UNRRODUCTIVE COSTS IN BUILDING PROJECTS
UNRRODUCTIVE COSTS IN BUILDING PROJECTS
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1992-04
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DALHATU, MAGAJI SAMBO
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Abstract
Building projects in Ahmadu Bello University are experiencing
astronomical cost of construction resources especially materials,
manpower, machines and overheads. Therefore clients commissioning
building projects are cost-conscious and will not want to be saddled
with avoidable and unnecessary expenses termed in this research as
unproductive costs.
It is against this background that building costs were critically
examined to isolate these unnecessary expenses that are of no effect on
building projects from inception to completion and consequently propose
ways of minimising them.
To achieve this main objective, a review of existing contractual
system, cost patterns, cost control techniques as well as field
investigation of relevant data was made to isolate costs that fit the
definition of unproductive costs in building projects. Therefore data
were collected and analyzed on selected building projects undertaken by
the Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria.
It has been observed that loopholes in administrative procedures and
inadequate management skills and tools are mainly responsible for
unproductive costs in building projects leading to variation orders,
fluctuation of materials and labour, delays, etc. The average
unproductive cost was found to be as high as N1,971,417.29 representing
45 per cent of the total initial contract sum of N4,373,558.57.
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MAGAJI SAMBO DALHATU
Department of Building
Faculty of Environmental Design
Ahmadu Bello University, Zaria
APRIL, 1993
Keywords
DEPARTMENT,, BUILDING,, UNRRODUCTIVE,, COSTS,, BUILDING,, PROJECTS