CHALLENGES FACING TIMELY COMPLETION OF ROAD PROJECTS MANAGED BY KENYA NATIONAL HIGHWAYS AUTHORITY

Abstract

The time required for the completion of road construction projects is influenced by a variety of factors both external to internal. Completion of a project within time stipulated at the tender a ward stage is a universally accepted measure of project success. Most projects would delay before they eventually take off. Helping the construction companies to identify the critical attributes responsible for achieving the desired efficient level (success factors) and also to find the attributes adversely affecting the project efficient (failure factors) has been the motivating factor behind this study. It is realized that maximization of the success factors and minimization of failure factors will ensure the construction industry realizes its efficient goals. The study was seeking to assess challenges facing timely completion of road projects managed by Kenya national highways authority. More specifically, it aimed at examining how budgetary provision and procurement procedures affected timely completion of road projects by Kenya National Highway Authority. The study adopted a descriptive survey design. The target population of the study was all the road engineers, middle managers and a few staffs (361) in the construction department of KeNHA. The sample size was 190 respondents. The researcher used stratified random sampling method to select the desired sample size of 150 respondents from the project Managers, top managers and few staffs. Data collected was cleaned, pretested, validated, and coded, summarized and analyzed using statistical package of SPSS V 23. The study findings were presented using graphs, histograms, bar charts and pie charts. Conclusions were derived based on the P. value and the coefficient of determination. The findings indicated that majority of the respondents agree that budgetary provision and Procurement procedures strongly affected timely completion of road projects in KENHA implemented road projects in Kenya.