PROJECT CONSTRAINTS INFLUENCING THE CONSTRUCTION OF RESIDENTIAL HOUSING PROJECTS IN URBAN CENTERS IN KENYA: A STUDY OF NATIONAL HOUSING CORPORATION
Momanyi M. Serah - Master of Business Administration (Project Management), Kenyatta University, Kenya
Dr. Paul Sang - Department of Management Science, School of Business, Kenyatta University, Kenya
ABSTRACT
This project seeks to examine the constraints that affect the construction of residential housing projects in urban centers in Kenya with a focus on the National Housing Corporation. The project’s interest is on project risks, project resources, project leadership and project stakeholders. A descriptive research design is settled on for the project. A study population comprising of 209 employees of the National Housing Corporation in Nairobi is used to reference information and statistics upon which the project’s main interest areas are written on. Further, the study selected a sample of 63 respondents using simple random sampling and questionnaires to collect primary data. The data collection methods were self-administered to the sampled respondents. Techniques such as the inferential and descriptive statistical methods were substantially applied in analyzing the collected data. Descriptive statistics is applied in summarizing the data collected using standard deviation, mean, percentages, and frequencies. Inferential statistics involves the regression model, which was applied in determining the link between the dependent variables and the independent variables. The findings of the study reveals that there is a negative and significant relationship between project risks and construction of residential housing projects in urban centers. The results however reveal that project resources have a negative and insignificant relationship with the construction of residential housing projects in urban centers. Further, the findings show that there is a negative relationship between project leadership and the construction of residential housing projects in urban centers. Finally, according to the results, the relationship between project stakeholders and the construction of residential housing projects in urban centers is positive and statistically significant. The study concludes that project risks, project leadership and project stakeholders significantly affect the construction of residential housing projects in urban centers. The study recommends that the management of construction of housing projects ought to come up with effective project management strategies to mitigate the various risks that negatively manifests in projects.
