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Research Article Volume 13 Issue No.1

Assessment of Materials Management Practice on Public Building

Construction Project
Meberatie Fenta Taddesse1, Bahiru Bewket Mitikie2
Lecturer1, Assistant professor2
Department Of Construction Technology and Management Engineering1, Department of civil Engineering2
Debre Markos University, Ethiopia1, Adama Science & Technology University, Ethiopia2

Abstract:
Construction materials management is the procedures, organizations, people, and technology used to identify, acquire, preserve,
expedite, inspect, quantify, receive, store, and transport the associated information, equipment, and materials across the life cycle
of a construction project. Poor Construction materials management is becoming a serious challenge or problem in Ethiopia, the
Amhara region, especially for public building construction projects, and not given attention to materials management
practices. The study's main objective was to assess material management practice, the problems related to materials management,
and mitigation measures for materials management, with a specific emphasis on selected public building construction projects in
Debre Markos Town. A mixed research method was used based on secondary and primary data. According to the study, the most
common materials management practices are construction material testing, materials planning, material transportation, material
handling systems, economic order quantity of materials, and so on. However, materials' management challenges that the public
building construction projects faced were a slow response from the consultant engineers and ineffective procurement processes,
lack of coordination among crews, lack of adequate storage space for materials, misuse of specifications, etc. were common in the
public building construction projects. The best five mitigation measures were adequate stocking and storage of materials,
accessibility and site layout preparation, inventory control of materials on-site, ensuring proper planning, monitoring and control,
and material recording methods.

Keywords: Building materials, Materials management, Mitigation measures, Public building Construction.

