It can be easily noticed how there are numerous defects in almost all of the concrete buildings inrnEthiopia. Anyone who works in the construction industry would have witnessed poor quality of workrnin several projects. If such a person has an engineering and construction management background, thernquality problems and subsequent technical risks would stand out even more.rnThis MSc thesis is about precast construction, specifically, about the significance of this constructionrnmethod being introduced in Ethiopia. Despite the array of structural, serviceability, and qualityrnproblems that are very common, it is exciting to think of the tremendous opportunities that such arnfresh start as precast construction would bring. Where the equipment and production space isrnavailable, structural concrete elements could be cast and cured in a controlled manner on the groundrnlevel. This could be seen as a characteristic feature of the precast method of construction.rnThe reader will find brief descriptions of the in-situ construction method, where concrete is mixed andrncast on site, with further details of how many construction activities are done manually in Ethiopia.rnThese details will probably draw a very old-fashioned and inefficient picture where construction is arnmessy, and slow series of disorganized activities. There are exceptions to this scenario, wherernsupervision is sufficiently carried out by capable professionals, and project managers ensure timelyrncompletion within the construction budget.rnThe research then goes on to study aspects of precast construction that are relevant to the Ethiopianrnconstruction sector. It does so starting from what the country already has to work with, then it looks atrnthe standard level of the precast construction method internationally. It takes that as a guideline tornanalyze what aspects should be considered if the country is to make substantial shift from the in-siturnmethod towards the precast method. It also makes systematic comparisons between the twornconstruction methods, between the work quality level of the precast plant in Ethiopia and the standardrnlevel in the international scene.rnThe findings are mostly as would be expected. Mainly, the precast method was found to be better inrnquality, resources, and time, than the in-situ construction method. It was also found that there arerncertain types of buildings that are more suitable to be constructed using the precast method. Finally, itrnwas no surprise to find that the 28-year-old PBPPE precast plant got a score lower than the passingrnscore in the standard NPCA quality control manual used in the US to evaluate precast plants andrnaward them accreditations.rnThis is a major reason that this topic was chosen for the thesis. It was arrived upon while searching forrnways of modernizing the construction process in leaps and bounds. With the degree of outdatedness ofrnthe construction process in Ethiopia, a catapulting change is needed just to cop up with where thernmodern world has already reached.