ASSESSMENT OF FACTORS AFFECTING PERFORMANCE OF CONSTRUCTION ORGANIZATIONS IN ABUJA, NIGERIA

Abstract

The performance of organisations is often affected by lots of factors. These factors differ from one industry to the other; and the performance of construction organisation has a significant effect on the economy. It is a known fact that majority of construction organisations in Nigeria are not performing and this problem has led to delays in project delivery, failure in achieving effective time and cost performance, and poor-quality projects. This paper aimed to assess factors affecting the performance of construction organisation in Abuja with a view to improving performance of construction organisations. In achieving this aim, well-structured questionnaires were designed and distributed to two hundred respondents (200) in fifty (50) building and civil engineering construction organisations practising in Abuja, Nigeria. 186 questionnaires were retrieved and used for the analysis. Mean item score was used to calculate the factors according to their frequencies. The scores were ranked and it was found out that the factors that must be given importance to when planning on achieving better construction organisational performance were cash flows with MIS of 4.75, knowledge management with MIS of 3.75, and governance and economic policies with MIS of 3.75. The paper concluded from the output of the results that, construction organisations in Abuja should focus on knowledge management, cash flows, governance and economic policies, in order to achieve better construction organisational performance. The study recommends more focus on these factors to achieve a desired performance for construction organisations in Abuja, Nigeria