Risk Assessment In Construction Projects In Three Local Governments In Ondo State Nigeria

Master's Thesis from the year 2019 in the subject Engineering - Civil Engineering, course: CIVIL AND ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING, language: English, abstract: The primary aim of this research study is to investigate, asses, identify and analyses various risk categories that are inherent in building and construction projects in three selected Local Governments - Ese-Odo and IIaje (riversides) and Okitipupa Local Governments in Ondo State. A comprehensive review and assessment of previous studies was used to draft a questionnaire for risk data collection. Out of the 16 contractors presently executing building projects in the three Local Governments and some selected Local Government staffs who were contacted as participants, only 12 contractors and some selected Local Government staffs agreed to participate in the stdy while 4 contractors declined to participate. Indeed, Seventy-seven (77) risk variables were identified under ten (10) risk factors in each questionnaire. However, seventy-two (72) questionnaires were randomly distributed to seventy-two (72) participants who constituted final sample for the study as respondents for their responses. These participants were grouped into 27 management employees which include: Director of Works (3), Civil Engineers (6), Director of Finance and Supplies (3), Project Managers (6) and Directors of Legal and Environmental (9) and 45 non-management employees which include: Contractors (12), Design team (Architects/Civil Engineers) (6), Consultants (Architects) (3), Construction team (Foremen) (12) and Sub-contractors (Transport owners) (12). The procedure of filling the questionnaire involves the selection of a set of attitude statements, to which respondents are asked to indicate their agreement or disagreement to each statement along a five-point Likert scale ranging from: "not-important (1), important (2), average (3), very important (4) to highly important (5)". Respondents' scores were tabulated by assigning a numerical valu 9783668968653 3668968659 122 BOOK http://books.google.com/books/content?id=EvhqxwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api http://books.google.com/books/content?id=EvhqxwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=1&source=gbs_api en 9783668968653

• | Author: Udufo Gbadamashi
• | Publisher: Grin Verlag
• | Publication Date: Jul 10, 2019
• | Number of Pages: 122 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Paperback
• | ISBN-10: 3668968659
• | ISBN-13: 9783668968653