EVALUATION OF FACTORS AFFECTING EFFECTIVENESS OF RISK MANAGEMENT IN PUBLIC HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN RWANDA. CASE OF BATSINDA HOUSING PROJECT
Journal Title: European Journal of Business and Social Sciences - Year 2016, Vol 5, Issue 1
Abstract
Rwanda has seen a significant rise in infrastructure developments in the recent past, especially in the fields of real estate development and many house construction projects have failed to achieve project success due to increase in risk and uncertainty. The objective of this study was to evaluate the factors affecting effectiveness of risk management in housing construction projects in Rwanda, a case of Bastinda II project. To achieve study objective, descriptive survey design was adopted. This research design involved gathering data that describe events and then organizing, tabulating and describing the data. The population of the study for this study was three institutions that are involved in Bastinda II project that included Rwanda Social Security Board (RSSB), the Rwandan Ministries of Infrastructure and City of Kigali (CoK). Yamane’s formula was used to determine the study sample size of 116 from a target population of 164. The primary data for this study was collected using both closed and open ended structured questionnaires. The study established that low level of top management support where project management failed to develop project procedures from initiation stage, install training programs, affected the effectiveness of risk management in Batsinda Housing project by a factor of 0.633 and p value of 0.03. Incompetent project team members who did not understand project risk management process affected effective risk management by a factor of 0.497and p value of 0.04. The study recommends that top management should be committed to inclusive and transparent risk management, project team should be trained in risk management and administrative skills, project funding should be linked to the Gantt chart and proper project risk planning should be done to enable structured and systematic risk management in construction projects.
Authors and Affiliations
Njagi Peter Maina| Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kigali, Rwanda. Email: pmaina2k6@gmail.com, Dr. Mbabazi Mbabazize| Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kigali, Rwanda. Email : mbabazimbabazize@gmail.com, Ms. Jackelinne Kibachia| Jomo Kenyatta University of Agriculture and Technology, Kigali, Rwanda. Email: jakkie.kibachia@gmail.com
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