Factors Influencing Quality of Construction Projects: in cases of Ethiopian Airports Enterprise

Abstract

The main objective of this study was to assess factors influencing quality of construction projects under Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. The descriptive survey method was used with Quantitative and qualitative approaches. Quantitative approach was used in this study for collecting the quantitative data from 125 respondents of two Ethiopian Airports Enterprise Addis Ababa Bole International Airport and Jimma Aba Jifar Airport through questionnaire. Qualitative approach was used to collect qualitative data through document review. Census was used to select the respondents since the total populations were selected as the respondents of this study. Data were collected from respondents through five scale Likerted close-ended questionnaire. The qualitative data were collected from the document review. The collected quantitative data were analyzed in percentages, mean, standard deviation to give the meaningful conclusion for the data that analyzed in descriptive statistic. The qualitative data that were collected through document review were discussed in text explanations. On the basis of the analysis made of this study, the conclusions were made and the findings of this study were identified. The findings of this study were: the absence of the availability of labor influence quality of construction projects in Ethiopian Airports Enterprise had high, construction materials had influenced the quality of construction projects in Ethiopian Airports Enterprise, absence of adequate construction equipment had highly influenced the quality of construction projects in Ethiopian Airports Enterprise, the extent at which availability of funds influence quality of construction projects in Ethiopian Airports Enterprise and project management practices had influenced the quality of construction projects in Ethiopian Airports Enterprise. The Ethiopian Airports Enterprise should give due attention to the problems identified.