Impact of Material Management on Construction Project Delivery in Shager City, Melka Nono Sub City

The construction industry is one of the main job makers in developing countries and is highly inexpensive. The high number of project failures proposes the existence of essential material management which have not been identified. This study aimed to explore the impact of material management on construction project and evaluate how they affect project delivery in Shager city, specifically on Melka Nono sub city. Relevant literature has been reviewed to identify impact of material management. Accordingly, 34 impact factors were identified and grouped under 8(eight) main factors these are planning-related factors, procurement-related factors, stock and waste control-related, Handling- factors, logistics- factors, time factors, quality- factors, and cost overrun-related factors. The data collection about impact of material management on construction projects was conducted by using questionnaire and interview. Statistical Package for Social Sciences was used for data collection.. Descriptive research design was employed using quantitative and qualitative approach. The main sources of the information were clients, contractors, consultants and others in construction projects of Shager city, Malka Nono sub city. Respondents were purposively selected. Out of 120 questionnaires distributed 111 were returned. The result has shown that the top significant impact of material management of construction projects in Shager city, Malka Nono sub city are Project will be constructed on time or earlier than expected, Improvement in project schedule, Providing adequate storage of materials, Reduction in duplicated order, The effective design site layout so as to aid in the management of materials on site, Reduce cost of materials, Purchase saving, and Better handling of materials. Considering the obtained results of this research, in order to accomplish construction projects material management the contractor of the project should have an experienced leader of the project and effective decision maker project manager. Client should ensure adequate preparation for fund is made before projects are started and the objective of project should be clearly stated for constructing parties.