| dc.description.abstract | Payments are essential for the contractors to maintain their constructions. The
accelerations and the decelerations of the constructions will depend on the way
that the contractor receivs the payments. Advance Payment (AP) is crucial for a
contractor as it is the first payment received by the contractor to commence the
construction, and it is an interest-free loan received by the contractor from the
employer to start the construction. Even though there are research that discuss
the payment procedures, recovery methods, and the benefits of the AP, there is
a research gap on the adequacy of the AP to the contractor to complete initial
procurements and preliminaries for the mobilisation. Therefore, the aim of this
paper is to investigate the adequacy of AP made for the mobilisation activities of
construction projects in Sri Lanka. Following a mixed-method research
approach, a questionnaire survey including both open ended and close ended
questions was conducted to collect data in the Sri Lankan context. The
qualitative data were analysed through manual content analysis, whereas SPSS,
and Relative Important Index (RII) techniques were used to analyse quantitative
data. Many respondents claimed that the AP is not adequate, and the allocation
of AP percentage should be done according to the project value and further, it
was recommended to have a range of 20-30% from project value. Moreover, the
study revealed that the adequacy of AP is entirely dependant on the way that the
AP is utilised by the contractor. The study can be continued with the perspective
of employers and the consultants as further research. | en_US |
