Construction plant management practice adopted by D1K1 and D2K2 Contractors
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2021-05-18
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Abstract
A number of organizations involved in the construction industry have conceded that
plant and machineries are one of the most important resources required to complete the
construction phase of a project. However, the unprofessional plant resource management
of construction processes among our local contractors’ ends up in delays, abandoning a
project, shoddy works and making them uncompetitive to the foreign contractors in the
sector of construction. The Ghanaian construction sector is declining as a result of it not
being considering plant management as a major aspect of its projects. The issue of plant
management has been without recognition of its importance. It is of this reason therefore
that proper plant management for the local contractors to be taken seriously and
measures put in place for these companies to see Plant management as the hallmark of
increasing productivity and executing projects to its requirements. The study thus aimed
to evaluate the standard project plant management practices amongst D1K1 and D2K2
category of contractors in the Ghanaian construction industry. The objectives set to guide
the study were to identify the selection criteria for onsite plant in the Ghanaian
construction industry; determine the effect of plant management on D1K1 and D2K2
contractors; and identify possible ways of improving construction plant management
practices on Ghanaian construction sites. The study adopted the quantitative research
approach to address its objectives. The SPSS version 19 was used to process the data
gathered from 51 construction professionals from the D1K1 and D2K2 in Ghana.
Descriptive statistics as well as the multiple linear regression analysis were used to
present findings from the field. Twenty-two (22) selection criteria for onsite plant in the
Ghanaian construction industry were identified -and out of that, five (5) were considered
significant, sixteen (16) as moderately significant, and only one (1) was considered as
less significant. Also, it was revealed that all the identified plant management practices
had positive effect on project delivery by D1K1 and D2K2 contractors after the
regression. That is to say plant management practices were consistent with construction
project delivery. Finally, twelve (12) possible ways were identified to improve plant
management practices on site, where constant maintenance and repair of plants and
equipment was considered the most significant factor whereas using automation and
robotic plants and equipment before selection was considered the least. The
recommended that plant management practices like those identified in this document
must be adhere to as they are consistent with construction project delivery.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management,Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science in Construction Management.
Keywords
Plant management, Onsite productivity, D1K1 and D2K2 contractors