Effects of delay payments on road maintenance in Ghana: the case of Ghana highway authority, Ashanti region

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2021-06-17
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Many researchers have come to the point that payment delayed can lead to serious difficulties in construction. This issues includes, cash flow precisely to the contractor, which may end up in an unsuccessful delivery of project. In this setting, the study looked into the effects of Delay Payments on Road Maintenance in Ghana. In construction delay payment is a serious issue, and this study found it important to research in this area. The objectives under this study were; to identify the causes of delay payment on road maintenance in Ghana, to determine the effects of delay payment on road maintenance in Ghana, and lastly, to identify probable means to mitigate delay payment on road maintenance in Ghana. The respondents chosen for this study were the staff of the Ghana Highway Authority, and other workers in the road construction sector, the quantitative method, together with the purposive sampling technique was selected in conducting this study. The study selected eighty (80) respondents from the staff of the Ghana Highway Authority, but 60 questionnaire came back after questionnaires were distributed. The relative importance index was used in analyzing data gathered. After analysis of the data, the causes of delay payment on road maintenance which is the very first objective, and this factors include: poor communication between contracting parties, poor allocation and mismanagement of funds, withholding of Payment by Client and the last of all, conflict among the Parties Involved. The second objective showed the effects of delay payment on road maintenance, and factors that were mainly selected are: It leads to poor performance from contractors, the project can also lose its workers, increases in total project cost, which is also a disagreeable condition for clients and also delay payment can give rise to disruption of work, this was the main goal of the study, which was also achieved. The last objective gave out probable means to mitigate delay payment, factors ranked very effective in this section comprises: Consisted method of Payment, practice of good financial management, proper cash flow during the execution of project, and establishment of financial Institution. The respondents had in-depth knowledge in this area of research, through which they supported the study to accomplish in key goal.
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, in partial fulfilment the requirements Master of Science in Construction Management
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Delay, Delay payment, Road construction
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