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ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PAYMENT PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN ADDIS ABABA
Proper payment in a construction contract is very essential and it is one of the major factors that determine the fate of a construction project whether to be successful or not. The thesis is mainly interested in identifying the major payment problems, their causes and their effect and consequences in public building construction projects that are being undertaken in Addis Ababa. Payment problems in the construction industry may differ from delayed payments to partial certification (under certification) of payments and/or none payment of sums due. The research identified which of those problems are there in the public building construction projects, along with their causes based on which party causes what, and the consequences they had on the projects as well as the parties to the contract. Questionnaire was mainly used as a data collection instrument and it is distributed and delivered in person to the representatives of three target groups (the employer, the contractor and the consultant) who are believed to have sufficient know-how about a specific project under study, in their respective construction sites. The data from the questionnaire was analyzed in mean score method and spearman rank correlation is used to test for correlation between respondents' response. Result of the survey indicates that payment delay is common problem and the major causes of these problems are bureaucratic payment system of the employer, the consultant's favoring the employer (bias) and the contractor's failure to make regular progress. The effects of these problems are seen on the project's completion time, on the project's cost and on contractors involved in the project i.e. bankruptcy of their company. Finally, based on the analysis of the results, recommendations like minimizing bureaucracy, working with ethics and without bias, have been proposed for key stake holders (the employer, the contractor and the consultant) that enable to minimize the adverse effect of payment problems and favor the construction industry for better performances.
ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PAYMENT PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN ADDIS ABABA
Proper payment in a construction contract is very essential and it is one of the major factors that determine the fate of a construction project whether to be successful or not. The thesis is mainly interested in identifying the major payment problems, their causes and their effect and consequences in public building construction projects that are being undertaken in Addis Ababa. Payment problems in the construction industry may differ from delayed payments to partial certification (under certification) of payments and/or none payment of sums due. The research identified which of those problems are there in the public building construction projects, along with their causes based on which party causes what, and the consequences they had on the projects as well as the parties to the contract. Questionnaire was mainly used as a data collection instrument and it is distributed and delivered in person to the representatives of three target groups (the employer, the contractor and the consultant) who are believed to have sufficient know-how about a specific project under study, in their respective construction sites. The data from the questionnaire was analyzed in mean score method and spearman rank correlation is used to test for correlation between respondents' response. Result of the survey indicates that payment delay is common problem and the major causes of these problems are bureaucratic payment system of the employer, the consultant's favoring the employer (bias) and the contractor's failure to make regular progress. The effects of these problems are seen on the project's completion time, on the project's cost and on contractors involved in the project i.e. bankruptcy of their company. Finally, based on the analysis of the results, recommendations like minimizing bureaucracy, working with ethics and without bias, have been proposed for key stake holders (the employer, the contractor and the consultant) that enable to minimize the adverse effect of payment problems and favor the construction industry for better performances.
ASSESSMENT OF CONSTRUCTION PAYMENT PROBLEMS IN PUBLIC BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN ADDIS ABABA
FITHAWOK, TSEDENIYA (author)
2018
Theses
Electronic Resource
English
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