Comparisons of Performance of Traditional And Labour-Only Procurement In Construction Projects In Nigeria
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2013-08Author
Olabode Emmanuel, Ogunsanmi
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Two procurement methods of Traditional and Labour-only are investigated and
compared for performance. Labour-only procurement is recently thought to offer
cheaper, better and quality projects than Traditional method for which this study is set
to substantiate. Purpose of the study is to compare the two methods for performance, to
find out which of the two methods is better in overall performance and also to model
procurement performance. This study is a survey research that used structured
questionnaires to collect data from clients, consultants and contractors in 120 recently
completed construction projects that used both Traditional and Labour-only methods.
Results indicate that there is no significant difference between the performances of both
methods while Traditional procurement performs better than the Labour-only method.
Relationship exists between client, designer, construction, procurement characteristics
and overall performance of Labour-only and Traditional procurements. Implications of
this study are for policy makers in government to develop their awareness on
procurement performance for future projects; the proposed regression models support
the procurement theory while practitioners and stakeholders should imbibe
procurement performance for management of future projects. This study expands
existing literature on construction procurement and it recommends Traditional
procurement to clients, consultants and contractors for use in their housing projects.
The regression models proposed are recommended for measuring procurement
performance of completed projects. Awareness on procurement performance should be
disseminated by professional bodies and other agencies involved in housing delivery for
improvement of future projects.
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http://erepository.uonbi.ac.ke:8080/xmlui/handle/123456789/56363
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DBA Africa Management Review, August 2013, Vol 3 No 2. Pp. 1-15Sponsorhip
University of Nairobi, School of BusinessPublisher
DBA Africa Management Review School of Business, University of Nairobi
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