ABSTRACT
The planning and control of large projects have being of great concern to the Nigerian public in recent times, moreso with the current ambitious modernization of structural facilities for economic purposes, Irrigation inclusive, A review of current planning and control techniques in the construction industry was carried out using litreature review and a case study of live Irrigation project construction. The progress reports from the live irrigation project formed the basis of study. Utilizing Multiple Regression Analysis a Statistical model is peresented that took into consideration the most important production variables and time for the purpose of planning and control of large Irrigation project construction. The models were found also to be applicable to other projects with relative ease.