Factors Contributing to the Performance of the Roads Agency Limpopo

The overall aim of the study was to investigate the factors contributing to RAL's performance on roads infrastructure delivery in Limpopo Province for the first ten years of its inception. The study also sought to assess RAL's steadiness, looking at its current practices and processes versus key external and internal developmental challenges facing the construction industry, in particular the civil engineering profession. Descriptive explorative research design using an instrumental case study was used in this research project to achieve the aim of the study. The population comprised all the people and companies involved with the agency,RAL including RAL staff, CIBD active registered Civil Engineering contracting and consulting firms. Unstructured telephonic interviews and a structured questionnaire assisted the researcher to understand factors contributing to RAL's performance in terms of roads infrastructure delivery. The study revealed several strengths and weaknesses contributing to RAL's performance, which concerned the agency's nature and composition, level of implementation of its strategies, policies and plans.