Role of stakeholders at Metropolitan Municipal and District Assemblies to ensure successful delivery of construction project: a case study of the Fanteakwa District Assembly
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2021-06-14
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The study was aimed at assessing the role of stakeholders in the Metropolitan, Municipal
and District Assemblies in ensuring successful delivery in construction projects. With
this aim, three (3) objectives were set which were to identify the roles of stakeholders at
the Fanteakwa District Assembly in the delivery in construction projects, to examine the
challenges associated with the management of project implementation at the Fanteakwa
District Assembly and to suggest methods to overcome these challenges. Using the
mixed research method, both textural and numerical data were collected from client
representatives, consultants and construction firms in the Fanteakwa District Assembly.
For the consultants in the District Assembly, eighteen (18) questionnaires were
distributed and sixteen (16) were retrieved for the analysis. For the construction firms,
forty-seven (47) questionnaires were distributed however, twenty-seven (27) were
retrieved. With regards to the interviews, a structured interview guide was developed as
shown in the appendix of this report. The interviewees were the District Chief Executive
(DCE), the District Co-ordinating Director (DCD) and two (2) assistant Directors. The
data collected were analyzed using mean score ranking and content analysis. From the
analysis, it was realized that, the pre-execution phase was significantly performed by the
consultants and clients, the execution phase was performed by the construction firms
whiles the post-execution phase was performed by clients and consultants. With the
second objective, it was realized that, the consultants and contractors had similar views
on the challenges associated with the effective delivery of projects in the Fanteakwa
North District assembly. The highest ranked challenge among contractors and
consultants were poor communication. With the interviews, the most recurring challenge
was improper funds management followed by delayed payment. With third objective, it
was realized that, the challenges had significant impact on the delivery of projects with
unclearness in project objectives having the most significant impact. Finally, from the
fourth objective, it was realized that, effective planning and effective communication
was the most significant strategy to improve the delivery of projects. From the findings,
it was recommended that, consultants must adequately plan the entire construction
project to ensure that, they are executed to a set standard and consultants must also set
control mechanisms to serve as a check for construction firms in the execution of their
work. This will involve setting criteria for measuring the performance of the project
executed.
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A dissertation submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, College of Art and Built Environment in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Master of Science in Project Management,
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Stakeholders, Project delivery, construction project, metropolitan, Municipal