1. Introduction: When these functions are not properly managed, material

The construction industry is concerned with the planning,
execution, and monitoring (evaluation) of all kinds of civil
works. The construction industry is essential to a country's
social, economic, and political development. Construction is
not only one of the most important sectors of an economy, but
it is also the largest, accounting for between 12% and 25% of
the GNP of both developing and developed countries. It
consumes a greater amount of a country's annual budget; in
our country, Ethiopia, it accounts for 58% of the annual
budget (Semere, 2006). The Ethiopian building construction
projects were not giving attention to materials management
practices like that of other developing countries. As explained
by Asmara (2015) public building construction projects faces
many of the same problems and challenges as other
developing countries, but with more severity. However,
materials management is a key issue in the Ethiopian
construction industry, with significant implications for the
efficiency of industry due to a lack of effective management
and planning (Asmara, 2015). The idea of materials
management is expressed as the way of organizing, earning,
saving, moving, and controlling materials for effective use in
offices and personal assets. It is concerned with the planning,
identification, procuring, storage, receiving, and distribution
of materials (Khyomesh., 2011). In particular, management of
construction materials is recognized to be the integrated
coordination of materials take-off, purchasing, expediting,
receiving, warehousing, proper utilization, and disposal.
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shortages, surpluses, and cash flow problems are likely to
occur (Bell & Stukhart, 2007).Materials management is
characterized as a procedure that provides the right materials,
in the right place, at the perfect time, to maintain an ideal
degree of generation at the lowest cost (Kulkarni, 2017).
1.1. Research Methodology:
This chapter discuss the introduction of methodology/research
design, technique of sampling, research population, sampling
methods, main source of data, data collection producers, and
methods of data analysis. It also identified the questionnaire
design, pilot study, validity content, and reliability. The
population of this study covered all the public building
construction projects. The census survey methods/techniques
were used to assess/or address all public building construction
projects. When there were a limited number of professional
respondents in the project, the purposive (or judgmental)
sampling method was used to select respondents from each
public building construction project and to avoid researcher
bias. The professionals' selection was based on their skills,
knowledge of practice, and professional activity in materials
management practice. To achieve the intended objective of the
study, the researchers used both primary and secondary data
to answer research questions. The in-depth interview was
carried out with respondents to collect primary data related to
the materials' management practice. The secondary data
reinforces the primary source of data, which has been
collected previously and put through the statistical process.
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The secondary source of data was obtained from studying
manuals, magazines, journals, dissertations, past reports &
files kept by responsible organizations for further
interpretation and analysis. In this study, the researchers
gathered first-hand information from respondents, semi-
structured interviews, field observation. A pilot study is a
process of validating the questionnaire’s questions; it is the
trial technique for the questionnaire. The alpha Chronbach can
be written according to the number of test items and the inter-
correlation between the items on average. Chronbach’s alpha
shall only be used. The fields' Chronbach's Alpha values
ranged from 0.888 to 0.931, and the overall questionnaire's
average Chronbach's Alpha internal consistency was 0.903,
indicating excellent reliability/or very high consistency.
According to Kothari (1990), research methodology and
Table 1: Materials Management Practices
No. Materials management practices
1 Testing of construction materials
Material estimation, budgeting, planning and programming
2 3.88
system
3 Construction material distribution system
4 Construction material handling system
5 Economic order quantity of materials
6 Inventory control, and storage system
7 Control of Stock and Waste management system
8 Material Receiving and inspection mechanism
9 Construction material buying /or purchasing process
10 Expediting of construction materials
11 Material procurement process
As shown in Table 1, the respondents' response rate and levels
of awareness of materials' management practice were as
follows:
As shown in Table 1, testing construction materials was a top-
level practice in material management. Hence, it is ranked as
the most well-known material management practice in public
building construction projects with mean value of 4.18. This
shows that the majority of construction professionals agree that
testing materials on public building construction projects is
common practice. As discussed by kebede (2016) testing of
construction materials was a ranked as top-level practice in
materials management. The researcher output was the same as
with public building construction projects materials
management practice. This shows that testing construction
materials on public building construction projects is common
practice. Material estimation, budgeting, planning and
programming system were the second most commonly used
material management practices in construction projects with
mean value of 3.88. As discussed by Bamidele material
estimation, budgeting, planning & Programming practices was
ranked as the second rank with the mean value of 4.43.
Similarly, as discussed by Kebede (2016) shows material
estimation, budgeting, planning & Programming has mean
value (4.66) follow by scheduling and procurement process
(4.59). According to Table 1, Construction Material
Distribution System, respondents' level of awareness was
ranked at the third level, with mean value of 3.77. This was
also confirmed by Arijeloye (2016) transportation of materials
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methods state that validity indicates how well a tool measures
what it is supposed to measure. The validity of a finding or
data is traditionally defined as the research's 'correctness' or
'precision. ‘Validity is ensured through multiple sources of
evidence, including questionnaires, interviews, and site
observations.
2. Result and Discussion:
2.1. Material management practices/techniques:
The relative importance index, RII, was computed for each
practice to identify the most significant material management
practices. The practice was ranked based on RII values. Base
on the ranking, the most important material management
practices by mean and Std. deviation were ranked.
Std.
Mean Rank
Deviation
4.18 1.059 1
1.139 2
3.77 1.057 3
3.68 1.147 4
3.42 1.088 5
3.4 1.115 6
3.4 1.209 7
3.37 1.269 8
3.32 1.062 9
3.31 1.103 10
3.28 0.992 11
was ranked as the third rank with the mean value of 4.33.
Similarly, as discussed by kebede (2016) ‘‘assessment of
materials management practices on construction sites’’ shows
material handling and transportation was ranked at third level
with mean value of 4.21. The researcher output (Table 1),
Construction Material Distribution System, respondents' level
of awareness was ranked at the third level.
As publicized in Table 1, handling of construction materials
was a common practice in the public building construction
projects, and ranking as the fourth well-known material
management practice with mean value of 3.68. This was also
confirmed by Bamidele (2016), Level of awareness of
materials management practice on handling of construction
materials was ranked as the fourth rank with the mean value of
3.95. In addition to that as stated by kebede (2016) shows
material handling and transportation was ranked at third level
with mean value of 4.21. The economic order quantity of
materials refers to the order size those results in the lowest total
of ordering and carrying costs for an item of inventory. As
shown in Table 1, the level of awareness of public building
construction projects was ranked as the fifth used materials
management practice, with mean score of 3.42. Such result has
also been reported by earlier researchers (Bamidele, 2016)
observed that the respondent’s level of awareness on economic
order quantity of materials was ranked at 8th rank with the
mean value of 2.81. This was consolidated through interviews
with facility and property administration staffs, quantity
surveyors, and storekeepers of the construction projects.
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2.2. Root Cause of Ineffective Materials shown in Table 2. From the analyse results, each cause are
Management Problems: discussed below: Results from open-ended items, interview
Top six important root causes of materials management questions, and observation checklist were also analysed to
problems in the public building construction projects were supplement and/or triangulate the findings as necessary.

Table 2: Causes contributing to materials management problem

No. Root Cause of ineffective materials management RII Std. Deviation Rank
1 Slow response from the consultant engineer to the contractors inquiries 0.754 0.88 1
2 Ineffective public procurement process 0.735 0.954 2
3 Lack of coordination among crews on the construction project sites 0.714 0.984 3
Lack of adequate storage space of material on the construction project
4 0.702 1.017 5
sites
Unrelated public building construction materials with requested
5 0.702 1.002 4
materials (misuse of the specification)
6 Lack of proper work planning and scheduling 0.698 1.226 7
Errors in information about type and size of materials on design
8 0.698 1.161 6
documents at the construction project sites
9 Damage/loss of materials at the construction project sites 0.692 1.105 8
10 Poor handling of materials on the construction project site 0.686 1.075 9
KEY: RII=Relative importance index. Value

