Perceived Effects of Prevalent Errors in Contract Documents on Construction Projects
One of the highly rated causes of poor performance is errors in contract documents. The objectives of this study are to investigate the prevalent errors in contract documents and their effects on construction projects. Questionnaire survey and 51 case study projects (mixed method) were adopted for t...
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| description | One of the highly rated causes of poor performance is errors in contract documents. The objectives of this study are to investigate the prevalent errors in contract documents and their effects on construction projects. Questionnaire survey and 51 case study projects (mixed method) were adopted for the study. The study also involved the use of Delphi technique to extract the possible errors that may be contained in contract documents; it did not however constitute the empirical data for the study. The sample of the study consists of 985 consulting and 275 contracting firms that engaged in the construction of building projects that were completed between 2013 and 2016 and were above the ground floor. The two-stage stratified random sampling technique was adopted for the study. The data for the study were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics (based on Shapiro-Wilk’s test). The results of the study indicate that errors in contract documents were moderately prevalent. However, overmeasurement in bill of quantities was prevalent in private, institutional and management procured projects. Traditionally procured projects contain 68% of the errors in contract documents among the procurement methods. Drawings contain the highest number of errors, followed by bill of quantities and specifications. The severe effects of errors in contract documents were structural collapse, deterioration of buildings and contractors’ claims among others. The result of the study implies that, management procurement method is the route to error minimization in developing countries, but it may need to be backed by law and guarded against overmeasurement. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-2e70dbfce1014bb694749d9e15dab1cd2022-12-21T19:00:08ZengUTS ePRESSConstruction Economics and Building2204-90292018-03-0118110.5130/AJCEB.v18i1.56633461Perceived Effects of Prevalent Errors in Contract Documents on Construction ProjectsOluwaseun Sunday Dosumu0University of Johannesburg University of LagosOne of the highly rated causes of poor performance is errors in contract documents. The objectives of this study are to investigate the prevalent errors in contract documents and their effects on construction projects. Questionnaire survey and 51 case study projects (mixed method) were adopted for the study. The study also involved the use of Delphi technique to extract the possible errors that may be contained in contract documents; it did not however constitute the empirical data for the study. The sample of the study consists of 985 consulting and 275 contracting firms that engaged in the construction of building projects that were completed between 2013 and 2016 and were above the ground floor. The two-stage stratified random sampling technique was adopted for the study. The data for the study were analysed with descriptive and inferential statistics (based on Shapiro-Wilk’s test). The results of the study indicate that errors in contract documents were moderately prevalent. However, overmeasurement in bill of quantities was prevalent in private, institutional and management procured projects. Traditionally procured projects contain 68% of the errors in contract documents among the procurement methods. Drawings contain the highest number of errors, followed by bill of quantities and specifications. The severe effects of errors in contract documents were structural collapse, deterioration of buildings and contractors’ claims among others. The result of the study implies that, management procurement method is the route to error minimization in developing countries, but it may need to be backed by law and guarded against overmeasurement.https://learning-analytics.info/journals/index.php/AJCEB/article/view/5663Construction projectscontract documentseffects of errorsproject performanceprevalent errors |
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| title | Perceived Effects of Prevalent Errors in Contract Documents on Construction Projects |
| title_full | Perceived Effects of Prevalent Errors in Contract Documents on Construction Projects |
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| title_full_unstemmed | Perceived Effects of Prevalent Errors in Contract Documents on Construction Projects |
| title_short | Perceived Effects of Prevalent Errors in Contract Documents on Construction Projects |
| title_sort | perceived effects of prevalent errors in contract documents on construction projects |
| topic | Construction projects contract documents effects of errors project performance prevalent errors |
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