Night time construction has adopted as a preferred method of scheduling to
alleviate the problems caused by road works during the day. Over the past few
years, night-time construction has been increased; it will inevitably continue to
grow. Continued increase in the volume of roadwork done at night has resulted
from a combination of road deterioration and traffic congestion. Although nighttime
road construction is seen as the solution to alleviate the problems associated
with day-time repairs and congestion, it has its own challenges and problems.
Cost, productivity, quality, noise and human factors are some of the few factors
that night-time road construction brings. This study is aimed at understanding the
factors that influence the productivity of night-time construction and proposing
strategies to improve productivity in the South African context. It is commonly
known that quality and productivity differs from one roadwork site to another
during night-time road construction. Some roadwork sites can perform well while
others are worse off. However, through literature, the factors categorised as
human, management and external may influence the productivity regardless of the
operation. The current study investigates the influence of these factors on the
productivity of work done at night through structured questionnaire. The results of
the study show that there is minimal if no effect on the productivity of work done
at night. Human factors that influence the performance of the labour have no
impact on productivity, whereas management and external factors have minimal
impact on the productivity of night-time road construction projects.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:netd.ac.za/oai:union.ndltd.org:wits/oai:wiredspace.wits.ac.za:10539/13641 |
| Date | 04 February 2014 |
| Creators | Mahapa, Realeboga Ramatlakana |
| Source Sets | South African National ETD Portal |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis |
| Format | application/pdf, application/pdf |
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