Papers by Luqman Oyekunle Oyewobi
This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative... more This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY
Economic recession became pronounced in the year 2008 to 2009 when the annual growth rate of Nige... more Economic recession became pronounced in the year 2008 to 2009 when the annual growth rate of Nigeria dropped from over 9% to 6.7% leaving macroeconomic variables such as GDP growth rate, oil price, exchange rate, unemployment and underemployment, inflation and external reserve relatively unstable. This study is aimed at examining the nexus of economic recession and building construction cost in Nigeria. Secondary data were obtained from journals, Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) and archival data on prices of building materials from building materials merchants. The data were analyzed using inferential statistics and it was revealed that the indicators of economic recession (inflation rate, prime exchange rate, prime lending rate, gross domestic product (GDP), price of building construction materials and crude oil have strong influence on building construction cost in Nigeria. It was thus concluded that economic recession was not anticipated by the Nigerian government and as such relevant strategies to neutralize the effect of the economic recession that can stabilize construction materials prices and macroeconomic variables was not in place. It was therefore, recommended that; petrol pump price and crude oil should be regulated to prevent its resultant effects on construction cost and that viable fiscal policies should be instituted by government to prevent future occurrence of recession.
Academic Journals, Mar 30, 2011
Rework represents a new terminology in construction dictionary and it becomes essential when an e... more Rework represents a new terminology in construction dictionary and it becomes essential when an element of building works fails to meet customer’s requirement or when the completed work does not conform to the contract documentation. Reworks contribute to time and cost overruns in project. Thus, to enhance efficient project delivery processes the research work evaluated rework cost on elemental basis in some selected building projects in Niger State. Archival cost data were sourced using a structure research schedule which was self administered on projects identified to have experienced rework amongst the selected projects and these were analysed using simple percentile to show at a glance contribution of each of the building elements to rework. The study revealed Finishes (19.09%) have higher contribution to rework costs than any other elements of building for the projects considered and rework costs on average for the elements 4.49%. Hence, there is need for consensus on a workable mechanism to bring together the client and the contractor to minimize change orders and
This paper is a review of literature on measurements of corporate performance of construction com... more This paper is a review of literature on measurements of corporate performance of construction companies in the South African construction industry and the need for improvement in performance measurements. Despite the accrued benefits of performance measurement as an effective performance improvement tool capable of helping construction companies identify performance gap and compare their performance with the best in class, yet performance measurement and its benchmarking are not being given the required attention. Where performance measurements are carried out they are not properly implemented or are being used only to benchmark performance for informal comparisons sake, such as, competitor rates and bid prices. For construction companies to identify best practice, the performance measurement models as a management improvement tool has to be devised with respect to construction companies ’ characteristics and used in bringing out desired improvements in performance. This may not be ...
Many studies have examined the causes of women underrepresentation in construction, barriers to t... more Many studies have examined the causes of women underrepresentation in construction, barriers to their career progression as well as impact of discrimination and harassment on women construction workers; however, only a few have explicitly examined how the barriers they encountered in their choice of built environment courses could be mitigated. This paper examines overcoming the barriers of female students’ choice of built environment courses vis-a-vis determining the medium of knowledge of the built environment courses, reasons for their choice of courses and the challenges the females practising in the built environment faced in the course of their practise. Questionnaire survey was adopted with samples drawn from three different categories of respondents. A total of 298 questionnaires were self-administered to these categories of respondents, out of which 186 (62.4%) were returned. The findings reveal that increase in awareness of opportunities in construction; favourable select...
The study examines the moderating effects of business environment in the relationship between str... more The study examines the moderating effects of business environment in the relationship between strategies used by construction organisations and examines how these can be used in attaining competitive advantage, and improved corporate performance. The grounds for the examination stems from arguments by researchers that efficient and effective business strategy is an essential tool employed by organisations to direct their business endeavours to the ever changing business environment and record continuous improved performance. The study involves a meta-study of extant literature on construction business environments and business strategies in-use. From this approach, a conceptual framework is proposed for relating business environment and corporate strategies used by construction organisations to their corporate performance that could serve as the basis for further studies in construction organisation strategic planning. Preliminary results of a pilot survey to examine the moderating ...
