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Es ablishing he E ec o Con ac o s Managemen Capabili ies on Cons uc ion P ojec
Pe o mance in Ogun S a e, Nige ia
Adesina Musbau Adebola , Ke in Chuks Okolie and Oluwa ayomi Daniel Fadumo
A ilia ions
Depa men o Building, Facul y o En i onmen al Sciences ,
Nnamdi Azikiwe Uni e si y Awka -Anamb a S a e.
Co esponding Au ho
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Managemen capabili y is one o he majo c i e ia o e alua ing cons uc ion con ac o s du ing
p equali ica ion and ende e alua ion . The lack o adequa e managemen capabili y has g ea ly
a ec ed p ojec pe o mance in Ogun S a e, his has esul ed in o lo o p oblems such as inancial
challenges, poo leade ship, poo planning, poo scheduling o ac i i ies, lack o eamwo k, poo
wo kmanship, use o sub-s anda d building ma e ials and abandoned p ojec . I 's been p o ed ha
being awa e o his co ela ion will boos a need o conside managemen capabili ies a
p e_ equisi e o engaging p o essionals and also in selec ing who o engage by clien s .The aim
o his s udy was o es ablish he e ec o con ac o s’ managemen capabili ies on p ojec
pe o mance in Ogun S a e, Nige ia wi h a iew o ecommend measu es o imp o ed p ojec
deli e y in he s udy a ea.To achie e he s a ed aim, he s udy adop ed wo esea ch objec i es: o
unde s and he concep o managemen capabili ies and e alua e he e ec s o Managemen
Capabili ies on P ojec Pe o mance. C oss-sec ional su ey and desc ip i e esea ch design we e
adop ed in his s udy . The o al numbe o ques ionnai es dis ibu ed was 122 (100%) bu only
120 (98.36%) was e ie ed. Resul s o he eg ession analysis shows ha he e is a e y s ong
ela ionship be ween con ac o s’ managemen capabili ies and p ojec pe o mance in Ogun S a e
(R-squa e = 0.811396). The s udy ecommends ha Indigenous con ac o s should ocus on
s a egies ha will imp o e hei managemen capabili ies (in a eas o unding, pe sonnel,
knowledge, and ma e ial esou ces, ela ionships wi h subcon ac o s and employees, and so on)
by using he o eign i ms’ p o iles as case s udies. This will enhance hei chances in he
compe i i e cons uc ion en i onmen in he s udy a ea;
Keywo ds
Managemen Capabili ies, p ojec pe o mance, cons uc ion indus y, cons uc ion con ac o s
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1.0 In oduc ion
Managemen capabili y is one o he majo c i e ia o e alua ing cons uc ion con ac o s du ing
p equali ica ion and ende e alua ion (Ki an & Reddy, 2019). . The esea ch on he e ec o
managemen capabili y on p ojec pe o mance in Ogun s a e, Nige ia is missing and exis ing ones
a e no comp ehensi e enough. This s udy aims o ill his gap in he ield o building p ojec
managemen esea ch.The Nige ian cons uc ion indus y has a lo o p oblems wi h con ac o s’
managemen capabili ies. hese include inancial challenges, poo leade ship, poo planning, poo
scheduling o ac i i ies, lack o eamwo k, lack o p ojec managemen expe ience, incompe ence,
poo wo kmanship, use o sub-s anda d building ma e ials and poo communica ion (Abiodun,
Segbenu & Oluseye, 2017). These p oblem ha e some imes esul ed in li iga ions o a bi a ions
especially in cos , ime and quali y pe o mance due o lack o adequa e managemen capabili y
and his has o med1 he ocus o his s udy.The aim o his s udy is o es ablish he e ec o
con ac o s’ managemen capabili ies on p ojec pe o mance in Ogun S a e, Nige ia wi h a iew
o ecommend measu es o imp o ed p ojec deli e y in he s udy a ea.The esea ch main
esea ch ques ions is,"how do one unde s and he concep o managemen capabili ies equi ed o
p ojec s pe o mance in Ogun s a e, Nige ia and wha a e he e ec s o Managemen Capabili ies
on P ojec Pe o mance.The s udy is signi ican because i assis clien s and consul an s in he
cons uc ion indus y o ca y ou objec i e assessmen o con ac o s' po en ial pe o mance in
ela ion o p ojec goals p io o con ac awa d.This s udy only conside ed exis ing cons uc ion
i ms (bo h indigenous and o eign i ms) in Ogun S a e, Nige ia .
