| dc.description.abstract | Over the years, a lot of construction projects have not been completed due to various factors that are linked to contractor’s capacity on performance to these projects. The study purpose was to establish influence of contractor’s capacity on performance of road construction projects with key interest of road construction projects in Kakamega County. The study sort to establish the influence of contractors’ financial capacity on performance of road construction, to examine the influence of contractors’ technical skills on performance of road construction, to determine the influence of contractors’ equipment holding on performance of road construction and to assess the influence of contractors’ management skills on performance of road construction. The study adopted descriptive statistics with a target population of 203 respondents who were composed of contractors and supervising engineers. The sample was 135 respondents derived using a formulae propagated by Yamane in 1967. Questionnaires and interview schedules were used to collect both the primary and secondary data. The study findings revealed that financial capacity of the contractors was tied to timely completion of the road projects as the required finances enabled majority of the activities outlined in the project to be done effectively and efficiently. Furthermore, it was found that technical skills were paramount in executing the various activities that were required in ensuring that the entire project achieved the set standards and complied with the set requirements. It was also found that contractor’s equipment holding capacity was found to influence the performance of road construction as the type and condition of the equipment played an important role in the completion of the project on timely basis and quality of the final road project. Management skills of the contractors was found to influence the performance of the road construction projects as the ability of the contractor to management and asses the project to ensure that it was within the scope and specifications blue print were necessary as it also involved allocating duties to team members who understood the project well. Based on spearman’s ranking correlation technical skills was found to influence the performance of road construction projects greatly followed by equipment holding capacity then financial capacity and finally management skills being the last. The study concluded that technical skills needed to be enhanced to ensure good workmanship thus timely completion of the road construction projects, constructors needed to enhance their equipment holding capacity and adopt new technologies to improve on the existing ones, financial capacity of the contractors should be enhanced so as to ensure that the projects are finished on time and quality is achieved and management skills should be enhanced to ensure that the contractors can be able to oversee the entire project and be able to what is required of them and their teams in the en | en_US |
