| dc.description.abstract | The study attempted to examine factors determining construction projects’ success with particular
reference to Bu’ura Boru preprimary schools of Adama city. In order to attain this objective, a
combination of both descriptive and explanatory research design was used along with mixed
research approach. Target population of the study was about 402 that consists 108 permanent
employees including the project site managers, 264 daily laborers, 12 team leaders and 12
community elders from the 12 kebeles, 5 team members at sub-city and 1 at city levels; from which
200 sample were used using Yemane’s formula. As such, the researcher applied a census towards
permanent employees and purposive sampling techniques for the rests. Both primary and
secondary were collected through self-administered questionnaire. The instruments were checked
by professionals and a pilot study was conducted to increase the content validity of the study while
a Cronbach’s alpha coefficient was computed for its reliability test. The study employed both
descriptive statistics like frequency, percentage, mean and standard deviation to describe the
practice of the factors; and inferential statistics like correlation and regression analyses to analyze
the level of relationship between independent and dependent variables with the help of SPSS. As
a result, the findings showed that there was a good practice of the four factor groups of the project
success except that there was a budget deficit in some cases, scarcity and high inflation of
construction materials. Finally, on the basis of findings of the study, it was recommended to exert
a cumulative efforts by all stakeholder in order to motivate the society and also searching for other
sources of fund. It was also recommended that government needs to play its role in prioritizing the
projects, avoiding unlawful trade practice and stabilizing the market by increasing productivity.
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