Study of Characteristics Related to the Implementation of Construction Project Plans

Abstract

The purpose of this research was to study the characteristics of people in the construction industry in 6 aspects related to the implementation of the project plans in the 7 areas. This study collected data from the sample of 517 respondents. The major findings revealed that most of the respondents graduated with a bachelor's degree (69.05%). Only 0.97 % of them graduated with doctoral degree. Most of them (46.03%) were employees, had 1-5 years of employment (24.95%). Only 14.51% of them aged 16-20 years. Those with higher length of service had a greater proportion of implementation in the project according to the project value. The most commonly used scheme was the Bar Chart (46.00%). 25.10% of them used The Critical Path Method. However, this method had a higher proportion of implementation according to the project value. The implementation of plans according to the project period found that during the project preparation and the bidding period, the project owner had higher use of the plan than the contractor. However, in the pre-construction phase and the construction phase, the contractor will use the plan more than the project owner's side. The implementation of project management plans was found to be the most commonly used in the first three areas. 1. Controlling project duration > 85.00% 2. Preparing an action plan > 75.00% 3. Progress report > 70.00%. The contractors had greater implementation rate than the project owner in all aspects. This implied that as a construction project increases the project value, the project owner and contractor will also use the program to manage the construction project as the project value increases.