Abstract:
The rising cost, delays and time wasting as a result of construction dispute resolution
prompted the author to look for efficient ways to prevent and manage these construction
disputes. Prevention of disputes therefore can eliminate unnecessary crease in the cost of
execution projects, delays, business relationship among the.1rticipants and finally save
time. In Ghana, there has been lack of studies on ~0nstruction disputes prevention. This
study therefore aims at developing appropriate strategies for disputes prevention on
construction projects found in Ghana. It is important to understand the causes of dispute in
the construction industry, its effects and measures to avert these conflicts that a
construction projects is likely to encounter. Hence this research seeks to identify, evaluate
and rank the most important and frequent factors responsible for disputes on construction
projects from the perspective of Clients, Contractors and Consultants in Ghana and to
identify and further develop appropriate strategies for disputes prevention in Ghana. The
research comprised a questionnaire survey supplemented with face to face interview with
the Clients, Contractors and Consultants with the aim of identifying the causes of disputes,
effects and appropriate preventive measures to be developed to prevent the occurrence of
construction disputes in Ghana. The data gathered were coded and analysed using the
Statistical Package for Social Sciences (SPSS) version 17. Quantitative data were analysed
by the use of relative importance index, descriptive frequency tallies and their
corresponding percentage scores. Cross tabulations were further used to examine the
relationship between some key variables relevant to the study. Qualitative data of the open ended questions from the questionnaire were categorised into common themes using
thematic data analysis and transcription. Thus major causes of construction dispute include
behavioural problems, constructural
Description:
A Dissertation submitted to 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
fulfilment of requirement for the award of the Master of Technology
(Construction) degree
JULY, 2014