ASSESSING THE PROJECT MANAGEMENT PRACTICES IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS: CASE STUDY ON SELECTED BUILDING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN ADDIS ABABA

Abstract

The goal of this research is to carry out “Assessment of project management practice in building construction projects” in Addis Ababa of select project. The study describes time, cost, and quality management on the practice indices of building construction projects on selected project site. Project management in construction performs to establish commitment and responsibility towards protecting the project from delay and scheduling, cost overruns, and related problems. In project management quality, time and cost are the main factors for the success of the project. For this study qualitative approach were used, and the structured questionnaire was distributed to the project managers, clients, contractors, engineers and support stuffs. The results of the research perform compressive analysis of data and evaluate the results in frequency, percentage and also ranking determined in various assessment of mean and standard deviation the project management practice found good and manageable, currently the projects are moderately defined, documented and executed. the project was completed within the planned timeframe, there were issues with meeting milestones and deliverables on schedule, and the project experienced some delays. overall cost performance was satisfactory, with the project generally within the allocated budget. project met the specified quality standards and requirements, with deliverables largely free from defects or rework. Currently the building construction face different challenges as survey data indicates some are manage and need continuous improvement. As survey indicates challenges like lack of PM tannings, inflated aspiration and turnover of skilled employees are resulted. Based on the findings, recommendations were forwarded to all concerned groups.