Assessment Factors Affecting Project Performance: A Case Study Of Bishoftu Town Cobblestones Constructionprojects
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2020-06
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Addis Ababa University
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The success and failure of any projects depends on its performance .the road construction sector
is one of the key sectors of Ethiopian national economy. Nevertheless, it undergoes through
several problems that affect project performance in terms of project performance parameters
like time, cost and quality. This study was conducted to identify factors affect project
performance in the case of Bishoftu town cobblestone road construction. lThe lmain lobjective lof
lthislstudy lislto lidentify lthe lfactorlaffecting lthe lproject lperformance lin lthe lBishoftu ltown lcobble
lstone lconstructionlprojects. The methodology applied is descriptive design along cross sectional
method as the study focuses on identifying and describing those factors that affecting the project
performance. The sources of the data for the study are primary data and review of the
documents. Questionnaires were the main instruments used in this study. The target population
size of the study was 89 respondents. This study was undertaken in Bishoftu Town cobblestone
road construction projects. The questionnaires were distributed to all target respondents from
which 64 filled in and returned. The data used for this study comprises the cobblestone projects
started in the last two years from 2010 E.C. the projects reviewed were 10 from the 51 projects
that were selected using purposive method. The respondents for this study were contractors,
consultant, client and regulators auditors. From both analysis of the primary data and
secondary, it was found that there were problems of project performance in the town. lTheltoplten
lmostlinfluentiallfactorslthatlwere laffectinglcobblestone lprojectslperformance lare lawarding lof lthe
lcontractltolthe llowestlbidders, lescalationloflmateriallprice, lpoorlplanninglandlscheduling, lclients
lemphasis lon llow lconstruction lcost, llow lparticipation lof llocal lcommunity lin lthe lproject
limplementation, ldifficulty lin lweather lcondition, lexcessive lbureaucratic lcondition, lpoor luse lof
lproject lsoftware, lclientslemphasislon lquick lconstruction linstead lof lquality. Having such kinds of
factors, the management would decide to minimize problems to ensure the project objectives.
Further study should be conducted in the factors affecting project performance in the
construction both in private and public construction sectors using inferential statistics in order
to enhance generalizability in the sector.
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project quality,project cost overrun,lprojectdelay., projectmmanagement,, cobblestone construction