A STUDY OF CONSTRUCTION CONTRACT ADMINISTRATION IN ADDIS ABABA CITY RESIDENTIAL BUILDING PROJECTS: THE CASE OF AJAMBA CONDOMINIUM PROJECT SITE

Abstract

The study examined the practice of construction contract administration in Addis Ababa city residential building projects: The case of Ajamba condominium construction site. Questionnaires are primary data collection instruments which were distributed to the contract administration officers and the management members of Ajamba construction project and followed by descriptive and exploratory research design and Secondary data’s were collected from the reviewed literatures, journals and, Addis Ababa Housing Project Office: Project six office. Interpretation and discussions were made on the basis of results from SPSS 24 software analysis. The result shows that the qualitative research came up with a finding that principal or owner commitment, competence & experience of the contract administrator, understanding contract documents, communications, regular quality assurance and & control, adequate human resource capacity and & appropriate choice of contract delivery method had a significant impact in the execution of the projects with regard to the contract administration of the expansion projects. Based on the finding it is recommended that giving more concern to contract formulation which is significant for an effective contract administration skilled personnel for contract administration. Also applying appropriate choice of contract delivery methods had a positive impact for project execution with regard to the contract administration.