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Adenuga, O and Ibiyemi, A (2009) An assessment of the state of maintenance of public hospital buildings in southwest Nigeria. Construction Economics and Building, 9(02), 51-60.

Best, R (2009) A refined basket of goods approach for comparing construction costs between countries. Construction Economics and Building, 9(02), 29-38.

Idoro, G (2009) Evaluating levels of project planning and their effects on performance in the Nigerian construction industry. Construction Economics and Building, 9(02), 39-50.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Project planning; construction; Nigeria;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 1445-2634
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.5130/AJCEB.v9i2.3020
  • Abstract:
    This study compares the level of project planning on public and private sectors projects and its impact on performance. The purpose is to create awareness of the level and effectiveness of the planning done by public and private clients in the delivery of construction projects. A questionnaire survey administered to a sample of 130 client representatives selected by stratified random sampling from the population of public and private clients in the Nigerian construction industry is used and analysed using descriptive statistics, the t-test and Spearman correlation test. The results show that the level of preconstruction planning on private sector projects is higher than that of public sector projects while the level of contract planning done by the latter is higher than that of the former. Furthermore, the performance of private sector projects is higher than that of public sector projects in many of the parameters used. However, the level of preparation of life-cycle charts that concern project delivery time in both public and private sectors projects is low and the level of project planning in the two categories of projects has a limited impact on project performance. The understanding of how public and private sectors projects perform in planning and its impact are expected to assist public and private clients to know the challenges ahead of them in their effort to improve the planning and performance of their projects.

Lim, T (2009) Essence of time in construction contracts. Construction Economics and Building, 9(02), 1-6.

Tait, P and Loosemore, M (2009) The corporate governance of Australian listed construction companies. Construction Economics and Building, 9(02), 7-16.

Zou, J, Zillante, G and Coffey, V (2009) Project culture in the Chinese construction industry: perceptions of contractors. Construction Economics and Building, 9(02), 17-28.