced extremely high disintegration
among the major parties. In this respect, this study’s objective was to identify the major
problems affecting the integration of these parties in Addis Ababa 40-60 saving houses of
construction projects. For this, both questionnaire survey and selected case studies were
conducted. Accordingly, interpretation and discussion were made on the basis of results.
The study was conducted on 13 Addis Ababa 40-60 housing construction projects within the
focus group of clients, consultants, contractors and regulatory body. Accordingly, the
research came up with the following conclusions. To begin with the needed level of project
parties’ integration is not achieved. Besides, 24 integration problems were identified in
survey study and ranked based on their importance index. Self-serving objectives; lack of coordination;
lack of trust and reliability among contracting parties; and disregarding contextual
issues, poor communication between relevant construction parties, and lack of knowledge by
the client about project processes and integration issues, and inadequate technical skill by the
client are among the major integration problems. Furthermore, two additional problems were
identified in the case study. The research concludes that level of integration among the
parties was not totally fragmented nor fully integrated due to several integration problems,
and further provides recommendations on how to improve the existing situations.
Key Words: Addis Ababa housing projects, construction, design-bid-build, project delivery,
integration, and parties.
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Addis Ababa housing projects, Construction, Design-bid-build