Measuring Productivity of Labour-Intensive Work Practices in Road Construction in Africa

Emmanuel Bamfo-Agyei is the head of the Department of Environmental Management Technology; a senior lecturer at the Building Technology Department at Cape Coast Technical University, Cape Coast, Ghana; and a professional member of the Ghana Institution of Surveyors. He is also a Research Fellow with the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science, Engineering, and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa.Clinton Ohis Aigbavboa is a Professor in the Department of Construction Management and Quantity Surveying and Director of cidb Centre of Excellence & Sustainable Human Settlement and Construction Research Centre, University of Johannesburg, South Africa. Before entering academia, he was involved as a quantity surveyor on several infrastructural projects in Nigeria and South Africa. He has published several research papers and more than ten research books in housing, construction and engineering management and research methodology for construction students. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation.Wellington Didibhuku Thwala is a Research Professor in the Department of Civil Engineering, College of Science, Engineering and Technology, University of South Africa (UNISA), South Africa. He has varied research interest, including project management, construction management, supply chain management and leadership in the construction industry, construction digitilisation, Fourth Industrial Revolution (4IR) and smart cities. He is the editor-in-chief of the Journal of Construction Project Management and Innovation. He has more than 300 published and peer-reviewed journals, chapters in books and conference proceedings locally and internationally.

• 1. Introduction, 2. Construction Productivity Measurement, 3. Frameworks on Construction Labour Productivity, 4. Productivity of Labour-Intensive Works Africa, 5. Productivity Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) in Ghana, 6. Factors Influencing Productivity Labour Intensive Public Works (LIPW) in Ghana

"As governments seek to achieve construction objectives using poor labour-intensive methods plagued by inefficient policies and practices, weak institutions and adverse business environment, complicated by complex social and cultural practices, which makes it difficult for the indigenous contractor in Africa to perform efficiently. this book addresses the issues of the productivity of the labour-intensive work practices that has emerged; with special regards to Road Construction Works in Ghana, Kenya and South Africa as Construction Industry Practitioners contend with the twin issues of poor human resource base and Low technology environment." - Ozo Professor Nathaniel Anny Aniekwu, University of Benin. Benin City. Nigeria.