CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT AS AN EFFECTIVE PROCUREMENT SYSTEM IN SOUTH-EAST, NIGERIA
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The paper is on assessment of construction management as an effective procurement system in view of remedying the problem associated with use of the traditional procurement methods on building construction project in the South-East, Nigeria. Purposive sampling technique was used to deliberately select a population of 2010 among building construction professionals from three selected state of South-East to whom questionnaires were administered. A sample size of 334 was obtained using Taro Yamane formula. Data obtained from the questionnaire survey was analyzed using descriptive and quantitative statistics such as simple percentages, frequency tables, content and narrative analysis, relative importance index (RII), mean score index (Mx) and component factor analysis to compliment a successful data analysis and presentation. It was revealed from the result of the study that among all the procurements methods considered, construction management is the least widely practiced in the South-East and in Nigeria at large. It is also found that the use of construction management as a procurement system has had positive results on projects objectives, which therefore suggest it can lead to positive results on attainment of client’s project objectives. The research concluded that use of construction management actually improves client satisfaction levels on construction project. It was therefore recommended that since the use of construction management as procurement system has had positive results on some projects objectives, for construction professionals in Nigeria to continually use construction management to promote a non-adversary, cohesive contractual relationship, targeted at a common goal to best serve the owner's needs of time cost and quality.
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