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PRACTICING PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS' ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY FACTORS IN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE DELIVERY IN ETHIOPIA
Many stakeholders including practicing professional architects (practitioners) in the construction industry often criticize the quality of buildings and infrastructure in Ethiopia. The practitioners cite a number of factors that impact the quality of construction projects in the country. A significant portion of the factors lie within the purview of architectural service delivery. Some studies also confirmed the correlation of design quality with the success of construction projects. Since architectural service delivery has significant impact on the quality of building projects and on the built environment, it is sensible to identify the possible quality factors in these professional services in Ethiopian context. The objective of this study is to identify, analyze their presence and rank order the quality factors in architectural service delivery in Ethiopia based on the assessment of the practitioners and to suggest workable ideas that can be deployed as measures in addressing the identified shortcomings in the practice. For lack of sufficient studies published on this specific subject in Ethiopia, a workshop was organized whereby a representative group of professionals from different cross-section of the practice, with potentially varying perspective of the problem, have identified continuing professional development; professional integrity; education, training and capacity; service quality standard; programmatic requirements; service fee (compensation); time allotted for design development and documentation; information, communication and technology; the role of a think-tank of architectural practice; regulatory requirements and external influences as factors that have influence on architectural service delivery in Ethiopia. These factors were then analyzed based on the data collected using questionnaires sent to all 328 Practicing Professional Architects (PPARs) currently registered by the Ministry of Construction of Ethiopia (respondents) and whose contact addresses could be identified. Data collected from 68 respondents and analyzed confirmed that indeed all 11 factors identified have various levels of influence on the quality of architectural service delivery in the country and service fee (compensation); education, training and capacity; and professional integrity, in their rank order, are identified to be the top three being the most prevalent. The study recommends Architectural Practices to work closely with AEA to develop standard output rates and minimum fee scale for their professional services; Architects to regularly take up refresher courses to maintain quality of their services and Practicing Architects to conscientiously carryout their unique role in shaping the built environment and strictly uphold their professional ethics.
PRACTICING PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS' ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY FACTORS IN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE DELIVERY IN ETHIOPIA
Many stakeholders including practicing professional architects (practitioners) in the construction industry often criticize the quality of buildings and infrastructure in Ethiopia. The practitioners cite a number of factors that impact the quality of construction projects in the country. A significant portion of the factors lie within the purview of architectural service delivery. Some studies also confirmed the correlation of design quality with the success of construction projects. Since architectural service delivery has significant impact on the quality of building projects and on the built environment, it is sensible to identify the possible quality factors in these professional services in Ethiopian context. The objective of this study is to identify, analyze their presence and rank order the quality factors in architectural service delivery in Ethiopia based on the assessment of the practitioners and to suggest workable ideas that can be deployed as measures in addressing the identified shortcomings in the practice. For lack of sufficient studies published on this specific subject in Ethiopia, a workshop was organized whereby a representative group of professionals from different cross-section of the practice, with potentially varying perspective of the problem, have identified continuing professional development; professional integrity; education, training and capacity; service quality standard; programmatic requirements; service fee (compensation); time allotted for design development and documentation; information, communication and technology; the role of a think-tank of architectural practice; regulatory requirements and external influences as factors that have influence on architectural service delivery in Ethiopia. These factors were then analyzed based on the data collected using questionnaires sent to all 328 Practicing Professional Architects (PPARs) currently registered by the Ministry of Construction of Ethiopia (respondents) and whose contact addresses could be identified. Data collected from 68 respondents and analyzed confirmed that indeed all 11 factors identified have various levels of influence on the quality of architectural service delivery in the country and service fee (compensation); education, training and capacity; and professional integrity, in their rank order, are identified to be the top three being the most prevalent. The study recommends Architectural Practices to work closely with AEA to develop standard output rates and minimum fee scale for their professional services; Architects to regularly take up refresher courses to maintain quality of their services and Practicing Architects to conscientiously carryout their unique role in shaping the built environment and strictly uphold their professional ethics.
PRACTICING PROFESSIONAL ARCHITECTS' ASSESSMENT OF QUALITY FACTORS IN ARCHITECTURAL SERVICE DELIVERY IN ETHIOPIA
LULSEGED LEGESSE NEGASH (author)
2018-11-13
doi:10.20372/nadre/3984
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English
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