Building Contract Claims

The competitive bidding system forces contractors to price their work in a way that will give them the best opportunity to be the lowest bidder. Sometimes, too much attention is placed on getting the work and not enough attention is given to how the work can be done profitability. From the scope and objectives of the study, different test have been conducted and the procedure used for this is the quantitative method through questionnaire. This was to solicit the experience of qualified personnel on site to identify the constraints in the construction contract claims in the Ghanaian construction industry. This case study, questionnaire was developed for the contractors who are registered to the Ministry of Water Resource Works and Housing classified under financial class D1K1, D2K2. The study was limited to contractors working in the Western region. It was revealed that almost all the contractors questionnaire used the standard condition of contract (P.P.A) Public Procurement Authority. On the part of dispute resolution mediation was rank first with expedient and litigation last with 1.5 percent.