AJCEB - Volume 5, Issue 1 - 2005

Publication:

Australian Journal of Construction Economics and Building

Paper title:

Application of project time management tools
and techniques to the construction industry in the Gaza Strip

Authors:

Nabil El Sawalhi and Adnan Enshassi
Civil Engineering Department, Islamic University of Gaza, Palestine

Abstract:

The objective of this paper is to investigate the level of applying the project time management tools and techniques by public owners and construction contractors in the Gaza Strip.  This study has been conducted by a means of a survey questionnaire.  Seventy-three questionnaires were distributed to target construction contractors and twenty-five questionnaires to public owners.  Sixty completed questionnaires from contractors and twenty-three questionnaires from public owners were received and analysed.

The survey results indicated that contemporary project time management tools and techniques are not widely used among local contractors and owners.  Lack of subcontractor's knowledge and awareness of the importance of project time management tools and techniques are still major obstacles toward the efficient utilisation of such tools.

This study recommended that there is an urgent need to establish a professional industry body such as the Institute of Building to review and evaluate existing local project management practices.  This professional body my be established by the government through the Ministry of Housing and Public works or by the local university in cooperation with a similar international professional industry body.  Current training effort should be tailored to encourage owners and contractors to use work breakdown structures, resource optimisation and network scheduling.

Keywords:

management tools, contractors, owners, time, Gaza Strip

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