The influence of owner involvement during construction process on projects quality

Abstract

In the construction industry, the owner objective is to obtain a high quality project through good use of planning, good design and good construction. The main objective of this study is to investigagte the influence of owner involvement during each phase of the construction process (planning, design, and construction)_ on the total project quality of a public project in Saudi Arabia. The owner involvement and project quality were mesured by means of a questionnaire. The questionnaires were distributed to government organizations. The data were analyzed using the SAS Package. The results show that owners of a public project are more involved in construction than planning or design. Two models which relate the rate of owner involvement and project quality were developed. The first model relates each phase separately, and the second model shows the important activities which affect the quality of the constructed project.