2025/07/30 by BY: HELEN TESEMA
paper · doi:10.20372/nadre:14318
MAJOR ADVISOR: PRAVEEN KUMAR THALOOR RAMESH (PH.D.) <em>Materials management is a critical component of the construction industry and one of the major resources in the construction process for construction companies through the planned construction of road projects. The main objective of this study was to study materials management practice in road construction in western Oromia. For this study, both primary and secondary data sources were gathered. The primary sources of data were collected from respondents through a questionnaire, observation, and interview while the secondary data were collected from literature and related documents. The study was focused only on road construction projects in western Oromia. A non-probability purposive sampling technique was used to select a representative sample from the population for the questionnaire because this technique enables the selection of units from the population-based on qualified information and to easily assess the best information. The responses were analyzed using the Microsoft Excel software package and the help of the Relative importance index. According to the results of the questionnaire responses, the top five ranked frequently occurring problems and challenges of construction materials management Practice preparation are found to be: Lack of concern for materials management development has been ranked as the first problem and challenges of materials management practice preparation with RII of 0.85, lack of skill and knowledge on </em><em>materials management </em><em>has been ranked on the second with RII 0.84.</em><em>, </em><em>Inadequately defined scope, in the beginning, has been ranked on the third with RII 0.83, </em><em>Poor leadership practice has been ranked on fourth based on respondent’s response with RII 0.82, and Incomplete Work information or miscommunication has been ranked in fifth with RII 0.81. </em><em>The overall results imply that the more significant factors should be prioritized to improve the project construction materials management practices.</em><em> Creating a well-planned project, </em><em>construction materials management </em><em>practices, Adopting construction</em><em> materials management Practice</em><em> Management methodologies, prepare an appropriate Work Environment is necessary. In order to mitigate the problem, the following recommendation were to be adopted Create procedures, guidelines, and strategies before developing a project </em><em>construction materials management Practice</em><em> for a specific project at the organization level and enhance the efficiency of </em><em>construction materials management Practice is much desired.</em> <strong><em>Keywords: Material management practice, Factor affecting, Road construction</em></strong>