Works Programming on Performance of Construction Projects, A Case of Kiambu County

Abstract

The effective performance of any Construction Project to a large extent depends on how deliberate, well thought, planned and managed. Hence, the need for a computerized works programming. Effective works programming helps the project team to ensure that tasks and activities are done at the right time, within budget and quality specifications. Consequently, eliminating costs and time overruns and scope change. The purpose of this research is to investigate influence of construction work programming on performance of projects in Kiambu county. The research was guided by the following objectives: to investigate the influence of prevalence of work programming on project performance, to determine the influence of work programming on project performance and to assess the influence of knowledge of work programming on project performance in Kiambu County. The target population was 132 respondents, with a response rate of 77%. From data analysis, the study found that there was effective construction project delivery with high prevalence of working program applicability and knowledge of work programming techniques. The study rejected the null hypothesis that prevalence of working program applicability had no significant influence on effectiveness of construction project delivery in Kiambu County and Knowledge of work programming techniques had no significant influence on effectiveness of construction project delivery in Kiambu County. Therefore concluded, prevalence of working program applicability and Knowledge of work programming techniques influenced effectiveness of construction project delivery in Kiambu County. However, the study failed to reject the null hypothesis that adherence to the effective work programming had no influence on effectiveness of construction project delivery. Therefore, concluded that adherence to the effective work programming did not influence effectiveness of construction project delivery in Kiambu County. The objectives of the study were met as the researcher was able to answer the research questions by determining the factors that that significantly influenced effectiveness of construction project delivery in Kiambu County and to what extent and the ones that did not. The primary focus of the researcher in this study was to relook on the effects of construction work programming and performance of projects. So far, most studies focused on economic and human issues leading to unsuccessful completion of construction projects. In this study the researcher shifted the focus to injecting solution through integrating technology to enhance efficiency in real time monitoring and evaluation. The model is planning, control, reporting and proactive remedial action for performance of construction projects.