This paper is a review of literature on measurements of corporate performance of construction com... more This paper is a review of literature on measurements of corporate performance of construction companies in the South African construction industry and the need for improvement in performance measurements. Despite the accrued benefits of performance measurement as an effective performance improvement tool capable of helping construction companies identify performance gap and compare their performance with the best in class, yet performance measurement and its benchmarking are not being given the required attention. Where performance measurements are carried out they are not properly implemented or are being used only to benchmark performance for informal comparisons sake, such as, competitor rates and bid prices. For construction companies to identify best practice, the performance measurement models as a management improvement tool has to be devised with respect to construction companies’ characteristics and used in bringing out desired improvements in performance. This may not be a...
Rework has become a menace in Nigerian construction industry and it has not been given required a... more Rework has become a menace in Nigerian construction industry and it has not been given required attention, it contributes to time and cost overruns in project. Hence, to improve the performance of projects the research work evaluated rework in some selected building projects in Niger State. The work identified some factors contributing to rework which was categorized under three main headings; technical, quality and human resources factors to actually dig down into the casual of rework. A structure questionnaire was self administered on projects identified to have experienced rework amongst the selected projects and these were ranked according to their perceived degree of severity. Response was further condensed using factor analysis to group the variables into identifiable factors and thus analyzed. The study revealed that sub-standard services rendered by professionals and lack of commitment to quality in term of project delivery by stakeholders are the main source of rework. Ther...
There is an age long interest that the strategic management literature requires a better understa... more There is an age long interest that the strategic management literature requires a better understanding of how the structure and strategy of an organisation influence its corporate performance. This standing interest increases the number of studies on structure-strategy-performance trilogy, but yet the outcomes are inconclusive. This paper examines how organisational structure and strategies influence organisation’s corporate performance, and investigate whether organisational structure has a moderating impact on the association between organisational performance and strategy. This is achieved by undertaking a Metaanalysis of literature on strategic management and explores the elements of organisational structure with respect to strategies and corporate performance. Based on the identified dimensions in literature, a questionnaire survey approach was adopted to obtain quantitative data from large construction organisations in South Africa. The data were analysed using correlation and...
Procurement is a main procedure in realising construction project management. This study reviewed... more Procurement is a main procedure in realising construction project management. This study reviewed the existing procurement practices in the Nigerian construction industry with the aim of identifying barriers to sustainable procurement and develop strategies that will enhance procurement practices and ensure the construction industry perform sustainably. A sequential mixed methods research design was adopted in this study. The qualitative method was first employed to understand the current status of the procurement practices by using semistructured interview and document analysis as tools. The study revealed that the most severe barrier to sustainability is lack of government commitment, and that the best strategy is to ensure that competent people are saddled with the responsibility for integrating and implementing sustainability issues. The study concluded that the current procurement practices in the Nigerian construction industry is yet to embrace the triple bottom line of sustai...
Poor performance of construction projects is one of the major cause for concern in the constructi... more Poor performance of construction projects is one of the major cause for concern in the construction industry. Many of the construction projects executed in Nigeria experienced several challenges ranging from simple to complex issues. This paper therefore, examines factors affecting the performance of construction projects, their effects on the economic development and the impact of the factors on the economic development of the nation. The study identified a set of factors believed to affect project performance through extensive review of literature which form the basis for questionnaire survey. A total of 200 questionnaires were self-administered to professionals in the Nigerian construction industry, out of which 148 were retrieved and considered fit for analysis. The survey findings indicate that the most important factors affecting project performance are: project design cost, project complexity, unavailability of resources, quality of equipment and raw materials, while ontime c...
Total quality management (TQM) is one of the many quality-oriented techniques that has been ident... more Total quality management (TQM) is one of the many quality-oriented techniques that has been identified as a successful management philosophy that can be effectively implemented in the construction industry. The purpose of this paper is to assess the influence of Total Quality management (TQM) practices on organisational performance in medium and large sized construction companies in the Nigerian construction industry. A comprehensive review of relevant literature was carried out to identify the variables to be included in the questionnaire survey which was later self-administered to 155 managers of medium and large sized construction companies in Abuja, Nigeria. The data obtained from the survey were analysed using descriptive and inferential statistical tools. The findings from the survey revealed that there are six areas of quality practices within the organisations studied: Top Management Commitment, Customer Focus, Supplier Relationship, Employee Involvement and Empowerment, Wor...
