Adoption of Microsoft Project in the Management of Building Construction for Industrial Sustainability in Oyo State

New construction projects are extremely challenging due to their uniqueness and growing complexity and it is very difficult to monitor their cost, time and construction quality. This situation prompts the researchers to access the adoption of Microsoft project in the management of building construction for industrial sustainability in Oyo State. Three research questions guided the study and one null hypothesis was formulated and tested at 0.05 level of significance. Descriptive survey research was adopted for the study. Four hundred and twelve registered building professionals were involved which include; 138 builders and 274 electrical engineers in Oyo state constituted the study population. The sample for this study consisted of 74 builders and 152 electrical engineers selected through proportionate sampling technique. A structured questionnaire titled “Adoption of Microsoft Project Questionnaire (AMPQ)” was used to collect data. The questionnaire was face and content validated by three experts from Department of Technology Education, Emmanuel Alayande University of Education, Oyo. 0.91 reliability coefficient was obtained through Cronbach Alpha reliability co-efficient. Data was collected by the researchers and 100% return rate was achieved. Descriptive statistics of mean and standard deviation was used to answer the research questions while t-test was used to analysed the hypothesis. The decision rule was that any item with mean of 2.50 and above was considered high extent or agreed. Findings showed that electrical engineers and builders had little knowledge of the possibilities of the Microsoft project and perceived strategies in eliminating the obstacles to Microsoft project uptake were also noted. Therefore, it was recommended that, building construction professional bodies should create an awareness through seminars or workshops on the need for the adoption of Microsoft project in managing building construction among building professionals.