There are some of the challenges facing the construction industries in developing countries, these difficulties and challenges are present alongside a general situation of socio-economic stress, chronic resource shortages, institutional weaknesses and a general inability to deal with the key issues. The main issues addressed are construction industry development; globalisation; culture; and the environment. 

The first issue is construction industry development.

 

Construction industry developments promote increased value for money to industry clients as well as environmental responsibility in the delivery process and the viability and competitiveness of domestic construction enterprises. The construction industry, by nature, has many special problems and requirements The importance of taking measures to improve the performance of the construction industry has now been recognised in several countries at various levels of socio-economic development. Considering the nature of the industry’s needs and problems, and in many developing countries, the resource constraints, formations of an agency does not guarantee the success of construction industry development. An important point worth stressing is that construction industry development is a continuous process. A number of countries at different levels of development have recently formulated long-term plans for improving their construction industries. 

 

Secondly, globalisation is a trend which has occupied the headlines of major popular publications for several decades. There are sharply different arguments on the merits and otherwise of the process of globalisation from the perspective of the developing countries. Many of the construction projects which the nations require for their socio-economic development are beyond the capability of their industries to undertake, owing to the size, novelty and complexity of those projects. Therefore, the developing countries must import some construction activities. There’s some advantage such as competition among foreign firms lowers costs of projects to developing countries and the disadvantage such as it is possible that local firms will be deprived of the opportunity to grow.

 

Next, The project procurement and administrative arrangements currently in use in developing countries have been inherited from Western countries which have a different history, culture, collective experience and breadth of construction expertise. These arrangements determine the documentation, procedures and practices in the industry, and specify the roles of the participants and the relationships among them, and hence the networks of power and authority. They stress formality and the following of set channels of communication. Culture has become an important area of study in business organisations.

 

Lastly, The issue of the environment has been topical since the eighties, and has been a major subject of research and international attention since the mid-eighties. There is a belief that countries do, or should, only pay attention to the environment and endeavour to protect it when they attain a high level of socio-economic development. Another important issue in the context of developing countries is the volume of physical resources which will be required to meet the backlog of infrastructural and building needs which they must fulfil if they are to develop, as well as to raise the standard of living of their peoples. These key requirements of the economies and basic needs of the peoples will put severe pressure on the resources of the countries as well as the globe. These trends underline the critical importance of the sustainable management of resources in developing countries. The environmental problems of the developing countries exist side-by-side with a lack of the managerial experience, financial resources, and legal and administrative systems necessary to deal with the issue through public and formal education, formulation and enforcement of “command and control” measures