The Impact of Material Management on Construction Project Delivery in Somalia

Materials management practice is a procedurethat coordinates planning, requirement assessment,sourcing, purchasing, transporting, materials storing and controlling, wastage minimisationand cost reduction for profit optimization.Material have been great problem to most firms in the construction industrydue tendency of mismanagement materials.The scale activities concerning managementincreases as size contract increase.Thisstudycentered on impact practices Somaliaconstruction project delivery.The objectives ofthis studyaretoinvestigate current material at projects, identify causes ineffective management, examine process delivery.A questionnaire survey was conducted collect data from Grade A contractor company Mogadishu, Somalia respondent consist managers, civil engineers, architect site managers. The findings revealed that projects include identifying needed materials, consideration layout location, materialavailableclose site, conformwith specifications supplied on-time. studyalsofound thatmost common root were undefined scope, incomplete drawings, inadequate information supply, poor scheduling nodetermination ofwhat whenthe lack indeterminingthe quantity needed. Furthermore, respondents this research indicated occurrence overrun delay progress work are major impacts thatbring negative delivery Somalia. concludes effective can improve overall handling smooth site.Aproper planning right start execution should be practiced order ensure timely standard within reasonable cost, time quality.