A REVIEW OF TIME MANAGEMENT FACTORS IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT DELIVERY

Abstract

A recurring challenge encountered by numerous stakeholders globally in the building construction sector is delay in project delivery. Time management is an indispensable chain among numerous processes required to achieve successful project delivery. In the built environment there is a common consensus that timely completion, quality criterion and completion within cost estimate are the major performance deliverables considered in appraising the successes of construction project. However, poor compliance with time management processes occasioned with paucity of information on specific principles as well as practices influencing time management seems to have contributed a lot to failure on timely delivery of construction project most especially in Nigeria. The study was conducted using qualitative research design in which information was basically obtained from available literature sources which were sorted out and categorized in to relevant factors. This paper finds out through review factors relevant to successful construction project delivery. Findings revealed that thirty-one (31) time management factors were identified and categorized in to: influencing processes, principles and practices. In conclusion, time management per se is actually managing our behaviours in relation to time. Hence, this study recommends solutions that will ensure effective and efficient construction project delivery.
Keywords: Construction Project Delivery, Practices, Principles, Processes, Time Management