ASSESSMENT OF INNOVATIVE WORKS IN BUILDING CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRIES IN ABUJA, DISTRICT COUNCIL OF FEFERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY (FCT) ABUJA, NIGERIA

Abstract

This study was designed to determined the Innovative works in Building Construction Industries in Abuja, district council of Federal Capital Territory (FCT) Abuja, Nigeria. Three research questions and three hypotheses guided the study. Survey research design was adopted for the study. The study was conducted in building Construction industries in Abuja. The total population consisted of 60 respondents which include 36 Builders and 24 Project Managers. A structured questionnaire developed by the researcher was used for data collection. The structured questionnaire was validated by three experts from the Department of Industrial and Technology Education (ITE), Federal University of Technology Minna, Niger State. The instrument was administered to the respondents with the help of research assistant. Mean and standard deviation was used to analyze answers to the research questions while t-test was used to analyze the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance. Findings of the study revealed that Builders and Project Managers were well informed of the Innovative works in Building Construction Industries in Abuja. It also revealed that the biggest challenge limiting the adoption of innovative works in building construction industries is; incompetent project management skills and strategies with the total mean of 3.38 above the average. Based on the findings, it was recommended that the adoption of innovation as an inquiry based strategy in boosting the industry performance, particularly its productivity and efficiency should be encouraged by industrial managers and embraced by Builders/contractors, project/site managers, architects in an effort to continually improve the overall quality of building construction projects , with better project results, value for money, sustainability, proper health and safety for employees, and projects that are both cost- and environmentally-efficient.