The impact of policy and procedural framework on project performance within the building industry in Abuja, Nigeria (original) (raw)

The building industries in the developed and some emerging economies were able to effectively contribute to socio-economic development through the creation of employments, provisionof shelter to millions as well as the provision of basic infrastructure, through a sound policy framework compliance. However, poor policy compliance in the Nigerian Building Industry has been linked amongst other things to the industry’s inability to deliver services effectively and efficiently and this has been detrimental to Nigeria’s economy. This study therefore sought to investigate how policy/procedural framework influences the performance of projects in the Nigerian buildingindustry.Explanatory and descriptive design approaches were used to obtaindata from completed projects files and interviewsin Abuja respectively. Stratified random sampling was used to select three projects from both public and private sectors.The study established that policy and procedural frameworks guide in achieving projec...