THE IMPACT OF ENGINEERING REGULATION ON THE INTEGRITY OF ENGINEERING PROJECTS IN ENUGU STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This research work presents the assessment of the impact of engineering regulation on the integrity of engineering projects in Enugu state, Nigeria. This research work is aimed at assessing the impact of engineering regulation on the integrity of engineering projects in Enugu state, Nigeria. The study specifically seeks to determine the extent to which engineering regulation affects the quality of design, quality of materials used and quality of workmanship employed in engineering projects in Enugu state, Nigeria. The descriptive survey design and a total population of 78 were used for the study. Applying the Castillo model of sample size determination technique; a sample size of 31 was used. The instrument for data collection was questionnaire. Using Microsoft Office Excel as a base application, collected data was critically analyzed. Z-test was used to analyze the formulated hypotheses. Analysis of results obtained revealed that the mean score of the response of employees of the case study engineering firms on research questions one, two and three are: 3.57, 3.14 and 3.55 respectively. This shows that the employees of the studied Engineering firms are of the opinion that poor engineering regulation affects to a great extent, the quality of the Engineering designs, quality of materials used and quality of workmanship employed in Engineering projects in Enugu state. Also, with a calculated Z-value of 8.39, 5.74 and 7.21 (which is greater than the table value of 1.96) formulated hypothesis one, two and three respectively; it was confirmed that the mean score response of the employees of the studied Engineering firms are significantly above the minimum accepted benchmark score of 2.5. It can be concluded from the result and analysis that poor Engineering regulation affects to a great extent the integrity of engineering projects in studied Engineering firms in Enugu state, Nigeria