Assessment Of Cost And Schedule Performance On AACRA Projects: The Case Of Shiromeda – Hamerenoh Kidanemihiret Road Construction Project
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2019-07
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Addis Ababa University
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The purpose of this study is to assess the cost and schedule performance of a road construction project with particular emphasis to the Shiromeda – Hamerenoh Kidanemihiret road construction project held by AACRA. To address the two major issues of cost overrun and schedule delay, both primary and secondary source of data were used. Both close ended and open ended questions were included on the questionnaire while the interview was unstructured, these two were used as a primary source of data. Different texts, articles, journals and dissertations were used as a secondary source of data. Census inquiry was used to distribute the questionnaire. Out of the total 47, 44 questionnaires were filled and collected. In addition to the questionnaire 3 people were interviewed: the project manager, site engineer and another top level manager who are members of AACRA. The data obtained through questionnaire has been analyzed quantitatively using descriptive statistics namely frequency and percentages through SPSS version 20. In addition, the data obtained using interviews has been analyzed qualitatively. The findings of research are that the major causes of cost overrun and schedule delay include: Right of way (Weaknesses during the land takings process), poor project implementation strategies, duration of the period of bidding, Supervisor and contractor claims and disputes, delay of material delivery and, negligence of past experiences. As a result, some recommendations have been delivered under this study on what actions should be taken to tackle the major problems of cost overrun and schedule delay.
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Cost overrun, Schedule delay, Project, Performance