2.0 Li e a u e Re iew
2.1 Unde s anding he concep o managemen capaci y
Con ac o s’ managemen capabili y is a signi ican c i e ion in he app aisal o po en ial
cons uc ion con ac o s’ pe o mance in he cou se o p equali ica ion as well as ende
assessmen (Xuan, Thu & Anh, 2020b). P e ious pe o mance and quali y he eo , expe ience o
he con ac o , managemen knowledge as well as p og amme o quali y con ol we e also
iden i ied as he majo ya ds icks o assessing con ac o s’ managemen abili y. I was also
disco e ed ha con ac o s’ managemen capaci y signi ican ly impac ed cos pe o mance and
ime, wi h a p- alue o 0.039 and 0.042, espec i ely; he eby suppo ing ea lie indings ha
managemen capaci y is among he signi ican c i e ia o con ac o s’ p equali ica ion in he
Nige ia con ex (Aje, Odusami & Ogunsemi, 2009). The indings u he e eals ha he cos and
ime o a cons uc ion p ojec and pe o mance had a s ong co ela ion wi h con ac o s’
managemen abili y. Hence, models o p edic ion o he p ojec comple ion cos as well as ac ual
ime- ame o building p ojec s was alida ed.
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2.2 E ec s o Managemen Capabili ies on P ojec Pe o mance
The e ec i e managemen o p ojec s ha e a lo o co ela ion wi h he e en ual ou pu o a
p ojec , his expec ed pe o mance will only occu when p ojec s akeholde s know and ocus on
managemen a eas such as
1.Human Resou ce Managemen : Human esou ce managemen is he pa o managemen p ocess
ha specializes in managemen o people in wo k o ganiza ion. The a e age Nige ian con ac o
does no belie e ha he needs a special calibe o wo ke s o enable him unde ake and execu e
con ac s success ully. execu ed by he managemen o he cons uc ion company.Some Nige ian
con ac o s ail o manage hei ma e ials e ec i ely and his has nega i e e ec s in mee ing up wi h
clien equi emen s in e ms o p ojec deli e y. Gene ally, e ec i e managemen o ma e ials: sa es
he cos s o building p ojec s; imp o es p o i ma gins o con ac o s; educes cos s o he clien s;
gi es long li e spans o p ojec s execu ed; upg ades he quali ies and s anda ds o he buildings; adds
economic ad an ages o he na ion.
2.Ma e ials Managemen : Ma e ials managemen is an elemen in p ojec planning and con ol
which ep esen a majo p ocess in cons uc ion. Minimizing p ocu emen o pu chase cos s
ep esen s impo an oppo uni ies o educing cos s while on he o he hand; poo ma e ials
managemen can esul in la ge and una oidable cos s du ing cons uc ion (Xuan, Thu & Anh, 2020)
3.Managemen o Plan and Equipmen :Fac o s ha mus be conside ed in he choice o plan
i em o any cons uc ion ope a ion include pu pose and cha ac e is ics, e sa ili y, economic size
o capaci y, ype o powe uni (diesel, e c), wheeled o acked (i mobile), quali y o wea ing pa s,
a ailabili y o spa e pa s and ease o se icing, se ices o e ed by manu ac u e s, ini ial cos elie
in compa ison wi h simila machines o o he b ands, ela i e esidue alue in disposal, possibili ies
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o use as a se ice o e enue o hi e. Con ac o s ha e o conside hese ac o s in any p ojec in
he choice o plan and equipmen sui able o execu ion o p ojec s.
4.Financial Managemen :Financial managemen is he g ea es weakness o he indigenous
con ac o s in execu ing con ac s success ully. I is he p ope planning o cos s in o he ha he
p ojec is comple ed wi hin budge s. The ypical p oblem is ha some indigenous con ac o s canno
keep ack on he expendi u e ela i e o income on any p ojec a any gi en ime (Xuan, Thu &
Anh, 2020) Paymen s coming in a e spen wi hou being ela ed o olume o wo k al eady execu ed
and ha which is s ill o be done.
5.Risk Managemen :This in ol es iden i ying, analyzing and esponding o unce ain y, which
include maximizing he esul o posi i e e en s and minimizing he consequences o ad e se e en s.
The pu pose o isk managemen is o p o ide in o ma ion o empowe he p ojec manage o make
a be e decision a any ime du ing he p ojec li e cycle wi h espec o he p ojec i sel . I is
impo an o he con ac o o be awa e o he p ojec isks.
6.Technical Managemen :The a e age Nige ian con ac o is ound o be weak in echnical
managemen o p ojec s gi en lack o adequa e and app op ia e supe ision o a ious s ages o
p ojec s. The con ac o uses he se ices o quan i y su eyo s a a ious s ages o he wo ks,
especially in p epa ing his ende and i he is lucky o win he con ac , he may no be well acquain ed
wi h he ope a ion o he bills o quan i y o he a ious i ems (Quan i y Su eying Coach, 2025).
7.Communica ion Managemen :Communica ion is p obably one coo dina ing aspec in he
managemen o p ojec s. Wi hou e ec i e in e ac ion o communica ion, he abili y o a p ojec o
mee i s objec i es is le o chances. The pu pose o communica ion is o ans e ideas and
knowledge om one pe son o ano he o s imula e ac ions. Communica ion is essen ial wi hin an
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o ganiza ion o es ablish and dissemina e goals o he o ganiza ion, de elop plans o hei
achie emen , o ganize human and o he esou ces in mos e ec i e and e icien way, selec ,
de elop and app ise membe s o he o ganiza ion.
