Implications of Budgeting and Budgetary Control on Construction Project Delivery in Nigeria

The growing need for construction of all types coupled with a tight monetary supply has provided the construction industry with a big challenge to work within budget and invariably to cut cost. Clients expect a high level of transparency in project cost accounting and good value for their investment. This can only be achieved through proper budgeting and effective budgetary control of the building processes from inception to completion. This is the kernel of this paper. Having identified the target groups (clients, consultants and contractors) seventy respondent, purposively selected were given structured questionnaires, selected using stratified random sampling technique, a type of probability sampling in order to give everyone that falls into any of these identified target group equal and independent chance of being included in the sample. From the analyzed responses, it was observed that non application of relevant budgetary control has adverse implications like time and cost overrun on projects. It is therefore recommended that an effective application of budgeting and budgetary control will make way for successful completion and delivery of a construction project Keywords: Budgeting, Project Delivery, Construction client, Budgetary Control. DOI: 10.7176/CER/11-8-08 Publication date:September 30th 201

Comparative Analysis of Direct Labour and Contracting System of Project Procurement

This study examines the performance of two project procurement methods commonly used in project construction, the direct labour and contracting system. Using cost, time and quality as assessment criteria, the work seek to determine possible advantage of one method over the other. Quasi-experimental design and questionnaire were combined to carry this study. Respondents was mainly officers and building contractors, key players in project procurement. Results obtained in this work showed that there was no significant difference between the two methods in terms of cost overrun, though overall cost was higher for the direct labour method. It also revealed a significant difference between time overrun for the two methods as direct method took longer time. The study concluded by emphasising the need for training, openness and empowerment. It also recommended the need for all establishments to adopt participatory project management through direct labour. Key Words: Direct Labour, Contract, Procurement, Time, Cost, Cost overrun, Time overrun DOI: 10.7176/CER/11-8-07 Publication date:September 30th 201