Many construction projects currently face complex and different situations that slow or hinder the process of achieving project success. These problems also have the tendency to impact the projects and negatively influence the successful achievement of projects' goals. One of these effects can be productivity loss, resulting from poor logistics management practices. It has been proven that logistics management has direct and indirect relations to productivity loss. This paper, therefore, examines inadequate logistics management in the construction industry and presents the evidence of its impact. In order to obtain accurate and appropriate data, a framework that consisted of qualitative and quantitative methods was followed. Literature, historic documents, direct observations, interviews and a questionnaire were the instruments that were used to collect data. Adoption of these methods ensured that the current construction logistics situations were properly obtained presented. This paper presents many results that indicate the inadequacy of logistics management practices in construction, including long truck cycle times, late and unscheduled material deliveries, frequent interruptions of equipment schedules, misinformed labour, and the absence of contemporary technologies. This paper provides evidence of the poor logistics management in construction industry.
展开▼
