Abdulkadir Sani

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• B. Tech (Building); M.Tech (Construction Management)
• Lecturer at Abubakar Tafawa Balewa University

The emergence of the Public Private Partnership in housing delivery was to allow the private sector to participate in affordable housing provision. However, the increasing Nigerian population still has a significant shortage of affordable housing units. Hence, the need for an alliance formation approach to provide housing at a cheaper rate is the b...

ABSTRACTS Globally, Fayol’s principles generate researchers’ interest in exploring its potentiality usage in various sectors. However, within construction sector, there’s minimal study and its potentiality is not well explored in terms of effectiveness and hierarchical-relationship. Paper aimed to explore potentiality of Fayol’s principles in Nige...

Construction cost escalation is common problem in the construction industry in which the continuous increases in the project's cost raised serious problems on the efficacy of works contracts and it performance in building projects. The study aimed to explore the degree of severity, mitigating measures as well as the challenges of stakeholders in cu...

Abstract The complex nature of construction activities which involves various stakeholders’ struggles to attain client objectives gave rise to the adoption of Henry Fayol’s principles of management by construction firms. However, the inter-correlation of these principles and how its implementation influences project success in practice is not well...

Procurement methods described as systems of contractual arrangements used by the contractor in order to secure the design and construction services based on the stipulated cost and within the required time and quality. Despite that, major projects in the Nigerian construction industry failed because of wrong procurement methods with major consequen...

Abstract The needs to provide adequate infrastructures, especially housings as well as to complement the efforts of government towards provision of basic amenities gave rise to the adoption of public-private partnership approaches by stakeholders. In Gombe State, the application of PPP recorded low implementation. Therefore, the study aimed at expl...

Abstract. One of the most crucial factors to consider when setting up and managing organizational activities is the application of management principles. Most of the time, organizational failure is attributed to either as a violation of management principles or an organization's inability to establish this precedent in the running of its day-to-da...

Abstract Projects duration plays a vital role as an important criterion in determining the success of building construction projects. Despite that, inaccurate evaluations of projects duration inhibit professionals to effectively control this variable resulting to serious issues as cost and time overruns and delay that need to found a lasting soluti...

Public Private Partnership (PPP) Housing scheme in Nigeria is intended to complement government effort toward increasing housing stock and providing affordable housing in the country. However, Bauchi state government adopted the construction of 5,000 phases PPP Housing. But 6 years after the commencement of the scheme, only a few numbers of housing...

Public Private Partnerhip (PPP) is celebrated globaly as a means of infrastructre delivery. PPP has been adopted in Nigeria for the construction of affordable housing in the country. But little achievement was recorded by the scheme. The aim of this study is to assess a typical PPP housing arrangement in Bauchi, Nigeria, as a means of providing aff...

The issue of time and cost overrun is experienced worldwide and becoming more critical in most public projects in developing countries especially in Nigeria. The purpose of this study is to explore the incidence rate and attitude toward mitigating cost and time overrun in building projects of Nigeria. Study used quantitative through survey method....

Design change is the common factor inhibiting professionals to effectively control projects cost and duration in construction which need to found a lasting solution. The study objective were to assess the effectiveness of mitigating measures against design change as inhibiting factor of cost and time control. Study uses descriptive and explorative...

Appropriate cash planning techniques is necessary for adequate cost control and efficient cash management. Contractors cannot survive in the competitive environment without effective cash flow management. However, cash flow is the lifeline of project delivery, deficiency in cash flow may cause failure of the project. Therefore, this study aimed at...

Cost and time duration plays a vital role as an important criterion in determining the success or otherwise of construction projects and are of high interest to those who are involved in the construction industry. Despite that cost and time overrun remain a serious issues affecting Nigerian construction projects that need to be found a lasting solu...

Construction managers' performances indicate operating below satisfactory in carrying out effective contract auditing in Nigeria. The study sought the perceptions of respondents in the field of contract auditing system in Nigerian construction practice. The populations are practicing construction professionals within the study area, and the respond...

Construction projects are faced with an increase in financial fraud due to the number of people, companies and money involved. This is the reason why this article aimed at assessing the practice and approach used in contract auditing system in Nigerian building construction projects. The study adopted a well-structured questionnaire and the populat...

The Construction activities involve use of materials supplied from many sources. They can be produced on site or supplied from different source. Improper management of construction materials results to wastages in the construction site especially in developing countries like Nigeria where the automated and mechanical means of handling and managemen...

The paper aimed at appraising into the use of mechanization by indigenous firms. The respondents are mainly technical and professional staff. Both primary and secondary data were used in sourcing out information, ninety questionnaires were self-administered to the respondent and only 60 are valid which form the basis of the analysis, relative impor...

Variation order is regarded as the most occurrence issue and often resulted to conflicts, delay and disputes among the parties to contracts. The study sought the perceptions of professionals on the significant factors causing variation order and their attached impacts. A preliminary survey were carried out on the identified causes in the literature...