As shown in Table 2, the slow response from the consultant
engineer to the contractor’s inquiries was the top and the first
root cause that contributed to material management problems,
with an aggregated RII value of 0.754. This was also confirmed
by Kebede (2016), from the most common factors related to
materials management on a public building construction
project based on mean rank were congestion at the loading area
and the first rank within the mean score value. In the
researchers output, congestion in the loading area on the
construction project sites was ranked as 11th in the relative
importance index value.
As revealed in Table 2 above, ineffective procurement
processes were the second root cause that contributed to
material management problems, with an RII value of 0.735
(73.5 %).This shows that numerous respondents agree with the
ineffective procurement processes, as shown in Table 2.
According to the respondents, the current challenges with
ineffective procurement processes are related to procurement
time consumption, a lack of storage space for procurement
documents, and an increase in corruption (document
manipulation). This was also confirmed by Kebede (2016) the
most common factors related to materials management on
public building construction project were public procurement
procedure with mean value of 4.47. In this case public
procurement procedure on the construction project sites were
ranked as 2nd in the relative importance index value.
As exposed, unrelated construction materials with requested
materials were material management problems with RII value
of 0.702 (70.2%). Such result has also been reported by earlier
researchers (Asmara, 2015).
.According to the authors the main factors that had impacts was
Ambiguities mistakes, and inconsistencies in drawings, wrong
specifications, rework that don't comply with drawings and
specifications etc. None of the studies is comparable to any
other studies and each study has different rankings for the
unrelated construction materials with requested materials and
project characteristics are unique and may even be region
specific.
2.3 Measures for Materials Management
Top five important Measures for Materials Management
problems on public building construction projects were shown
in Table 3.Results from open-ended items, interview questions,
and observation checklists were also qualitatively analysed to
supplement and/or triangulate the findings as necessary.

Table 3: Measures for Materials Management on public building construction

Measurements of material management problems RII SD Rank
Preparation of adequate stacking, and storage of materials 0.843 1.068 1
Accessibility, and preparation of site layout 0.837 0.983 2
Inventory control of materials 0.828 0.583 3
Ensuring proper planning, monitoring and controlling 0.822 0.904 4
Materials recording methods 0.815 1.02 5
Training of Staffs, and Management members 0.803 1.125 6
Employment of inventory keeper or store keeper and security personnel 0.775 1.097 7
Introducing material management at the design stage 0.769 1.019 8
Procurement requisition to specify quality, quantity and delivery time 0.766 1.069 10
Materials schedule and delivery 0.766 1.084 11
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Table 3, above shows that preparation of adequate stacking
and storage of materials were ranked as the highest mitigating
measurement of material management problems with an RII
Value of 0.84 (84%). The result also supported by Arijeloye,
(2016) provision of adequate storage of materials was the 6th
rank of mitigating measure of material management problems
in building construction projects with mean value of 4.39.
Kebede (2016): also shared this idea that, Storage & issuing of
materials to construction site were measures for effective
materials management at the 7th rank level with mean value of
3.98.
In Table 3, accessibility and preparation of site layout of
materials are ranked as the second mitigating measures of
material management on public building construction projects,
with RII values of 0.83 (83%). This was also confirmed by
Arijeloye(2016) from the Table 3, the results reveal the
measures for managing materials on building projects which
are monitoring of materials distribution, proper organization
of documentation on the construction project sites with mean
score of 4.182 and 4.215 respectively with relative importance
index value rank of 1st and 2nd level. In the researcher output
accessibility and preparation of site layout of materials on the
construction project sites were ranked as 2nd in the relative
importance index value.
As shown in Table 3, inventory control of materials was
ranked as the 3rd mitigating measurement s, with an RII value
of 0.83 (83%). Bamidele(2016) also shows that, taking
inventory of materials on construction projects were measures
for managing building materials at the fourth rank level with
mean value of 4.43. In the researcher output proper planning,
monitoring, and control were ranked as the 3 rd mitigation
measurement of material management on public building
construction projects with an RII Value of 0.83
Ensuring proper planning, monitoring, and control were
ranked as the 4th mitigation measurement of material
management with an RII Value of 0.82 (82%). Material
recording entails keeping track of the materials used and
inventorying them for public building construction projects. In
Table 5, results show that materials recording methods were
ranked as the 5th mitigating measurement of material
management on public building construction projects, with an
RII value of 0.81 (81%). Regarding, the majority of the
respondents 29 (45%) indicated agreement. Table 3, shows
that training of staff and management members were ranked
in the 6th position for mitigating the measurement of material
management problems with an RII Value of 0.80 (80%). In
this regard, the majority of respondents (28%) agreed. The
relative importance index value and level of agreement
indicate that training of both management and staff is the
mitigating measurement of material management problems in
the public building construction projects (see Table 3).
2.4 Framework for reducing materials
management problems
Hence, the practice of public building materials' management
is a fundamental aspect of construction project
implementation. The future framework emphasizes how the
doctrine could be applied in Debre Markos Town to mitigate
materials management problems in public building
construction projects. The objective of the framework is to
enable stakeholders in public building construction to: How
these issues can be overcome (how to do it?) and what can be
done to fix these problems (what to do?), Realizing the future
outcome (results).

