The supply chain plays a vital role in the successful completion of a construction project. Lack of proper supply chain management in any construction project results in cost overrun, time overrun, claims, disputes, and low productivity, which may ultimately lead to failure of the project. The overall objective of this study is to perform a comparative analysis of the need and importance of supply chain management based on stakeholders' perceptions of the selected building construction projects in Kathmandu valley. A total of thirty-four projects were taken for the study. Among these, 16 projects were executed by DUDBC and NRA, and 18 projects from private developers. The primary data collection tool used for the study was a questionnaire survey based on the Likert scale. A key informant interview along with a desk study was also conducted. The responses of questionnaires were ranked using the Relative Importance Index (RII). The findings were based on the comparison of views of public and private stakeholders on factors influencing the importance, challenges, and solutions of the problems of supply chain management. The findings show that both the public and private stakeholders agree on the high importance of proper supply chain management in the construction industry, but their perceptions differ on factors contributing to and benefits obtained from an efficient supply chain. Additionally, public and private stakeholders have differing opinions on the most pressing challenges facing supply chain management, its efficiency, and material management. Public stakeholders focused more on quality and delayed delivery of materials, while private stakeholders focused more on cost and efficiency issues. On the solutions and approaches for improvement of supply chain management, both the public and private sectors agree that improved integrated management between the supply chain and project site is essential to maintain a reliable and efficient supply chain. However, both stakeholders differ slightly on the approaches needed to improve supply chain management. Finally, the study shows that public and private stakeholders in building construction projects in Kathmandu agree that while major challenges exist in supply chain management, solving these problems through proper integration and communication will lead to an efficient and qualitative supply chain vital for a project's completion.
Among the various tourist destination of Small world Nepal, Pokhara and Lumbini are the two most visited places by people, inside as well as outside the country. Pokhara, the beauty of Nepal serves as the capital of Gandaki Province. Pokhara is also considered as the tourism capital in Nepal. Within 30 kilometers (19 miles), the elevation rises from 850 to 7,500 meters. Among the total tourist entering Nepal, more than 20% of them visit PokharaLumbini, the birthplace of Gautam Buddha is a Buddhist pilgrimage site in Rupandehi District of Province - 5. Lumbini has several ancient temples, including the Mayadevi Temple and various new temples, funded by Buddhist organizations from various countries. Most of them have been completed while others are still under construction, which has been encouraging pilgrimage tourism in Nepal. Siddhartha highway connects Mahendra highway at Butwal with a total length of 181 m. It connects Pokhara and Lumbini. The road remains in such a terrible condition that even light vehicles cannot ply on it. Drivers have a hard time operating public buses on the route, as the potholes are so large that they have almost reduced the highway into a one-lane road.At present the travel time from Pokhara to Butwal through Siddhartha Highway is 6 hours with high number of bends increasing the chances of accidents on the road. There have been many cases of vehicles colliding and off-tracking from the road towards the river. To minimize the travel time as well as the distance of travel, we came up with an idea of “Pokhara - Butwal Expressway”.
Key Performance Indicators (KPI) in a construction project show how successfully the project has been executed. The information from the KPI measurement guides the implementer to collect the feedback which can be fed in for the new projects to be implemented. This study aim was to assess key performance indicators for health building construction, its ranking, the most important affecting factor for each KPI, and how to improving KPIs in a health building construction in Nepal. The data were collected from project stakeholders through a questionnaire survey. The project stakeholders were the contractors and health building section personnel of DUDBC. Data were summarized, analyzed, and presented in tables using Microsoft Excel. The study found that the stakeholders working in health building construction projects thought quality factor as the most important KPI with the first rank. The cost factor and time factor are correspondingly second and third-ranked, whereas, client satisfaction is the least important KPI. The study also showed the Relative Importance Index (RII) for the various factors affecting each KPI in the health building construction. For KPI-cost most important affecting factor is price escalation. For KPI-time it is the approved project schedule. The possible ways to improve the KPIs in health building construction are listed as conducting regular management meeting, implementing the provisions of the contract agreement, establishment of the proper communication system, timely monitoring of the progress, establishment of quality assurance and control system, adaptation of the cost and schedule control system, ensure the proper health and safety provisions to the workers, an early warning system for changes, regular updates of the work plan and program, regular training on project management, proper site management, proper management of manpower involved in the construction and better inventory management of contractors.
The objective of the research is to identify the inefficiencies in contract management practice in the SNRTP sub-projects and also the sources of these inefficiencies will try to find the probable solutions. To study the inefficiencies in contract management practice in SNRTP rural road projects, the checklist was prepared and data regarding the contract management were obtained with the project stakeholders. The data were collected using questionnaires, analysed using SPSS software, MS Excel and presented using the graph, table, and charts.The findings of the study showed that there are significant inefficiencies in contract management practice in the SNRTP project. It has been found that the majority of the respondents i.e. 79 percent of the experts interviewed opined that there are inefficiencies in the contract management practices in the rural road under SNRTP sub-projects, and only 21 percent think that the process is efficient from questionnaire survey. This has been statistically verified through descriptive statistics. The reason behind the inefficiencies in Contract Management Practice is mainly due to a lack of qualifications, knowledge, skills & experience of the contract management team, lack of cooperation & proper communication between project team member, lack of monitoring & evaluation in time, lack of timely meetings, slow decisions making, and improper planning & poor site management during the construction work. To overcome those inefficiencies some suggestions have been recommended as appointing the team member with proper qualifications, knowledge, skills & experience in the contract management. Proper communication & cooperation between team member, frequent inspection, monitoring and evaluation, completion of work within intended completion time, proper record keeping & timely issue management, and timely decision making from all stakeholders as required in construction work during the project implementation phase.
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