Documentation Quality Appraisal in Public/Private Project Delivery in Nigeria

Abstract

The increasing rate of project failure, cost and time overruns is raising a wave of public concern in Nigeria. This study was aimed at comparative evaluation of documentation practices in private and public projects in Nigeria in order to unravel the quality of the documentation for infrastructural development projects. Ten (10) private and ten (10) public capital projects were surveyed. Fifteen (15) documentation quality variables (DQVs) that are key to project actors were used to measure the documentation implementation levels (DILs) and the index of project success (PSFS). The results
showed a general low quality documentation and dismal level of project success, without any significant difference in achievement between public and private sector projects. The study recommended, among others, proper procurement documentation, balanced and collaborative professional design and construction team, which must admit inputs from work operatives, and the application of information communications technology (ICT) in construction documentation to generate and manage quality construction databases at all stages.