ABSTRACT
The
project research labour control in Building industry is concern about the
problem that is associated in construction industry in Africa during the time
of working, such as redundancy, interaction, fighting each other in the field
of construction, and again to minimize waste of much time in working hour and
monitoring how the project is moving with the help of supervising them and
motivating the labourers until a project is completed. In this discussion, we
emphasize, the work schedule that is the programming of labour per hours. The
limited object of labour control deserves emphasis, the labour control
procedure are primary intended to identify deviation from the project plan.
this characteristic reflects the advanced stage at which project control
becomes important. The time which achieved labour during planning and the
labour schedules for the project. During the actual construction, labourers may
likely to delay the project and lead to lost cost. As a result, the focus of
labour control is a fulfilling the problem that is associated during work hours
and the work schedules, and the work program of labour.
CHAPTER ONE
INTRODUCTION
1.1BACKGROUND
OF THE STUDY
Labour
control in building is one of the several option of procurement used for
project delivery process and records shows that is the oldest procurement system
and has been in use in Africa far back as the colonial era. It is very
important in most of the countries and researchers described it as a system
whereby a developer plans and organizes the project delivery process, carries
out the design, the planning and procurement of resources and the construction
a project using client employed supervisory staff and labour. This type of
system is regarded as in-house because clients staff as different from
contactor’s staffs carry out the project delivery process and activities.
Labour control is the good development in construction because it does not
result in high staff strength and overhead costs in the Nigerian construction
industry. The term procurement system refers to a project execution and
delivery process and it describes the responsibilities and contractual
obligation of the parties to carry out the numerous activities involved in
delivering to the owners. According to Ojo (2009), procurement involves the
various combination of the design and construction phase to achieve the form of
organization to implement the project. Maizon (2003), mention that the
Selection of a procurement method for a given project is a difficult task for
the clients due to the various factors governing a construction project. He stated
further that different client have differing needs and requirements whereby
construction project vary so considerably and in every respect, that no single
method of procurement can be suitable for every project.
Construction
projects are very essential especially as see in developed countries where
project are taken as a great priority because it is part of the determinant in
knowing the level of development of any country. It evolves through the stages
of conception, design and the actual construction. A potential owner initiates
the conceptual process by making dew is needs and requirements in form of a
brief to a professional. At the design stage, the relevant professionals
translate the primary concept into three, an expression of a spatial form to
satisfy the owner’s requirements in an option and economic manner. At the
construction stage the conception and design are actualized in a practical term
to satisfy the brief.
1.2 STATEMENT OF THE PROBLEM
Method
provides the framework for implementation and development of project. Time and
serious attention are devoted towards the establishment of a procurement system
that will be suitable for a particular project. A method used in Building for a
particular project is expected to achieve the objective of the project in terms
of cost, time and quality but this has not been the case. Time and cost overrun
have been a major problem confronting the African construction industry and all
attempts that have been made so far have not been able to yield the expected
results problems have been established from various research work that have
been carried out in the past as result of the use of labour control in execution
of construction projects includes high staff strength time and cost overrun,
poor quality delivery etc. Labour control and other method adopted in African
Building Construction Industry have raises serious concern to the project
stakeholders and the construction industry as a whole. The purpose of the study
is to investigate labour control in Building Industry in Lagos state and its
environs.
1.3
AIMS AND OBJECTIVES OF THE STUDY
The
aim of this project to investigate the labour control in Building and how it
affects the project delivery process.
The
objective of the study includes the following:
1) To
find out factors that result into the labour control in Building industry.
2) To
minimize waste in African Building Industry through effective management
control.
3) To
make recommendation based on the findings in the project on how labour can be
properly managed and utilized on site.
4) Call
for employing skilled works for supervision and general site planning and control
1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION
I.
What strategies can be adopted by
construction organisations to improve the efficiency of construction workers
for successful project delivery?
II.
What are the construction-related
factors affecting the efficiency of construction workers?
III.
What are the design-related factors that
interfere with the labour control of construction workers?
IV.
What is the impact of construction
resources on construction labour efficiency?
What are the required
site management efforts that could reduce the adverse effects of critical
external conditions on construction project performance?