Abstract:
The development of housing units is regulated and monitored to ensure quality standards,
safety of occupants and the efficient function of all buildings elements in order to prevent
collapse, loss of lives and property. Accordingly, the Government of Ghana through
Ministry of Water Resources Works & Housing and Ministry of Local Government &
Rural Development promulgated Legislative Instrument LI 1630regulatingphysical
development. The aim of the study was to examine house-owners’ compliance with the
national building regulations and bylaws in selected districts in the upper east
region.Using systematic random sampling technique, survey questionnaires were
administered to a sample of one hundred and eight(108) house-owners’ and a response
rate of 60% was achieved. The findings revealed that respondents’ level of compliance
with the national building regulation and bylaws is generally low. The study also revealed
that respondents do not strictlyadhere to the building regulations and bylaws.The findings
of the study revealed the key factors influencing house- owners/ developers propensity to
comply with building regulations and byelaws in the upper east region to
include;channels to obtain building permit are too bureaucratic coupled with over
delayance, ignorance to L I 1630,luke warm attitude of personnel responsible for
processing building documents at the Assemblies and bribery.The findings also revealed
that the key barriers to house-owners’ compliances with building regulations and bylaws
include; the permit process is bedeviled with bureaucracies thus hindering the efficiency
and the effectiveness ofthe permit acquisition process and lack of transparency at the
Assemblies regarding permit issuance.Based on these findings the study has made
suggestions which if adopted would go a long way to enhance house-owners’ compliance
with building
Regulations and bylaws in the study setting.
Description:
A project report in the Department of CONSTRUCTION AND WOOD
TECHNOLOGY EDUCATION, Faculty of TECHNICAL EDUCATION, submitted
to the School of Graduate Studies, University of Education, Winneba in partial
fulfillment of the requirements for the award of Master of Technology
(ConstructionTechnology) degree.
AUGUST, 2017