Training Practices on Roads Construction Projects Performance of Kenya Urban Roads Authority, Western Region; Kenya

Abstract

An economy grows by relying on how successful the infrastructures in the country have developed; hence construction firms play crucial role in both developing and developed economies. Road construction industry provides returns to all stakeholders in every country through facilitation of means of transport. The output of construction projects is measured by how effective and satisfying the results from such projects benefits both the employer who is the contractor and the employee who is as well the consumer. The construction industry is one of the most fatal industries worldwide due to accidents recorded yearly. Though many countries have established and implemented safety programs, the situation does not seem to have been mitigated for the reason being annual reports are there every often. The right contractor values all the cost elements inclusive of the welfare of the workers and more so establish the effect welfare costs to the roads construction project. The objective of the study included; examining the effect of training practices on performance of roads construction projects of Kenya Urban Roads Authority in Western region; Kenya. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for the study. The target population consisted of employees of Kenya Urban Roads Authority, Western region; Kenya. Both descriptive and inferential statistics was focused on and the computation was done by use of SPSS version 24 in order to test the primary data that was collected to satisfy the objectives of study. Pilot study was conducted on employees of Kenya Urban Roads Authority in Nairobi; Kenya Office who were not among the sample in order to find out the validity and reliability of analysis of data for the study. Further, a regression equation model was developed to test the relationships between the variables. ANOVA was performed to analyze the effects of various relationships at the variables level as well at item level. In terms of effect; Training practices had more influence on Road Projects Performance. The study recommended for road projects management to embrace the use of Training Practices since it improves the Projects' Performance. The study recommended for further studies on the same considering same variables but different methodologies.