Willis, C J and Rankin, J H (2011) Measuring the performance of guyana's construction industry using a set of project performance benchmarking metrics. Journal of Construction in Developing Countries, 16(1), pp. 19-40. ISSN 1823-6499
Abstract
A study measuring the performance of Guyana's construction industry using a set of project performance benchmarking metrics was recently completed. The underlying premise of the study was that the aggregated performance of construction projects provides a realistic assessment of the performance of the construction industry, on the basis that construction projects are the mechanism through which the construction industry creates its tangible products. The fact that an influential government agency acted as owner of the study was critical to the data collection phase. The best approach for collecting project performance data in Guyana involves the utilisation of a researcher or team of researchers mining electronic and hard copy project documents. This study analysed approximately 270 construction projects to obtain an indication of the performance of guyana's construction industry. It was found that sea defence projects performed the worst, whereas health facility projects performed the best. The main implication of this is that sea defence projects are likely to be the least efficient and, given their critical nature, there is an argument for urgent performance improvement interventions.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | benchmarking; construction industry; Guyana; metrics; performance measurement |
| Index terms: | project performance, performance improvement, mining, construction industry, health facility, performance measurement, Guyana, owner, documents, construction project, benchmarking, sea defence, government agency |
| Subjects: | Geography, production management, project management theory and practice, professional development, performance measurement, infrastructure and transport systems, industry analysis, administrative law, geotechnical engineering, sociology, construction type |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Quality Management, Engineering Principles, Information Management, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Project Management, Stakeholder Management, Construction Technology |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCT |
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