Effective infrastructure project delivery process in Ghana. A case of Bono region.
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2021-06-15
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Abstract
Over the years, huge sums of money have been invested by government in the pursuit of
infrastructure development. This is because infrastructure has been described as the backbone of
every economy. However, despite the positive intentions with which these resources are
committed to using, available evidence suggests that most of the physical projects that are designed
end up being abandoned making the intended beneficiaries unable to use the facilities.
It is against this backdrop that this study aim at determining a more operative way of delivering
projects to solve the problem of project abandonment in Ghana with focus on the Bono region.
This study focused on the effective project delivery process, the current challenges in project
delivery and relevant strategies for effective project delivery. The study employed quantitative
design, employing the method of a Descriptive research design whiles the target population for
was the key local government workers of Sunyani Municipal Assembly and Sunyani West District
Assembly in the department of Planning, Finance, Procurement and Works who are directly
involved infrastructure project development. The study relied on simple random sampling in
coming up with a sample size of 55 from a population of 63 respondents. The study focused on
primary data sources with a self-administered questionnaire that was utilized as a sources of data.
Data collected for this research was purely quantitative. The quantitative data which was collected
were examined with the help of Statistical Package for social sciences. The findings of the research
were presented in the form of frequency tables. Whiles the explanation was presented in the text.
The study concluded that all the MMDAs in the Bono region go through all the five phases/process
(Initiation, Planning, Execution, Monitoring and Control, and Closer) to deliver infrastructure
projects. Again, the study concluded that financial challenges, political factors, delayed payment
of contractors and corruption are the major challenges of project delivery. In addition, the study
concluded that the following relevant strategies should be put in place to help solve the current
challenges of project deliver; public-private partnership, budgetary provisions should be made
available before awarding a contract, proper stakeholder consultation, adequate feasibility should
be conducted, proper budgeting, continuous project monitoring, adequate planning, contracts
should not be awarded to contractors who do not have sufficient expertise on a particular work and
finally prompt payment of contractors certificate.
Description
A thesis submitted to the Department of Construction Technology and Management, Kwame
Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi in partial fulfillment of the
requirements for the Award Degree of
Masters of Science in Project Management.
Keywords
Effective infrastructure, Project delivery, Ghana.