SURVEY OF CHIEF FACTORS INFLUENCING THE GROWTH OF CONSTRUCTION ACTIVITIES – A PROVEN MAP

The purpose of this study was to analyze the various major factors that highly influence the development of construction technology in government projects in Bole sub city Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. In order to gather the information, the study has reviewed previous and related works in the literature part and the methodology was employed mixed method approach or both qualitative and quantitative methods of data collection and analysis. Questionnaires, Interview, FGD and document review was used as research tools to collect data. The qualitative information extracted from interview was grouped into thematic categories and analyzed qualitatively. This was supported quantitative data which was collected using questioner and analyzed using descriptive statistics. The quantitative data collected was analyzed using SPSS version 20 with correlation of the dependent and independent variables. The qualitative data was analyzed with narrative explanation. The survey result revealed that high cost of construction technology development, insufficient Resource availability for innovation, unwillingness of personnel to engage in construction technology development, tight time frames for work, fear of change within the workforce and lack of perceived return on construction Technology investment are the major factors highly influencing the development of construction technology in the study area. The study concluded that, the above factors highly influencing the development of construction technology in the study area. It is recommended that Bole sub city construction office and project Contractor should establishing relevant innovation mechanisms, the workforce should develop strong sense of innovation, encouraging domestic construction technology engineering, improving professional qualities of staff through training.