The construction industry is an essential contributor to the economic growth of many countries. In the construction industry, construction performance is the measure of the quality of projects delivered to clients. The performance is greatly influenced by various issues in South African construction industry. This paper is aimed at reviewing previous literature on factors influencing construction performance and methods of improving construction performance in South African construction industry. Some of the factors influencing construction performance are deprived workmanship with ineffectiveness of contractors, construction method, time management, inappropriate planning, scarcity of labour and materials, lack of resources; small stage of construction leadership ability; increase of material prices; lack of extremely knowledgeable and competent workers. However, the findings from extensive review from previous researchers of related literature are cross- sectional. Based on the previous researchers, it was discovered that such factors are varies from one aspects to others. It was concluded that, for a proper measurement of construction performance to be accomplished, all the factors influencing construction performance should be earnestly observed.

Keywords

Construction Performance, Construction Industry, Influencing Factors, Performance Improvement, Construction Project.