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A Dissertation in the Department of Design and Technology Education, Faculty of
Technical and Vocational Education, submitted to the School of Graduate Studies,
University of Education, Winneba, in partial fulfilment of the requirements for award of
the Master of Technology Education (Construction) degree.
AUGUST, 2014 |
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Delay and or time overruns are common in health constructional projects in Ghana
especially Upper East Region. The project work presents the results of a study conducted
to identify and evaluate the severity and importance of the major factors contributing to
delay in Health constructional projects of the Ghana Health Service. The respondents of
the survey conducted included personnel from clients/owners, consultants and contractors
involved in health constructional projects in the upper east region of Ghana. The results
of the study revealed the main causes of delay of health constructional projects in the
upper east of Ghana included: Poor Contract Management, Poor Technical Performance,
Escalation of Material prices, Inflation, Additional works, Deficiencies in cost Estimates
Prepared, material procurement, and Cash flow during construction, monthly payment
difficulties and price fluctuations. Design changes, planning and scheduling deficiencies,
Low bid, Mistakes during construction and designing. Other factors that emerged clearly
though not very important, but of interest, were bad weather Ground problems,
unexpected natural conditions, late delivery of materials and equipment and Imported
materials. These are the natural factors. It is therefore recommended that, effective
project planning, coordinating, controlling and monitoring procedures should be
recognized to augment the project performance in order to minimize or avoid delay and
its associate problems in health constructional projects in the Ghana Health Service. |
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