Effect of stakeholder interference on performance of contractors in construction project delivery.

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2021-06-22
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Stakeholder interference has been an issue in the construction industry in various facets of the construction, however, the construction industry in the developing countries has its fair share as well as the developed countries‟. Based on this, this study was conducted to examine the effect of stakeholder interference on performance of contractors in project delivery in the Ghanaian construction industry. To help in the realization of this aim were three (3) objectives put forward as: to determine the stakeholder interference factors on performance of contractors during project delivery, to determine the effect of stakeholder interference on the performance of contractors during project delivery, and to explore measures that control the effect of stakeholder interference on performance of contractors during project delivery. The study was positioned in the positivist paradigm which enabled the researcher to make an objective analysis by using the quantitative research strategy which involved a questionnaire survey. Due to its large population size of professionals and construction firms of the list of Association of building and Civil Engineering Contractors of Ghana in the Accra Metropolis form the population which numbers over one hundred, a target population of seventy- five (75) was adopted for this study. A sample size of 43 was chosen for this study by using the Yamane (1967) formula for calculating the sample size, using a precision (e) of 10%. Out of that two questionnaire was distributed each to respondent, a sum total of eighty-six (86) questionnaires were administered and seventy-five (75) responses were retrieved from contractors (D1K1, D2K2), Designers/Architect, Engineers, statutory bodies all from registered and operational D1K1 and D2K2 building road construction firms in the Accra Metropolitan Area indicating a high response rate of 87.21% which is more than 50% which is appropriate for the analysis. The analysis of the data gathered was done using descriptive statistics (frequencies, percentages), mean score ranking, relative importance index (RII) and Chi-square test. Findings from the analysis depicted that most of the respondents in the building and road construction industry thus D1K1 and D2K2 firms were aware of stakeholder interference and its associated issues. Revealed from the study was six effect that impact the delivery of project, among them was time overrun being the major Principal impact identified. It was recommended that all drawings and designs must be accepted and any correction or update done before the contractor take possession of site and also there should be free flow information which was identified for the control measure. It is therefore recommended that adequate construction budget, timely issuing of information, finalization of design and project management skills should be the main focus of the parties in project procurement process. If these are held to and practiced in the Ghanaian construction industry project delivery will be improved tremendously
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A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfilment of the requirement for the Degree of Master of Science.
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Effect, Interference, Stakeholder, Performance
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