Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites

Construction Materials Management is a vital function for improving productivity in construction projects. Poor materials management can often affect the overall construction time, quality and budget. Currently, the construction material management practice in Somalia is believed to be poorly perfor...

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Main Author:	Ahmed, Fuad Hassan
Format:	Thesis
Language:	English English English
Published:	2017
Subjects:	TH Building construction
Online Access:	http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/783/1/24p%20FUAD%20HASSAN%20AHMED.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/783/2/FUAD%20HASSAN%20AHMED%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/783/3/FUAD%20HASSAN%20AHMED%20WATERMARK.pdf
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spelling	my-uthm-ep.7832021-08-30T07:57:51Z Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites 2017-01 Ahmed, Fuad Hassan TH Building construction Construction Materials Management is a vital function for improving productivity in construction projects. Poor materials management can often affect the overall construction time, quality and budget. Currently, the construction material management practice in Somalia is believed to be poorly performed. Lack of standardized construction materials management system is one of the key issues facing by the building industry in Mogadishu-Somalia. The aim of this study was to investigate the current practices of material management at construction sites in Mogadishu-Somalia. A questionnaire survey study design was used to explore construction materials management practices. Fifty questionnaires were distributed to project managers, project engineers, site engineers, engineer, and foreman, and they were received and analysed. The following data analysis techniques were used: descriptive statistics were conducted to report sample characteristics, reliability and validity analyses were performed to confirm robustness of the instrument, graphical presentation such as bar charts were developed, and finally Average Mean Index Scale were constructed. The study results reveals that, 46.7% of respondent’s organization obtain materials for sites without site requisition by site engineer provisions, while 28.9% of respondent’s organization procure materials for sites with site requisition by project manager provisions and 13.3% of respondent’s organization procure materials for site by engineer. The results indicated that currently there is no standardized and computerized construction materials management system applied in Somalia. The researcher concluded that all contracting companies are interested in using some techniques of managing construction materials such as creating and updating database for materials categories from local and international suppliers. Finally, researcher recommends to use computerized construction materials management systems to reduce effort and time, and to achieve more accurate results. 2017-01 Thesis http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/783/ http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/783/1/24p%20FUAD%20HASSAN%20AHMED.pdf text en public http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/783/2/FUAD%20HASSAN%20AHMED%20COPYRIGHT%20DECLARATION.pdf text en staffonly http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/783/3/FUAD%20HASSAN%20AHMED%20WATERMARK.pdf text en validuser mphil masters Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
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spellingShingle	TH Building construction Ahmed, Fuad Hassan Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites
description	Construction Materials Management is a vital function for improving productivity in construction projects. Poor materials management can often affect the overall construction time, quality and budget. Currently, the construction material management practice in Somalia is believed to be poorly performed. Lack of standardized construction materials management system is one of the key issues facing by the building industry in Mogadishu-Somalia. The aim of this study was to investigate the current practices of material management at construction sites in Mogadishu-Somalia. A questionnaire survey study design was used to explore construction materials management practices. Fifty questionnaires were distributed to project managers, project engineers, site engineers, engineer, and foreman, and they were received and analysed. The following data analysis techniques were used: descriptive statistics were conducted to report sample characteristics, reliability and validity analyses were performed to confirm robustness of the instrument, graphical presentation such as bar charts were developed, and finally Average Mean Index Scale were constructed. The study results reveals that, 46.7% of respondent’s organization obtain materials for sites without site requisition by site engineer provisions, while 28.9% of respondent’s organization procure materials for sites with site requisition by project manager provisions and 13.3% of respondent’s organization procure materials for site by engineer. The results indicated that currently there is no standardized and computerized construction materials management system applied in Somalia. The researcher concluded that all contracting companies are interested in using some techniques of managing construction materials such as creating and updating database for materials categories from local and international suppliers. Finally, researcher recommends to use computerized construction materials management systems to reduce effort and time, and to achieve more accurate results.
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qualification_name	Master of Philosophy (M.Phil.)
qualification_level	Master's degree
author	Ahmed, Fuad Hassan
author_facet	Ahmed, Fuad Hassan
author_sort	Ahmed, Fuad Hassan
title	Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites
title_short	Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites
title_full	Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites
title_fullStr	Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites
title_full_unstemmed	Improving construction materials management practices in construction sites
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granting_institution	Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
granting_department	Fakulti Pengurusan Teknologi dan Perniagaan
publishDate	2017
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