Factors Affecting Quality of Building Construction Projects in Informal Settlements within Nairobi City County, Kenya
- March 23, 2019
- Posted by: RSIS
- Category: Social Science
International Journal of Research and Innovation in Social Science (IJRISS) | Volume III, Issue III, March 2019 | ISSN 2454–6186
Nyaga G. Juster, Samuel Thiong’o
Tutorial Fellow, Management University of Africa, Kenya
Abstract: – Construction industry plays a major role in the development and achievement of society’s goals, contributing to about 10% of the Gross National Product (GNP) in industrialized countries and, it constitute 60-70% of the national wealth and about 20% of the annual wealth creation in less developed countries. Despite of the weight given to the construction industry, quality of construction projects has been questioned as indicated by widespread collapse of building structures in Kenya. This study sought to find out factors contributing to the quality of construction projects with the focus on the effects of technical factors and economic factors. A descriptive research design was adopted. The target population of 412 completed and ongoing projects was used, which had a workforce of 1678, from which a sample of 30% (503) was selected. Primary data was collected using questionnaire. Statistical Package for Social Statistics V 22.0 was used to analyses the data. Descriptive statistics indicated study variables were very important as shown by high values of mean and the opinions of respondents had low variations as shown by low values of standard deviation. The study findings indicate that technical factors and quality of the construction projects are positively and significantly relate (r=0.145, p=0.005) and economic factors and quality of construction projects are positively and significantly related (r=0.076, p=0.001). The study concludes that technical and economic factors contribute to the quality of construction projects in informal settlement and should be given weight they deserve. The study recommends that the government should ensure there is documentation and enforcement of the policies, systems, processes and procedures to help the construction practitioners manage construction work effectively.
Key words: Quality projects, construction project, economic factors, technical factors, Informal settlement.
I. INTRODUCTION
The Construction industry contributes significantly in the development and achievement of society’s goals. Kenya facts and figures report (2014) indicate that construction industry contribute significantly to the GDP, indicated in percentage for the years 2010 to 2013 as 3.8%, 4.1%, 4.2% and 4.4% respectively. In addition construction industry contribute to the growth of the economy, indicate for the year 2010 to 2013 as 2.7%, 3.4%, 3.7% and 4.1% respectively.
