THE IMPACT OF MATERIAL MANAGEMENT PRACTICES ON PERFORMANCE OF BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITES IN SELECTED TERTIARY INSTITUTIONS IN CROSS RIVER STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

This work is titled the impact of material management practice on building construction sites in tertiary institutions in Cross River State. The aim of this study is toevaluate the impact of material management practices on building construction sites in selected tertiary Institutions in Cross River State with a view to enhancing effective and efficient management of materials in building construction projects. The objectives are; to identify the causes of ineffective material management process to the construction project delivery; to evaluate the impact of material mismanagement in the building construction sites. The study adopted stratified random sampling techniques, 200 copies of questionnaire were given to respondents drawn from a population of 432. This study adopted survey research design using questionnaire as instrument for data collection and bill of quantities. The findings of the study reveals that the causes of ineffective material management process to the construction project delivery in tertiary institution in cross river state includes; incompetency of the project manager; design error; loss of fiancé; ineffective construction manager; poor planning; lack of pre and post investigation under design and improper supervision; varied labour equipment; lack of legal penalty to offenders and rush work. Finally, the study indicates that cost has a positive relationship with construction delivery in tertiary institutions in Cross River State. Time has a positive relationship with construction delivery in tertiary institutions in Cross River state. Quality has positive relationship with the construction delivery in tertiary institutions in Cross River state. This implies that a unit increase in cost, time and quality will lead to increase in construction delivery in tertiary institutions in Cross River state. The study recommends that each management techniques has its own peculiarity in term of the pretender and post tender activities and processes, division of risks between client and contractors, and the effectiveness of project monitoring and control.