Causes of delays in Saudi Arabian public sector construction projects (original) (raw)
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Growing demands for public construction in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) highlight the importance of public construction sector to the economic and social development of the country. Despite being one of the most important economic drivers in KSA, building construction sector is faced with problems of project delays. Delays are defined as incidents that lead to an extension in the time agreed within a contract to complete a project. Delay is a common problem within both public and private construction projects around the world. However, it is more endemic in the KSA public construction sector from the recent Deloitte’s report. If delays continue to occur in public construction projects in KSA, they may have significant negative impacts on the social and economic development of the country. Previous studies have focused majorly on the causes of delays in KSA with limited empirical evidence on the contribution of project management approaches to managing these delays. Various research...
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A survey on time performance of different types of construction projects in Saudi Arabia was conducted to determine the causes of delay and their importance according to each of the project participants, i.e., the owner, consultant and the contractor. The field survey conducted included 23 contractors, 19 consultants, and 15 owners. Seventy-three causes of delay were identified during the research. 76% of the contractors and 56% of the consultants indicated that average of time overrun is between 10% and 30% of the original duration. The most common cause of delay identified by all the three parties is ''change order''. Surveys concluded that 70% of projects experienced time overrun and found that 45 out of 76 projects considered were delayed.