TABLE OF CONTENTS 

DECLARATION.................................................................ii 

APPROVAL FOR SUBMISSION......................................iii 

ABSTRACT....................................................................... v

 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS................................................vii

TABLE OF CONTENTS...................................................ix 

LIST OF TABLES ..........................................................xiii 

LIST OF FIGURES ....................................................... xiv 

 INTRODUCTION............................................................ 1 

 1.1. Construction Project................................................ 1 

 1.2. Material management in construction projects........ 2 

 1.3. Overview of Nigeria construction industry ........... 3 

 1.4. Problem Statement ................................................ 4 

 1.5. Aim........................................................................... 5 

 1.6. Objective of Study..................................................... 5

 1.7. Research questions................................................. 6 

 1.8. Scope of work........................................................... 6

 1.9. Significance of Research ........................................ 7 

 1.10. Layout of Dissertation ............................................ 8

Chapter TWO

2 LITERATURE REVIEW............................................... 10

 2.1. Introduction ........................................................... 10 

 2.2. Material management in construction project........ 11 

 2.3. Material management processes and techniques..14 

 2.3.1. Planning ............................................................ 15 

 2.3.2. Testing ............................................................... 15

 2.3.3. Procurement....................................................... 15

 2.3.4. Logistics.............................................................. 16

 2.3.5. Handling ............................................................. 17 

 2.3.6. Stock and waste control ..................................... 17 

 2.4. Root causes of ineffective material management...19 

 2.5. Consequences of ineffective material management on project delivery................................................. 25 

Chapter THREE

3.0 METHODOLOGY..................................................... 28 

 3.1. Introduction .............................................................28

 3.2. Research design..................................................... 30

 3.2.1. Structured Interview ........................................... 31

 3.2.2. Content Analysis of the interviews.................... 32 

 3.2.3. Questionnaire survey Section C........................ 33 

 3.2.4. Questionnaire survey Section D ........................ 34 

 3.3. Population and population size.............................. 36 

 3.4. Sampling technique ............................................. 37 

3.5. Data Collection....................................................... 38 

3.5.1. Primary Data Collection .................................... 38 

 3.5.2. Secondary Data Collection .............................. 39 

 3.6. Pilot test............................................................... 40

 3.7. Conclusion............................................................. 41 

Chapter FOUR

4.0 DATA ANALYSIS AND RESULTS .......................... 42 

 4.1. Introduction .......................................................... 42

 4.2. Cronbach Alpha Test............................................. 42 

 4.3. Demography .......................................................... 43

 4.3.1. Participants job position...................................... 43 

 4.3.2. Participants work experience ............................. 45 

 4.4. Material Management process.............................. 46 

 4.4.1. Content Analysis.............................................. 46 

 4.4.2. Project value against the identified material management types..................................................... 49 

 4.4.3. Discussion........................................................... 49

 4.5. Root causes of ineffective material management.. 51 

 4.5.1. Material Identification ......................................... 51 

 4.5.1.1. Discussion ...................................................... 52 

 4.5.2. Vendor Selection.................................................. 53

4.5.2.1. Discussion ....................................................... 53 

 4.5.3. Procurement phase........................................... 54 

 4.5.3.1. Discussion ...................................................... 55 

 4.5.4. Construction Phase ........................................... 56 

 4.5.4.1. Discussion ....................................................... 56

 4.5.5. Overall root causes for ineffective material management .............................................................57 

 4.5.5.1. Discussion ....................................................... 58

4.6. Relation between project delivery and material management types....................................................... 58 

 4.6.1. Discussion.......................................................... 60

 4.7. Conclusion............................................................. 61 

Chapter FIVE

5 CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION .............. 63 

 5.1. Introduction ......................................................... 63  

5.2. Major findings........................................................ 63 

 5.3. Contribution of this research ................................. 64 

 5.4. Limitation of study ................................................. 65 

 5.5. Recommendation for future research ................... 65 

 5.6. Concluding remarks ........................................... 66 

REFERENCES.............................................................. 67 

APPENDICES .............................................................. 71