The construction of a three storey staff house in Soroti Regional Referral Hospital.

Abstract

This report is about the Construction of the construction of Staff Houses in Soroti Regional Referral Hospital, under which the author did participate as Project Manager on the Clients’ side. Detailed construction approach employed, and aspects of construction project management practice adopted during the execution phase are also included in the report. The areas discussed at length include the measures I took to ensure the project objectives in terms of cost, quality, time, safety and environment aspects were achieved during the execution of the project. By the time of writing this report, construction works had been concluded and the project handed over. This project was funded by the Government of the republic of Uganda at a contract price of 4.6 Billion Uganda Shillings, the major objective of the project was to provide decent accommodation for the Staff at Soroti Regional Referral Hospital. The contract (admeasurement) was awarded on April 1st, 2013, and it took a duration of 72 months to completion. This report therefore covers the period from contract award to finishes and handover of the project. Generally, the execution and management of this project was a success. Gantt charts were used to manage and control time as concentration was always given to critical activities. Quality was achieved by following standards, specifications and work methods and close supervision. Costs were also managed through timely resourcing of the activities using the rates provided for the activities. The author ensured proper involvement of all stakeholders in project and smooth flow of information during the period of project execution