An Appraisal Of The Readiness Of Nigerian Building Consulting Firms To Adopt Lean Construction Principles

An Appraisal Of The Readiness Of Nigerian Building Consulting Firms To Adopt Lean Construction Principles

Abstract

Studies have shown that construction systems are susceptible to problems similar as low productivity, poor safety, inferior working conditions, inadequate quality, lack of timely communication and collaboration amongst design stakeholders, and rising action. The relinquishment of spare construction principles within the manufacturing and other diligence had led to notable enhancement and redounded in bettered time- to- request, reduced product cost, bettered quality of the product and active client involvement. The study was aimed at setting the readiness of Nigerian structure consulting enterprises to borrow spare construction principles. The system of study involved a critical exposition of affiliated literature and empirical study employing the mean scores and VERDICT readiness assessment model for analysis. A structured questionnaire was issued to a sample size comprising 130 enterprises drawn from a finite population of 360 Nigeria structure consulting enterprises operating within Northern Nigeria. The result of the study revealed that the position of mindfulness of spare construction principles is adding . Also, reduced cost and lower waste were linked as the most important benefits of espousing spare construction principles; vacuity of trained professionals and education and chops development are the most important facilitators for espousing spare construction principles; shy exposure to conditions for spare perpetration and shy preplanning are the most important walls to relinquishment of spare construction principles in Nigeria construction assiduity. Nigeria structure consulting enterprises has process/ design readiness to borrow but don’t have operation, people and technology readiness to borrow spare construction principles. The study concludes that Nigeria structure consulting enterprises aren’t yet ready to borrow spare construction Principles. The study recommends nonstop mindfulness crusade of spare construction principles and its implicit benefits via education and training to professional bodies, tertiary institutions offering any structure construction related programmes and stakeholders in the construction assiduity.

Chapter One

Preface

Background

Construction is a crucial sector of the public frugality of nations contributing a big portion to their total employment and profit generation. The problems facing construction are well proved similar as low productivity, poor safety, inferior working conditions, inadequate quality, lack of timely communication and collaboration amongst design stakeholders and rising action( Koskela, 2000 and LePatner, 2007). The UK Government initiated reports similar as the Latham Report( 1994) and the Egan Report( 1998), both of which recommended the enhancement of the construction assiduity ‘s business performance.

The Nigerian construction assiduity suffers from all the over mentioned problems. It has severally been characterized as hamstrung with low productivity and lack of capacity to deliver and satisfy its guests. Oyewobi etal.( 2011) attributed the drop in the Nigerian construction assiduity ‘s donation to GDP between 1980 and 2007 to poor performance and low productivity. also, Idrus and Sodangi( 2007) asserted that the Nigerian construction assiduity produces nearly 70 of the nation ‘s fixed capital conformation yet its performance within the frugality has been, and continues to be, veritably low. Other examens facing the assiduity are time and cost overruns( Kuroshi and Okoli, 2010; Ameh and Osegbo, 2011; Ogwueleka 2011), shy planning and popular vittles, contract totalities affectation, hamstrung and poor service delivery( Kolo and Ibrahim, 2010).