Abstract: Road construction projects are key pillars to achieve Vision 2030 and form essential components of the economic growth of the country. The study focused on the effects of risk mitigation practices on performance of road construction projects in Garissa County, Kenya. Though there exist studies that have found risk mitigation ideal and brings efficiency, this study looks deeper into the effect of such on roadway building and construction jobs which is the niche regarding previous studies. The gap between performance of road construction projects with a success rate of 20.8 % and a failure of 70.2% further brought out the gap to be filled. Therefore, this study sought to investigate the effect of risk identification on performance of road construction projects in Garissa County, Kenya. The study intended to use descriptive research design and targeted 8 road construction projects within Garissa County comprising of 14 road engineers, 4 road supervisors, 8 road inspectors, 12 road surveyors and 146 contractors. The study sample size was 145 respondents as achieved by Slovin sample size determination formular. The study adopted a stratified random sampling technique to determine a sample size distribution for the respondents. The researcher administered questionnaire as the data collection tool for primary data collection. The data collection instrument was pilot tested to confirm whether it was valid and reliable for data collection before carrying out the actual study. The study collected both qualitative and quantitative data. The descriptive and inferential analysis was used to analyze the quantitative data. The study findings indicated that there existed strong positive relationship between the indepedent variables and depedent variable (performance of road projects in Garissa County, Kenya) as shown by R value (0.895). It was concluded that there is a significant relationship between risk mitigation practices (risk identification, evaluation, handling and control) and performance of road construction projects in Garrisa Count, Kenya. The study recommends that management in road projects should increase level of project risk identification as it enhances the risk mitigation activities on each significant risk. Project risk management should become part of the culture in project management activity and routine component in any project plan and review activity in the road projects.
Keywords: Risk Identification, Project Performance.
Title: EFFECT OF RISK IDENTIFICATION ON PERFORMANCE OF ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS IN GARISSA COUNTY, KENYA
Author: Abdishakur Mohammed Ali, Dr. Perris Chege
International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research
ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online)
Vol. 12, Issue 2, April 2024 - June 2024
Page No: 96-102
Research Publish Journals
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Published Date: 06-May-2024
