| dc.description.abstract | The construction industry is a key industry in the economy of any country worldwide. It is one of
the biggest industries in the world contributing to around 10% of the global GDP. Developments
in the construction industry are increasing in size, technology complexity, interdependencies, and
variations in demands from clients. The success of any project is highly dependent on its
completion time from start to delivery of results. This has a direct bearing on management
decisions such as budgets, targets and standards. In any construction organizations, the quality
and delivery of the final product to the community can play a crucial role in improving future
development and long term survival of such organizations. Completion of a given project along
the three critical dimensions of time, cost and quality, requires detailing all the planning
requirements. This could be achieved by identifying preconstruction planning factors and
describing them in a process that takes into account all the preconstruction planning aspects. It is
in this line that this study explored the factors influencing the completion of building projects in
Kenya. The design of this research was a descriptive survey research. The population for this
study was composed of 136 managers from the Ministry Of Land, Housing and Urban
Development, Nairobi County. The study used a semi structured self-administered questionnaire
to collect data from the managers in the Ministry Of Land, Housing and Urban Development.
Questionnaires items were closed ended or open ended type. The study also used interview guide
to obtain answers from representatives in the Ministry Of Land, Housing and Urban
Development. Questionnaires were delivered to the respondents and were collected by research
assistant. Face to face interviewing was adopted to obtain answers from representatives in the
Ministry of Land, Housing and Urban Development. The collected data was analyzed using both
quantitative and qualitative data analysis methods. Quantitative method involved descriptive
analysis. Descriptive analysis such as frequencies, percentages were used to present quantitative
data in form of tables. Data from questionnaire was coded and logged in the computer using
Statistical Package for Social Science. The study found out that there is a positive relationship
between completion of building projects and business related factors, project procedures, project
management factors and human related factors of magnitude 0.638, 0.764, 0.622 and 0.529
respectively. The study recommends that organizations must provide clear guidance on how to
measure the outcome of a building project. The project managers must always bear in mind that
successful project management techniques will contribute to the achievement of projects, but
project management will not stop a project from failing to complete. Project managers need to be
aware of their project technology preferences and provide the tools and equipment to the project
team as they can be more motivated. Further research should be conducted all building firms to
investigate into the challenges facing project implementation. | en_US |
