Barriers and Benefits of Total Quality Management in the Nigerian Construction Industry A review

The more bigger a building project becomes, the more complex it will be, coupled with the fact that clients are now demanding for higher quality at a reduced cost and budget, these and many other challenges are faced by construction companies on how to adopt a strategy for higher quality at a reduced  cost without affecting their profit margin and the clients requirement. This study recommends TQM as the only ways of solving these challenges in the construction industry.

Okuntade Tope Femi, Born in Ikorodu, Lagos state, Nigeria, August 16th, 1989, graduated from Lagos state polytechnic in 2013 with HND Building Technology, Lagos, Nigeria.

  He is currently self-employed with work experience at INNOVATIVE PROJECT LIMITED, Ketu, Lagos state and IJEDE LOCAL GOVERNMENT  DEVELOPMENT AREA(LCDA), Ikorodu as a site manager respectively, have previously work on the following published articles”  Okuntade Tope Femi, Causes and effect of conflict in the Nigerian construction industry (2013), Building construction technician training: Its relevance to modern construction industry in Nigeria, (2013) and The Effect of faulty design and construction on building maintenance, 2013.

  Mr. Okuntade is currently a student member of the chartered institute of Building, UK (CIOB).

 Okuntade Tope Femi "Barriers and Benefits of Total Quality Management in the Nigerian Construction Industry A review" International Journal Of Engineering Works, Vol. 2, Issue 1, PP. 7-13, Jan. 2015.        

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