June 1, 2019 Thesis Open Access

Dereje Bitew

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      <creatorName>Dereje Bitew</creatorName>
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  <titles>
    <title>Assessment of Quality management practices in construction projects: the case of AACRA</title>
  </titles>
  <publisher>Zenodo</publisher>
  <publicationYear>2019</publicationYear>
  <dates>
    <date dateType="Issued">2019-06-01</date>
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    <relatedIdentifier relatedIdentifierType="URL" relationType="IsPartOf">https://nadre.ethernet.edu.et/communities/aau</relatedIdentifier>
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    <rights rightsURI="info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess">Open Access</rights>
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    <description descriptionType="Abstract">&lt;p&gt;This study was mainly set out with a general purpose to assess the quality management&lt;br&gt;
practices and major quality management challenges in road construction projects at AACRA.&lt;br&gt;
To achieve its objective, the study employed both descriptive and explanatory research and&lt;br&gt;
both primary and secondary data were used. Questionnaires, interview, and document review&lt;br&gt;
were, therefore, used as data collection tools. Furthermore, it employed purposive sampling&lt;br&gt;
techniques to draw its samples. The survey questionnaire was designed based on the&lt;br&gt;
literature and on the information collected through the document review of the project.&lt;br&gt;
The survey questionnaire was distributed to 60 project implementation team members who&lt;br&gt;
were selected purposively among them 55 respondents were responded, which represented a&lt;br&gt;
response rate of 91.67%. The data gathered through the questionnaire was analyzed by&lt;br&gt;
Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS). The generated data was analyzed using tables,&lt;br&gt;
frequency, percentage, and multiple regression approaches. The result of the study indicated&lt;br&gt;
that AACRA does not employ all stages of quality management process, tools and techniques.&lt;br&gt;
Since they use only Inspection are found to be the major quality management tools and&lt;br&gt;
techniques used to control quality of project. Qualified and experiences personnel, top&lt;br&gt;
management support, communication with stakeholders, quality of materials and equipments&lt;br&gt;
used in the project construction and conformance to specification are identified as the&lt;br&gt;
top factors in the determinant of the quality of road construction projects&lt;/p&gt;</description>
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