Construction projects are complex in nature because they entail complex activities characterized ... more Construction projects are complex in nature because they entail complex activities characterized with uncertainties and changes that are capable of increasing time and cost of construction projects. Rework is a waste that involves doing certain task more than once, it may not be totally eliminated but it is avoidable. It occurs as a result of so many factors ranging from omission or error in design, construction failure, and change order to inadequate coordination and communication among stakeholders on the project. Hence, to enhance project performance it becomes imperative to identify the influence of project type on the occurrence of rework. This paper presents analyses and discusses the rework costs experienced by the studied projects and the findings revealed that the cost of rework for new buildings understudied was averagely 5.06% as against 3.23% recorded by refurbished buildings of the completion cost. Therefore, to improve project performance and to reduce the menace of re...
Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 2021
Purpose Many construction businesses are currently building and keeping social media pages for th... more Purpose Many construction businesses are currently building and keeping social media pages for their enterprises to be visible to the public to improve their social interaction, promote business interest, build trust and relationships with their targeted audience on social media. The purpose of this study is to examine the impact of social mediausage on performance of construction businesses (CBs) in Abuja, Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach This study used a quantitative research approach by identifying constructs that reveal three aspects of organisation’s physiognomies that impact the process of espousing, implementing and using technological innovations in conducting businesses. Well-structured questionnaire was used to obtain data from 113 purposively sampled building materials’ merchant operating in Dei-Dei Market, Abuja, Nigeria. This study used partial least squares structural equation modelling technique to establish the relationship among the constructs. Findings The res...
Journal of Facilities Management
Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the mediating effect of learning capacity in the ... more Purpose The purpose of this paper is to explore the mediating effect of learning capacity in the relationship between the social media usage by the construction of small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) and their business performance in Nigeria. Design/methodology/approach A quantitative survey technique was used to collect data from the owner/manager of construction SMEs in Nigeria. The partial least square structural equation modeling was used in the assessment of the measurement model and structural model to assess the validity and reliability of the measures and to evaluate the hypotheses proposed in the conceptual model. Findings Empirical findings indicated a significant positive relationship between learning capacity and performance of SMEs. Similarly, the use of social media is significantly and positively associated to the business performance of SMEs. It has also been shown that learning capacity is a mediator of the relationship between social media and SME performanc...
Journal of Facilities Management
Purpose The study aims to identify and examine the construction organisational environments and i... more Purpose The study aims to identify and examine the construction organisational environments and its dimensions that have an impact on the performance of contracting companies in South Africa. Design/methodology/approach The study reports the result of quantitative research that obtained data from 72 construction organisations registered with the South African construction industry development board via a questionnaire survey. Descriptive statistics, non-parametric and exploratory principal component analysis were used to summarise forms of correlations among observed variables and to reduce a large number of observed variables to a smaller number of factors that provide an operational definition for the underlying dimension. Findings This study identified six exogenous and three endogenous environmental factors that have a varying degree of impact on construction organisation performance. Four dimensions of the environment were also examined, and environmental complexity has the hig...
Journal of Applied Research in Higher Education
PurposeThis study examined the causes of academic stress amongst undergraduate students in the De... more PurposeThis study examined the causes of academic stress amongst undergraduate students in the Department of Quantity Surveying to ascertain whether stress has an influence on their academic performance.Design/methodology/approachThis research explores the relationships between these constructs: academic stress, non-academic stress, coping strategies and academic performance, using a survey questionnaire to collect data from 190 undergraduate students in the Quantity Survey department. Descriptive statistics have been used to analyse the data and a path analytical approach has been adopted to evaluate the relationship between the constructs discussed in the paper.FindingsSignificant linear associations have been established between all the proposed paths and the outcome factor (p
International Journal of Construction Supply Chain Management
This study examines the relationships between competitive strategies, resources/capabilities and ... more This study examines the relationships between competitive strategies, resources/capabilities and organisational performance in construction organisations. The main objective is to establish the mediating role of competitive strategies on the strength of relationship between resources, capabilities and performance of large construction business organisations in South Africa. A survey instrument was administered to Grades 7, 8 and 9 construction organisations listed in the Construction Industry Development Board (cidb) database. 72 usable questionnaires were analysed using descriptive statistics and correlations. The results show that organisational resources and capabilities do not exert a direct impact on performance of construction organisations, but technological resources showed significant relationship, when mediated by competitive strategy. This implies that performance of large construction organisations is contingent upon their competitive strategies and organisational capabi...
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