Abstract
Most infrastructure projects follow these sequential and complementary phases (project cycle), namely; identification, planning, design, implementation and maintenance. Weaving through all the phases is monitoring and evaluation in order to assess if things are progressing as planned and if not, to take corrective measures. The success of a project depends on appropriate actions being taken during all the phases of the project. For example, identifying a project that is not amenable to the use of labour, planning and designing it for implementation by equipment and then trying to change it to be implemented using labour would not lead to success. A project that is intended to create employment should be identified, planned, designed and implemented and maintained with use of labour as a primary resource in mind.