Assessment of The Influence of Feasibility Study on The Construction Project’s Performance in Tanzania Local Government Authority:

Abstract

The feasibility study has a high impact on investment decision-making. In order to come up with rigorous contractual decisions there is a need for valuable feasibility studies in any construction project. This study aimed to assess the Influence of Feasibility Study on the Construction Projects’ Performance in Tanzania Local Government Authority; A Case of Bunda District Council”. A descriptive research design was adopted to obtain a sample of 77 respondents that included all contractual stakeholders such as clients, consultants and contractors. Descriptive statistics was employed to analyze quantitative data in the SPSS version v.26 while content analysis was used to analyze qualitative data. The study aimed to identify factors that may affect operationalization of feasibility study in Local Government construction projects, to assess the effect of feasibility study in the performance of construction projects and to determine the extent to which project feasibility can adders and improve project performance in Tanzania Local Government Authority. The findings of the study revealed that the current status of government projects is down in the gutters. Tanzania Local Government Authority project congruously encounter overruns due to miss management and poor planning. Through an extensive literature review, it was found that feasibility studies could address overruns continuously encountered within the construction. Through applied research, questionnaires, interviews and effective factor analysis methodologies the study concretes the need for feasibilities, alongside strong governance. It was found that economic factors still lead the decision –making scheme towards granting projects the green light for construction. Further findings illustrate that complete and through studies are not conducted, indicating a productive beneficial loss of potential gain. Moreover, the governance, rather than feasibilities, could have a positive effect against overruns. Therefore, Tanzania Local Government construction project suffers a great deal from cost and schedule overruns. Feasibility studies may hold the answer in mitigating these overruns. Comparing the theatrical best practice for feasibility studies and the practical execution, it is possible to determine where the construction industry is lacking. The study recommends that tailored producers should be developed specifically for Local Government project. And that governance over these procedures should be enforced if overruns are to be mitigated.