Abstract: The quality of housing projects in Kenya has been deteriorating without sufficient informing reasons especially from empirical literature. This is manifested in numerous cases of buildings collapsing across Kenya. This study will investigate the effects of contract management practices on the performance of housing construction projects in Nairobi county Kenya. The study sought to determine the influence of contractor pre-qualification practices on the performance of housing construction projects in National Construction Authority in Kenya. The target population of the study was 66 respondents comprising of 6 project managers and 60 project team members. A census of 66 respondents was done to form the sample size. The study relied on primary data collected using a questionnaire. Descriptive statistics was used to analyze quantitative data. Qualitative data was analyzed using content analysis based on the thematic areas. The study concludes that scruitinizing the competence of the contract owner who prequalifies makes them to adhere to the project specifications thus better project performance. The study recommends that prequalification practices ensures that projects are carried out successively by selecting the best contractors who are highly qualified to carrying out the project.
Keywords: Contractor Pre-qualification Practices, Housing Construction Projects, Project Performance.
Title: CONTRACTOR PRE-QUALIFICATION PRACTICES AND PERFORMANCE OF HOUSING CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN NATIONAL CONSTRUCTION AUTHORITY, KENYA
Author: Ochola Loy Salome, Dr. Kirui Caleb
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
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