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ABSTRACT
Similar to the majority of developing nations, Nigeria's economy is heavily reliant on the building sector. It has been shown that the productivity of the construction sector has a significant role in determining its efficiency. Due to a lack of a standard productivity data base system and understanding of the effects of numerous factors affecting labor productivity, construction productivity has been steadily dropping over the past ten years (Muqeemet et al., 2011). While the use of Building Engineering Standard Methods of Measurement 4R (BESMM 4R) for the preparation of the BOQ gives the quality and standard of the extent of work to be done, it also takes precedence of the cost significances of every classes of operations within a tract. The accuracy of the project cost estimates depend largely on the degree of accuracy of cost information obtained on the key components of an estimate (i.e., labor, plant, material, and profit and overhead) (Abdullahi, 2009). The study's objective was to empirically ascertain the results for 10 hollow sand creteblock laying work items in the construction industries of Benin City, Edo State. By achieving the specified goals, the study was able to accomplish its intended goal. The first goal was to determine the variables and processes that affect block laying. Critical analysis of the BESMM's masonry section as it relates to the impact of work items on workers' productivity revealed that certain factors, such as locational factor and work in compartment, were presumably included in the masonry section but were not given a specific location because there was no reference or map. Locational factor and work in compartment have an impact on workers' outputs in terms of productivity. Finding potential block laying work items in relation to BESMM and the building site was the second goal. A few tasks distinguishable from masonry were those quantifiable as block work. The identification was based on unique operating methods and approaches that couldn't be used using the same methods.
