Impact of Project Planning Factors on the Performance Efficiency of Housing Estate Construction Firms in North Central Nigeria

The failure of real estate construction projects has been widely reported across Nigerian construction industry and has contributed to the widening gap of housing deficit in the country. To this end, this study identifies how project scope, completion time, completion cost, deliverables and stakeholder satisfaction on the efficiency of housing estate. Employing the cross-sectional survey research design approach, data was collected from a comprehensive sample of construction firms, incorporating quantitative measures to provide a holistic understanding of the dynamics at play. Quantitative analysis involved partial least square regression analysis to ascertain the significant effects of the independent variables on the outcome variables. The study discovered that project stakeholder satisfaction has significant effect on the efficiency of housing estate construction in Nigeria at 99% confidence internal (t = 6.4980, p<0.01). This indicate that that project stakeholder satisfaction is a critical factor for enhancing overall project performance within housing estate construction firms in North Central Nigeria. These insights contribute to the body of knowledge surrounding construction management practices in Nigeria and offer practical implications for policymakers, industry practitioners, and researchers alike, aimed at fostering sustainable growth and development within the housing construction sector in North Central Nigeria and beyond. It was concluded that project stakeholder satisfaction emerged as significant determinant of project performance