EFFECTS OF ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS ON CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS TIME AND COST PERFORMANCE
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2015
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Journal of Environmental Spectrum
Abstract
The delivery time and cost of a construction project is a key factor and source of concern to
project stakeholders in the Nigerian construction industry. It is apparent that environmental
factors are a major contributor to construction time and cost overruns. This study examines the
influence of environmental factors on construction time and cost performance in Lagos state. A
total of two hundred and forty-one (241) copies of questionnaire were administered on industry
practitioners through convenience and snowballing sampling. A total of twenty-six (26)
environmental factors were identified and grouped under six categories. The magnitude of the
mean scores of each item was adopted to rank them in order of importance. The results of the
study revealed that cost of government policy is the most significant factors affecting time overrun
with a mean score of 4.7552 followed by project team commitment with a mean score of 4.4772.
Similarly, instability in government and importation of materials and equipment are considered
as the most significant factors affecting cost overruns. However, the significant factors identified
from this study can be used as parameters for developing strategy for reducing the impact of
environmental factors on on construction time and cost
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Construction, Environmental Factors, Project Delivery, Project stakeholders, Time and Cost Overruns