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    EVALUATION OF DIGITAL TOOLS IMPLEMENTATION IN CONSTRUCTION MANAGEMENT FOR PROJECT DELIVERY IN LAGOS STATE
    (Covenant University, Ota, 2026-07) HABU, Shadrack Alhamdu; Covenant University, Dissertation
    Construction industries around the world have benefited from digital tools, including Building Information Modeling (BIM), Artificial Intelligence (AI), Internet of Things (IoT) gadgets, cloud-based systems, mobile technologies, unmanned aerial vehicles (drones), and virtual or augmented reality. In Nigeria, particularly in Lagos State, there is low usage of these tools, resulting in delays, budget overruns, poor project outcomes, and health and safety issues. This study sought to investigate how digital tools have been implemented in construction management practice in Lagos State to help develop an implementation strategy that can guide future use of these tools. The methodology adopted was a quantitative survey design. Structured questionnaires were distributed to a stratified sample size of 250 professionals in construction management practice in Ikeja, Victoria Island, and Lekki, 219 of which returned valid responses, and analyzed using descriptive statistics, relative importance index, Pearson correlation, and regression analysis. There is some level of awareness, but not necessarily of consistent use of digital tools by professionals involved in construction management. Awareness of digital tools had a significant relationship with adoption (r = 0.380, p < 0.001), while adoption had a significant relationship with performance (R² = 0.148, p < 0.001). However, when the drivers and barriers identified by the study (twelve drivers and sixteen barriers) are collectively evaluated against adoption behavior, the collective effect is not significant (p = 0.352), although they are perceived as important factors by professionals. There is also an influence of digital tools on project performance in time, cost, quality, and safety aspects of the construction projects, as perceived by professionals. Based on the findings, the study recommends the ADAIP implementation strategy -Awareness, Decision, Adoption, Integration, and Performance as a sequential guide for professionals implementing digital tools in the construction industry in Lagos State. Keywords:
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    Public Private Partnership System Initiation Challenges for the Procurement of Public Infrastructure
    (Covenant Journal of Research in the Built Environment, 2024) Ojelabi, Rapheal; Oyenubi, Adebayo; Afolabi, Baruwa
    This study investigates the severity of the challenges associated with the Public-Private Partnership system initiation phase in the procurement of public infrastructure. Also, strategies for managing the barriers associated with the procurement system were evaluated. The study adopted a quantitative research method, conducting a questionnaire survey targeted at selected PPP stakeholders, which includes Architects, Builders, Structural engineers, estate managers, and Quantity surveyors in Lagos and Abuja. The stakeholders were elicited from selected 19 PPP projects using a project-based approach. The data generated were analysed with SPSS 21 using descriptive and inferential tools. Findings from the study revealed the most severe factors associated with PPP procurement system failure to deliver public infrastructure at the inception phase, including a lack of PPP development fund to promote PPP, corruption among the political class, and investors' perception of the country as high-risk for investment. Likewise, strategies considered significant to managing the PPP initiation barriers were unveiled including establishing policies to facilitate PPP at the inception phase, improving transparency in information sharing and providing guarantee legal framework to protect investors. The findings will grant PPP stakeholders insights to the issues responsible for the termination of PPP project collaboration at initiation phase of the procurement system. Also, the unveiling of the PPP challenges and mitigating strategies at the inception phase could guide stakeholders in developing a framework to a successful PPP implementation in a bid to encouraging more participation at this level.