A Study of the Productivity of Permanent Staff and Contract Staff for POP Workers and Tilers in Abuja

Abstract

Every country's GDP is greatly impacted by the construction industry (CI). However, concerns have been raised about the low productivity of the construction labor force during both the building and maintenance phases. Construction project’s objectives could not be achieved unless labor productivity is raised. The aim of this research work is to study the productivity of Plaster of Paris (POP) workers and tilers for both permanent and contract staff within Abuja in other to advice appropriately the best staffing methods for such craft. Quantitative research methodology was applied with the use of time study to study the productivity of tilers and POP workers for both permanent and contract staff in 10 building sites in Abuja (5 sites for POP workers 5 for tilers). A total of 20 gang was studied for the purpose of this study. Each gang is made of two members. The results were analyzed using a simple arithmetic equation for calculating productivity. The results show mean productivity of the permanent staff POP workers is 1.108hrs/m2 why that of the contract staff POP workers is 0.945hrs/m2 . The mean productivity of the permanent staff tiler is 1.043hrs/m2 why that of the contract staff tiler is 0.871hrs/m2 . This implies that the productivity of contract staffs for both POP workers and tilers are better than that of their permanent staff counterparts. Contract staff is therefore advised for both POP activities and tilling activities in Abuja but this must be done without exploitation of the workers.