Table 4: The future framework for reducing materials management problem

Major root
What to do to
causes of
reduce problem of
materials
materials How to do it Result
management
management?
problems?

slow response from fast response Avoiding the consultant team's slow response to the contractor's
the consultant from the inquiries, The consultant team should adept inspections and
management
materials
Effective
engineer to the consultant testing, Early purchase order, Strong transport system, Present
project inquiries engineer to the details according to quality, quantity, and specifications, monitoring
project inquiries of materials distribution systems

Ineffective effective Early and complete deliveries Responsibility to procure materials,

Procurement Procurement Using procurement policies and guild lines, Availability of storage
Effective materials

process process space for procurement documents and Reducing the characters of
management

corruption (document manipulation),usage of updated information

regarding material procurement, purchases with checking the
specification of materials, and selecting the best option of
procurement methods

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 Lack of Prepare good Establish harmony and good coordination between all the employees

manageme
materials
Effective
coordination among communication of the material management department, Good coordination and

nt
crews and communication with crews, and clients on the basic construction
coordination process, Better coordination among purchase and finance department
among crews
lack of adequate Adequate Coding and cataloging of materials/ stores classification, Use the

manageme
Effective
materials
storage space of storage space of clear set of material return technique, Not be store in the walkways,

nt
materials materials veranda, and everywhere, Arranged based on KAIZEN principles,
stacked as per the specification of the vendor or manufacturer

unrelated Related Having accurate and good specifications for materials, provides better

Effective materials
construction materials construction control of the site and more protection for work during the early

management
with requested materials with stages of the contract, Minimizing design changes, Complete contract
materials (misuse of requested documents at commencement of project
the specification) materials (use
of standard
specification)

Errors in type and size of reduce errors in Good attention paid to standard sizes, and design documents,

management
materials on design type and size of reduce mistakes and changes in specifications and good

materials
Effective
documents materials on information in the drawings & construction techniques
design documents during design activities, good understanding of construction
techniques, Promote standard construction elements

Lack of proper work Proper work Quantifying, ordering, and scheduling construction project

managem
Effective
materials
planning and scheduling planning and activities, adopting a good materials requirement planning,

ent
scheduling and should be progressively updated

Damage/loss of materials Reparation of Proper materials handling on-site, Maintain the damaged

management
construction materials as soon as possible, identifying the level of

Lack of supervision and
delay of inspections
materials
Effective
materials damaged and depreciated materials, Damaged/depreciated
materials are stored separately, appropriate disposal of
obsolete material resources, Create awareness of effective
materials management through education and training.
Supervision and Excellent qualification of consultant engineers assigned to
inspection of the the project, Good coordination and communication between

management
materials
Effective
construction the consultant engineer, contactor and client, Inspection of
project materials or manufactured products prior to delivery to the
job site, Only be ordered after the material quality has been
approved, Checking for its compatibility, Ensure the quality
and durability of the final product.

3. CONCLUSION materials, material estimation, budgeting, planning and

Based on the findings of the questions raised in this research,
the following conclusions were drawn. The researchers have
studied materials management practices for public building
construction projects. The assessment shows that effective
material management brings positive results in achieving
public building construction project objectives. This study has
practical implications for the service providers in public
building construction and other places. Professionals in
construction projects can also implement the identified
practices to enhance the productivity of their public building
projects. However, practices can vary from project to project
and from place to place. The following materials management
practices were found to be the most effective in public
building construction projects: testing of construction
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programming systems, construction material distribution/or
transportation systems, construction material handling
systems, economic order quantity of materials, control of
stock and waste management systems, whereas the most
common root causes of materials management problems are a
slow response from the consultant engineer to submittals, an
ineffective procurement process, a lack of coordination, and a
lack of communication. Consequently, these problems might
lead to public building construction projects not being
profitable and incompetent in the construction world.
The mitigation measures practiced for minimizing materials
management problems in public building construction projects
are preparation of adequate stocking and storage of materials,
accessibility, and preparation of site layout, inventory control
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of materials on-site, ensuring proper planning, monitoring,
and controlling, and material recording methods, etc. The
study shows that adequate management and supervision are
required for effective materials' management. It also shows
that site administration is the best condition for achieving
good materials' management in the study area.
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