ABSTRACT
This study examines the strategies for preventing abandonment of projects in Lagos State, Nigeria, with a view to minimising their occurrences. A qualitative research approach was employed with the use of a well-structured questionnaire to collect data from 86 respondents made up of construction professionals. The findings reveal that the most frequently adopted strategies for prevention of building project abandonment is effective and adequate planning, while the least is change orders and variation orders. It also sheds light that economic downturns and land use disputes are among the difficult problems of project abandonment. The study concludes that although several problems hinder prevention of project abandonment, however, the most difficult among them is economic downturns. It is recommended that stakeholders should regularly employ various strategies such as adequate funding with effective planning and design, to prevent project abandonment, with particular consideration for effective and adequate planning.