In summa y, he e we e no s udies on he e ec s o con ac o s’ managemen capabili ies on cos , ime
and quali y pe o mance o p ojec s in Ogun S a e, Nige ia. These he e o e became a li e a u e gap o
be illed in o de o con ibu e o exis ing body o knowledge.
3.0 Me hodology
C oss-sec ional su ey and desc ip i e esea ch design we e adop ed in his s udy. The s udy a ea
was Ogun S a e ,a s a e in sou h wes e n Nige ia c ea ed in 1976 wi h bo de s like Lagos S a e o
he sou h, Oyo and Osun s a es o he no h, Ondo o he eas and he Republic o Benin o he
wes . Abeouku a is he capi al and la ges ci y in he s a e.The popula ion o his s udy included
building cons uc ion p o essionals (Builde s, Quan i y Su eyo s, A chi ec s and Enginee s). Fi e
(5) cons uc ion i ms we e selec ed using a s a egic sampling echnique. The o al numbe o
egis e ed p o essionals ound on he app o ed cons uc ion si es was 122 and cons i u ed he
popula ion o s udy. This popula ion o s udy was also adop ed as he sample size because o i s
small and manageable size (Glen, nd).The ins umen o da a collec ion used in his esea ch wo k
was a s uc u ed ques ionnai e.The analysis o da a in his s udy was h ough desc ip i e and
in e en ial s a is ics. Mean sco e was used o calcula e a e age se s o he occu ences. I helped
o de e mine he maximum numbe ha he se a ge would possible a ec . 34 ques ionnai es we e
dis ibu ed o esponden s in Julius Be ge bu only 33 we e e ie ed; 28 ques ionnai es we e
dis ibu ed o RCCC and hey we e all e ie ed; 21 ques ionnai es we e dis ibu ed o B ickwall
Global In es men bu 20 we e e ie ed; 19 ques ionnai es we e dis ibu ed o Abbey Consul an s
and all we e e ie ed; 20 ques ionnai es we e dis ibu ed o Ky-Fy Global Nig. And all we e
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e ie ed. The o al numbe o ques ionnai es dis ibu ed was 122 (100%) bu only 120 (98.36%)
was e ie ed.
4.0 Findings
4.1 E ec o Managemen Capabili y on P ojec Pe o mance in Ogun S a e, Nige ia
Hypo hesis: H0: The e is no signi ican ela ionship be ween con ac o s’ managemen
capabili ies and p ojec pe o mance in Ogun S a e, Nige ia
Table 4.1The ela ionship be ween con ac o s’ managemen capabili ies and p ojec
pe o mance in Ogun S a e, Nige ia.
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Resul s o he eg ession analysis shows ha he e is a e y s ong ela ionship be ween con ac o s’
managemen capabili ies and p ojec pe o mance in Ogun S a e (R-squa e = 0.811396).
All he a iables o managemen capabili ies by he indigenous and o eign i ms we e o e y
high impo ance wi h a minimum mean sco e o 4.0368 (much highe han he c i e ion mean sco e
o 2.50). These a iables we e p ojec managemen o ganiza ion, expe ience o echnical
pe sonnel, pas pe o mance and quali y, managemen knowledge, sa e y, ela ionship wi h
subcon ac o s, alues o wo k a hand, con ac o expe ience, amoun o own wel a e, and scheme
o wo k o employees. These indings a e simila o hose o Rash anda e al., (2015) on he usage
o he p equali ica ion p ocess. Rash anda e al., (2015) asse ha c i e ia ha include he
echnical, managemen and inancial aspec s o a con ac o should be accoun ed o du ing
p equali ica ion selec ion. Such c i e ia consis o he candida es' cu en and exis ing enue o
business, capaci y o plan and ools o ca y ou he p ojec , su icien unds o ul ill he p ojec 's
needs, and ap ness o echnical skills and expe ience. The mul iple eg ession analysis e ealed
ha con ac o s managemen capabili ies also had a e y signi ican e ec on cos , ime and quali y
pe o mance o p ojec s.
5.0 Conclusion
The e is a e y s ong ela ionship be ween con ac o s’ managemen capabili ies and p ojec
pe o mance in Ogun S a e
6.0 Recommenda ions
Indigenous con ac o s should ocus on s a egies ha will imp o e hei managemen capabili ies (in a eas
o unding, pe sonnel, knowledge, and ma e ial esou ces, ela ionships wi h subcon ac o s and employees,
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and so on) by using he o eign i ms’ p o iles as case s udies. This will enhance hei chances in he
compe i i e cons uc ion en i onmen in he s udy a ea.
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