06Jan 2018

EVALUATING IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION PLANTS AND EQUIPMENTS HIRING ON PROJECT TIME DELIVERY IN ONDO STATE.

  • Quantity Surveying Department, Federal University of Technology, Akure. Ondo State, Nigeria.
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Diverse measures have been proposed to arrest the problem of time overrun in large construction projects that involve the use of plants and equipments. In the quest for the best possible solution to this problem in a developing country like Nigeria, this research assesses the impacts of plants and equipment?s hiring on project time delivery. It proffers measures for enhancing construction time performance in large construction projects reflecting the peculiarity of the Nigerian construction environments. The aim was achieved by finding the major source of hiring equipment in the state and establishing the relationship between equipment usage and project delivery time. The population for the study consisted of 75 identified equipment hiring firms and registered contractors in Ondo State. Data collection was through the use of well-structured questionnaires. The data were analyzed using statistical tools such as correlation, ANOVA and regression analysis. Kendall coefficient established a significant relationship between plants/equipment?s hiring and project delivery time with the asymptotic significant probability of 0.034 less than the 0.05 level of significance. Thus the work submits that usage of equipment enhances productivity but when hired, it should be efficient ones within well planned time to ensure effective project delivery.

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[Oluwabunmi Comfort Ade- Ojo, Ezekiel O. Nnadi and Olalekan E Akintan. (2018); EVALUATING IMPACTS OF CONSTRUCTION PLANTS AND EQUIPMENTS HIRING ON PROJECT TIME DELIVERY IN ONDO STATE. Int. J. of Adv. Res. 6 (Jan). 449-454] (ISSN 2320-5407). www.journalijar.com

Ade-Ojo, Comfort Olubunmi
Federal University of Technology, Akure

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Article DOI: 10.21474/IJAR01/6241      
DOI URL: https://dx.doi.org/10.21474/IJAR01/6241

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