Abstract
The underperformance of building construction projects remains a major issue in the Nigeria‘s construction industry despite the availability of numerous project management tools and techniques. For building construction projects, effective control of cost, time and quality are success factors. This study investigates the extent to which the use of project management tools and techniques influence building project performance. A survey of professionals managing construction projects in Lagos, Nigeria was conducted through the use of structured questionnaires. A total of 85 questionnaires were administered out of which 72 were duly completed, returned and found useful representing 84.7% response rate. With the aid of Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 20.0, descriptive and inferential statistical tools including, bar chart, mean, frequency tables, Kendall's tau_b correlation and independent samples T-test were used to analyse the data. The results showed that there is significant correlation between the use of Gantt chart and cost performance of projects. This study recommends amongst others regular and adequate training of construction project managers and construction site managers on the use of appropriate tools and techniques for effective control of building projects with a view to achieving optimum cost, time and quality performance. Keywords: building, management, performance, projects, tools and
| Original language | English |
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| Title of host publication | Proceedings of the WABER 2017 Conference |
| Editors | Samuel Laryea, Eziyi O Ibem |
| Place of Publication | Johannesburg |
| Publisher | WABER |
| Pages | 898-910 |
| Number of pages | 12 |
| ISBN (Print) | 9780620769136 |
| Publication status | Published - Aug 2017 |
Keywords
- building
- management
- performance
- projects
- tools and techniques