Control Methods of the Construction Contractors in Mahasarakham Province

Abstract

          The purposes of this research were to study and compare the control methods of the construction contractors in Mahasarakham Province in sizes, types of business and the characteristics of the overall contract. The samples used in this research were taken from 62 construction contractors who were still actually in business. The tool used to collect the data was a 5-rating-scale questionnaire. The statistics used to analysis this research were percentage, mean, standard deviation, t-test, analysis of variance and Scheffe’ parallel test. The results of this research were: (1) The construction contractors in Mahasarakham Province for materials, labor, machines, sub-contractors and process, when considered as a whole and in each factor, were used by the contractors in the medium level. (2) The general contractors who ran different sizes of business used the ways to control the cost differently at a level of statistical significance at .05 when considered in overall factors. But, by doing the parallel test of 5 factors, it was found that the costs of labor, materials and machines were significantly different the administration at a level of .05. In contrast, the costs of process and sub-contractors were not significantly different the administration at a level of .05. (3) The contractors in Mahasarakham who ran different types and characteristics of business, as a whole, used the same ways in controlling the cost, and when considered in each factor on materials, labor, machines, process, and sub-contractors, there was no significantly different the administration in the cost methods used by those contractors.