MATERIAL MANAGEMENT IN CONSTRUCTION – A CASE STUDY

The objective of the present study is to understand about all the problems occurring in the company because of improper application of material management. In construction project operation, often there is a project cost variance in terms of the material, equipments, manpower, subcontractor, overhead cost, and general condition. Material is the main component in construction projects. Therefore, if the material management is not properly managed it will create a project cost variance. Project cost can be controlled by taking corrective actions towards the cost variance. Therefore a methodology is used to diagnose and evaluate the procurement process involved in material management and launch a continuous improvement was developed and applied. A thorough study was carried out along with study of cases, surveys and interviews to professionals involved in this area. As a result, a methodology for diagnosis and improvement was proposed and tested in selected projects. The results obtained show that the main problem of procurement is related to schedule delays and lack of specified quality for the project. To prevent this situation it is often necessary to dedicate important resources like money, personnel, time, etc. To monitor and control the process. A great potential for improvement was detected if state of the art technologies such as, electronic mail, electronic data interchange (EDI), and analysis were applied to the procurement process. These helped to eliminate the root causes for many types of problems that were detected