PROJECT QUALITY ASSESSMENT OF ADDIS ABABA CONDOMINIUM HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS, THE CASE OF PROJECT 13, 14 AND BOLE AYAT

Abstract

The construction industry in developing countries faces challenges of different kinds. Most of them are characterized by time delay, cost overrun and poor quality construction mainly because of poor performance of the contractor. Now a day Ethiopia has engaged in construction revolution through conducting different mega construction projects. The AAHDP is also one of the mega projects which government has engaged to solve city dwellers house problem. However, the project had faced multi-dimensional quality problems. Most of the houses transferred to house occupants could be witness for these quality defects of the house. Regarding to the issue many local Media had given coverage recently. Also most of the resident have grievance on the quality of the house. This research initiated to assess the overall quality performances of the houses in the case of project 13, 14 and Bole Ayat sites. To come up the study completed, the research had set four basic research questions and objectives. And also the research applied different types of data collection methods and methodology. Distributing 196 sample questionnaires to selected respondents from house occupant, in-depth interview with three project consultants and observation were the major data collection methods applied by this study. Then the study reveals that most of the quality defects of the projects are related to finishing work problems and however the structure and design work of the project does not have any quality defects. Water leakage, poor roofing and rain disposal, poor finishing work, poor design related to difficulty to move in the house for children, elders and disabled people are major quality defects of the project. The research had also found the major causes for these quality defects of the project. Poor workmanship, delay of project material supply, delay of the project, low project budget and poor contractor’s performance are major causes of quality defects of the projects. In general most of these research participants are not satisfied with project quality.