NAMIBIA UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF ENGINEERING AND THE BUILT ENVIRONMENT

DEPARTMENT OF ARCHITECTURE, PLANNING AND CONSTRUCTION

Quantity Surveying Section

ANALYSIS OF THE IMPACT OF FEASIBILITY STUDIES ON CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

IN NAMIBIA

By

JASON N. KALOLA

218011512

A Proposal Dissertation Submitted to the Department of Architecture, Planning and

Construction in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Quantity Surveying
Honours Degree

Windhoek, Namibia

MAY 2023

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Contents
3.0 INTRODUCTION 3
3.1 Research Approaches 3
3.2 Research Strategies 3
3.3 Instruments and Data collection 4
3.3.0 Table for data collection 4
3.4 Ethical considerations 5
3.6 Limitations and Research Validity 5
3.7 References: 7

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 CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

3.0 INTRODUCTION

This chapter expounds on the research methodology of the study. The goal of this study is more to
analyze the impact of feasibility studies on capital construction in Namibia. The study also has
objectives which is to investigate how feasibility studies being undertaken and the challenges
experienced when implementing capital construction in Namibia. Its summaries research
approaches and strategies, instrument and data collection. Moreover, the chapter also presents
ethical considerations, data analyses, limitation and research validity.

3.1 Research Approaches

The multi-method model of research is recommended to develop robust research design (Xing et al.,
2021a). Further, based on (Xing et al., 2021a), it is favorable to combine qualitative and quantitative
approaches to conduct the empirical study. Research Methodology adopted in this research is a
qualitative approach. The method of direct observation has been used to analyse the site area of
study. Direct observation is a method of collecting evaluative information in which the evaluator
watches the research subject in his or her usual environment without altering that
environment(Firmansyah et al., 2017)

This study more going to focus on the qualitative approach. Qualitative is involves collecting and
analyzing non numerical data (e.g., text, videos and audio), to understand concepts, opinions and
experiences(Xing et al., 2021). It is used to gather insights into a problem or generate new ideas for
research. This approach is good since you can use the surveys by distributing questionnaires with
open ended questions., to different people in order to get feedback with various ideas.

3.2 Research Strategies

This study is going to focus on the survey strategies. Survey research means collecting information
about a group of people by asking them questions and analyzing the results. Surveys are used as a
method of gathering data in many different fields. They are a good choice when you want to find out
about the characteristics, preferences, opinions, or beliefs of a group of people. The target

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population of group people where I will find more information is consultant teams in the
construction industry such as, Architects, Quantity Surveyor and Engineers. These strategies will
suitable since the objectives more concentrating on investigation and evaluations of feasibility
studies being undertaken or implemented on the capital project in Namibia, which requires the
survey method by distributing the questionnaires to different consultants’ teams in the construction
industry.

3.3 Instruments and Data collection

A Questionnaire is a research tool or survey instrument that consists of a set of questions or prompts
designed to gather information from individuals or groups of people. It is a standardized way of
collecting data from a larger group of people by asking them a series of questions related to a
specific topic or research objective. The questions may be open-ended or closed-ended, and the
responses will be in the qualitative way. Questionnaires are widely used in research, marketing,
social sciences, healthcare, and many other fields to collect data and insights from a target
population. This instrument will be the best to collect data towards the research objectives, since I
will formulate questionnaires of the same nature and distribute them to the group of people that I
targeted which is consultants’ teams in construction industry in Namibia. In this case I will get
different answer or feedbacks form the respondents. Questionnaires they are so effective in terms
of cost -effective, fast, efficient and gather larger volume information in a short time period from
different group of people. On the other hand, it covers most aspects of the topic.

3.3.0 Table for data collection

OBJECTIVES DATA COLLECTION POPULATION TARGETED

INSTRUMENT
1. To investigate how  Questionnaire  Architect
feasibility studies are  Quantity Surveyors
undertaken on capital  Project Manager
construction projects  Engineers
in Namibia.  Construction planners
2. Investigate the  Questionnaire  Architect
challenges experienced  Quantity Surveyors

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 when implementing  Project Manager
capital construction  Engineers
projects in Namibia.  Construction planners

3. To evaluate the effect  Questionnaire  Architect

of feasibility studies on  Quantity Surveyors
capital construction  Engineers
project in Namibia.  Construction planners

3.4 Ethical considerations

Both the Ethics Code offered by the Namibia University of Science and Technology and the APA's
Ethic's Code, which were both used in the research, stipulate that the researcher must first obtain
approval to conduct the research at the desired institution as well as the participant's consent to
participate voluntarily. The main purpose of ethical consideration is to make sure that there are no
participants harmed or any suffered result activity come out or related on the study research. Both
the individual and the organizations will be kept in the dark about any information. The computer's
stored data will be safeguarded by robust passwords. The data that will be obtained from the
respondent is neither private nor sensitive data. To maintain the rights of the organization, the
researcher swears to treat all material as confidential.

3.5 Framework for data analysis

The data will be analyzed by using descriptive data analysis and using statistics like means, standard
deviations, and frequency distributions. Regression analysis will be used as an inferential statistical
test that will be used to determine the connection between feasibility studies and project success.
Considering aspects that could cause confusion, such as project size and complexity.

3.6 Limitations and Research Validity

Limited data availability: The study's capacity to fully analyze data on Namibian construction projects
may be constrained. The data may not fully represent all the pertinent factors and the sample size
may be limited.

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Bias in sample selection: It's possible that not all of Namibia's construction projects are represented
by the study's sample of completed projects. If the projects chosen weren't chosen at random or
there were restrictions on the data's availability for particular project types, there might be selection
bias.

Limited generalizability: Because the building industry may function differently in various situations,
the findings may not be applicable to other nations or areas.

Data that project managers or other stakeholders self-report: If the study relies on this information,
there may be problems with the data's completeness or correctness.

Lack of control group: The study might not have a control group, which makes it harder to draw
conclusions regarding how feasibility studies affect causes and effects.

3.7 References:

Xing W, Hao J, Sikora KJournal of Cleaner Production (2021) 286

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Firmansyah, B. A., Veronika, A., & Trigunarsyah, B. (2017). Risk analysis in feasibility study of building
construction project: Case study - PT. Perusahaan Gas Negara Indonesia. Construction and
Professional Practices - Proceedings of the 10th East Asia-Pacific Conference on Structural
Engineering and Construction, EASEC 2010, 5, 145–150.

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