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Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective

Communication today has become the crucial element of every organization. In the construction industry, during a construction project, information needs to be accurately and timely communicated among project stakeholders in order to realize the project objectives. Poor communication between clients...

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Main Authors: Muktar Ishaq, Ishaq, Omar, Roshartini, Mohammed, Musa
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Language:English
Published: International Institute of Academic Research and Development 2018
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TH Building construction
T10.5-11.9 Communication of technical information
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spelling my.uthm.eprints.54382022-01-09T07:14:21Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5438/ Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective Muktar Ishaq, Ishaq Omar, Roshartini Mohammed, Musa TH Building construction T10.5-11.9 Communication of technical information Communication today has become the crucial element of every organization. In the construction industry, during a construction project, information needs to be accurately and timely communicated among project stakeholders in order to realize the project objectives. Poor communication between clients and contractors during the construction project is one of the major factors that affect project delivery. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the causes and effects of poor communication between clients and contractors. This was achieved by identifying the causes and effects of poor communication between clients and contractors in the Nigerian construction industry through a statistical analysis. It is hypothesized that poor communication between clients and contractors, significantly affects construction projects. The population of the respondents is 150, and survey method of data collection was used. One hundred and twenty (120) questionnaires were distributed to clients and contractors in the construction industry with 80% of respondents’ rate. Several analyses such as frequency mean, ranking and Regression were used to analyze the data. The results show that, lack of cooperation and selfish interest was the most causes of poor communication between the client and contractor. Identifying barriers to communication among stakeholders in construction industry contribute in perfecting communication that result in enhancing project delivery. International Institute of Academic Research and Development 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/5438/1/AJ%202018%20%28185%29.pdf Muktar Ishaq, Ishaq and Omar, Roshartini and Mohammed, Musa (2018) Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective. International Journal of Engineering and Modern Technology, 4 (2). pp. 20-29. ISSN 2504-8856
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topic TH Building construction
T10.5-11.9 Communication of technical information
spellingShingle TH Building construction
T10.5-11.9 Communication of technical information
Muktar Ishaq, Ishaq
Omar, Roshartini
Mohammed, Musa
Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective
description Communication today has become the crucial element of every organization. In the construction industry, during a construction project, information needs to be accurately and timely communicated among project stakeholders in order to realize the project objectives. Poor communication between clients and contractors during the construction project is one of the major factors that affect project delivery. Therefore, the purpose of this research is to investigate the causes and effects of poor communication between clients and contractors. This was achieved by identifying the causes and effects of poor communication between clients and contractors in the Nigerian construction industry through a statistical analysis. It is hypothesized that poor communication between clients and contractors, significantly affects construction projects. The population of the respondents is 150, and survey method of data collection was used. One hundred and twenty (120) questionnaires were distributed to clients and contractors in the construction industry with 80% of respondents’ rate. Several analyses such as frequency mean, ranking and Regression were used to analyze the data. The results show that, lack of cooperation and selfish interest was the most causes of poor communication between the client and contractor. Identifying barriers to communication among stakeholders in construction industry contribute in perfecting communication that result in enhancing project delivery.
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author Muktar Ishaq, Ishaq
Omar, Roshartini
Mohammed, Musa
author_facet Muktar Ishaq, Ishaq
Omar, Roshartini
Mohammed, Musa
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title Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective
title_short Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective
title_full Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective
title_fullStr Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective
title_full_unstemmed Challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the Nigerian perspective
title_sort challenges of communication between the client and contractor during construction projects: the nigerian perspective
publisher International Institute of Academic Research and Development
publishDate 2018
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