Abstract:
The significance of informal construction industry in provision of affordable shelter
and employment is paramount and cannot be overstated. However, while
commendable efforts are exerted to aggrandize the formal construction sector, no
matching measures have been introduced to improve the informal construction
sector. Nevertheless, entry barriers, legal pluralism, market unreliability, and
incompetent skills continue to derail the practice. In tandem, this research delves into
managerial approaches applied on informal construction workers to accentuate
pervasive bottlenecks and possible remedies.
The study adopted qualitative research strategy under which personal interviews
were conducted on informal construction workers and managers traced at the
construction sites, whom were obtained through purposive sampling from target
population of Kinondoni Municipality. Furthermore, in-depth content analysis was
conducted to discern the research issue and gather secondary data.
The findings established that 70% of informal construction workers lack permanent
premises to effect managerial functions. Moreover, there are no pre-determined
management and recruitment criteria, with 60% of the workers possessing primary
level of education. Additionally, the practice is plagued by mediocre compensation,
lack of career development, health and safety threats, job seasonality, labor mobility,
funding hardships, triple constraints overrun, inefficient market penetrability, and
non-constructive interactivity.
