Volume- 2
Issue- 6
Year- 2015
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Alli, O. O. , Raheem, S. B, Aleem, M. O
The paper considered the delay in building projects in Oluyole Local Government, Ibadan, Oyo state, Nigeria. The local government was divided into four zones for effective coverage of the area. Information were gathered for the project work through the research tools like questionnaire, oral interview and physical observation of some selected delayed building sites. The data collected revealed that 61.25% of the delayed building projects were due to economic problems which may be financial problem or inflation, 18.75% were caused by the death of the client, 16.25% caused by the failure of the client to get approval from planning authority and 7.5% were caused by land dispute, 16.25% of the delayed building projects were due to settlement. It was also revealed that 25.70% of the building suffered delay for less than 2 years, 54.03% for 2-4 years, 84&% for 4-6years, 7.93 for 6-8 years, 5.80% for 8- 10 years while 1.25% suffered delay for more than 10 years. Also delay of building projects is very common at Lintel level which has 21.30%, at foundation level is of 5%, some were delayed at window level which is 58.8%, 22.93% were delayed at roof level, 9% and 5.9% were delayed at about to be roofed level. It could be concluded from the research that different types of building construction projects were delayed, such as bungalow, flats, storey building and duplex. The major types of building delayed in Oluyole Local Government are private residential buildings. It was also revealed that averagely 64.25% of the delayed buildings were as a result of financial inability of the client to proceed with the construction project, 19.75% of the delayed building construction is due to the death of the client. It is therefore recommended that the clients should plan adequately and seek for financial assistance from cooperative union and financial institution to facilitate timely completion of projects.
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