Assessment of project management tools on building projects by construction professionals in Niger State and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja

Abstract

The research was carried out using descriptive survey research design. The study was carried out in Niger state and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Abuja. A purposive sampling technique was used to select 182 registered construction and professionals as respondents for the study in construction industries in Niger State and Federal Capital Territory, Abuja. A 44-items structured questionnaire titled “Questionnaire on the Assessment of Project Management Tools on Building Projects by Construction Professionals (QAPMTBPCP)” was used for data collection. The instrument was validated by three experts in the Department of Industrial and Technology Education, School of Science and Technology Education, Federal University of Technology, Minna. The reliability of the instrument was tested using the Cronbach Alpha statistic and a coefficient of 0.84 was obtained. The data collected for the study was analyzed using mean and standard deviation for answering the research questions. While t-test statistics was used to test the hypotheses at 0.05 level of significance.. The findings of the study revealed that construction professional are aware of the different types of project management tools adopted on the building projects and also the finding further revealed that the construction professional do not adopt some project management tools on the building projects. Based on the findings it was recommended that construction industries should organize a workshop, seminar or conference in order to avails different types of project management tools for both old and young professional in the construction work.