Getaneh Gezahegne

ADDIS ABABA UNIVERSITY
SCHOOL OF GRADUATE STUDIES

ADDIS ABABA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY
DEPARTMENT OF CIVIL ENGINEERING

Assessment of Conditions of Contract Problems in Ethiopian Construction Industry

GETANEH GEZAHEGNE
Advisor: Prof. Dr.-Ing. Abebe Dinku
A Thesis Submitted to School of Graduate Studies in Partial
Fulfilment of the Requirement
Requirements
equirements for the Degree of Master
Master of of Science in Civil Engineering
Engineering (Construction Technology and Management)

December
December 2011
Addis Ababa

M.Sc. Thesis: Assessment of Conditions of Contract Problems in Ethiopian Construction Industry

August 2011

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS

I owe my special thanks to the almighty GOD for empowering and giving me internal courage and strength to accomplish my educational career one step further. I would like to take this opportunity to express my sincere appreciation to my advisor, Prof. Dr.-Ing. Abebe Dinku, for his supervision, guidance, expert and valuable advice, usual assistance during the period I was carrying out this research. His contributions and inspirations started in undergraduate level when he was my instructor for the course of ‘Engineering Management’ not to mention vital and pillar course works in this graduate study. In the preparation of this thesis too, his relentless follow up towards new findings deserve high gratitude. I thank the Department of Civil Engineering, Addis Ababa
Institute of Technology, AAiT for partially funding this research work.
My special credit goes to Dr. Wubishet Jekale, for his valuable ideas, comments and supply of many reference materials. I am indebted to Eng. Kasiem Seid for his comments and providing many reference materials. I am deeply grateful to: Eng. Damtew Woldie of Life Consult Plc, Eng.
Dereje Kidane of DETAR Engineering and Construction Management Solutions Plc. and Eng.
Ismael Ibrahim of MH Engineering; from consulting firms for their advices, for their valuable time during interview and providing

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