Cost management practices and the delivery of capital projects Department: Quantity Survey By: Arinze1 Project ID: 5572 Rating: (3.3) votes: 6Rate this project12345 Price:₦3000 Get the Complete MaterialAbstractThis study appraises the Cost Management Practices in the Delivery of Capital Projects in Nigeria with set objectives of (i) Identifying and assessing the courses of ineffective cost management practices in the delivery of capital projects., (ii) Identifying and assessing the effect of ineffective cost management practices in the delivery of capital projects in Nigeria and (iii) proffering of solutions to the problems. Relevant texts, journals, personal interviews and administered questionnaires were used to obtain data from the stratified randomly sampled population. A total of sixty-seven questionnaires were administered to respondents and fifty were returned making a 75% response rate. The questionnaires were structured and administered in the following order.Architects-5numbers, Builders, Quantity surveyors. Mechanical Engineers-4Numbers, Electrical Engineers, civil/structural Engineers. The percentile grading and Relative importance index and mean score statistical techniques were used to analyze the data collected. The analyzed data formed the bases of the findings (i) Lack of continuity in government and corruption (causative factors) abandonment of projects and extra-budgetary (effects) and (iii) reduction and corruption practices by government and accountability in Government circle (solution) and these further led to the major recommendation that Government should endeavor to reduce corruption practices as it is associated with the cost Management and Delivery of capital projects in Nigeria. Keywords: cost management practices and capital projects....Preview Download Preview +Other Quantity Survey project topics and materials you might be interested in»An examination of the role of value engineering analysis in the construction industry»Assessment of factors influencing time performance of building projects in Nigeria construction industry»The impact of interim valuation-certificate in construction project delivery»Involvement of quantity surveyor in railway construction project cost in the Nigerian railway corporation, Niger state»Risk management practice in construction project (a case study of Ebonyi state)»Assessment of the environmental impact of construction works»Appraisal of cost management practices in the delivery of capital projects in Nigeria»Productivity improvement of projects in the Nigerian construction industry»An assessment of the participation of female quantity surveyor in professional practice in Bida and Minna areas of Niger state»Estimating and budgeting a medium scale building project»The comparative analysis of recreational facilities for housing estates»Taking off processes and preparation of an un-priced bill of quantities»The effects of existing bid selection on public buildings construction projects in Kaduna state»The effect of maintenance cost on the rent of commercial buildings - a case study of some selected buildings in Kaduna state»An appraisal of the effects of government legislations and policies on building development in Nigeria