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Causes of Delay in Building Construction Projects in Egypt

Delay in construction projects is considered one of the most common problems causing a multitude of negative effects on the project and its participating parties. This paper aims to identify the main causes of delay in construction projects in Egypt from the point of view of contractors, consultants, and owners. A literature review was conducted to compile a list of delay causes that was purged based on appropriateness to Egypt in seven semistructured interviews. The resulting list of delay causes was subjected to a questionnaire survey for quantitative confirmation and identification of the most important causes of delay. The overall results indicated that the most important causes are: financing by contractor during construction, delays in contractor's payment by owner, design changes by owner or his agent during construction, partial payments during construction, and nonutilization of professional construction/contractual management. The contractor and owner were found to have opposing views, mostly blaming one another for delays, while the consultant was seen as having a more intermediate view. Results' analyses suggest that in order to significantly reduce delay a joint effort based on teamwork is required. Furthermore, causes of project delay were discussed based on the type and size of the project.

Analyzing delay causes in Egyptian construction projects

A B S T R A C T Construction delays are common problems in civil engineering projects in Egypt. These problems occur frequently during project lifetime leading to disputes and litigation. Therefore, it is essential to study and analyze causes of construction delays. This research presents a list of construction delay causes retrieved from literature. The feedback of construction experts was obtained through interviews. Subsequently, a questionnaire survey was prepared. The questionnaire survey was distributed to thirty-three construction experts who represent owners, consultants , and contractor's organizations. Frequency Index, Severity Index, and Importance Index are calculated and according to the highest values of them the top ten delay causes of construction projects in Egypt are determined. A case study is analyzed and compared to the most important delay causes in the research. Statistical analysis is carried out using analysis of variance ANOVA method to test delay causes, obtained from the survey. The test results reveal good correlation between groups while there is significant difference between them for some delay causes and finally roadmap for prioritizing delay causes groups is presented.

Prioritizing Delay Causes in the Egyptian Building Construction Projects

World Congress on Civil, Structural, and Environmental Engineering, 2021

Delay is considered one of the most common problems in construction projects. Therefore, this study investigates the main causes of delay in the Egyptian building construction projects from the perception of contractors, consultants, and owners. The delay causes are identified based on an extensive literature review. These factors are categorized into owner-related, consultant-related, contractor-related, material-related, labour and equipment-related, and external-related categories. Questionnaire surveys are conducted and distributed among twenty-two experts to determine the relative importance of each cause. The study reveals that the top five causes of delay in building projects are financial problems by contractors, fluctuation in prices, delay in preparing and approving shop drawings, shortage of labours, and errors in soil investigation. Finally, the possible ways of reducing project delays are recommended. Proper communication and coordination between project parties as well as clear identification of the roles and responsibilities of project stakeholders are listed as the key actions that could be undertaken to mitigate the delay causes. This study serves as an assistance tool for construction professionals and academicians to avoid causes of delay in building projects in Egypt.

Ranking of delay factors in construction projects after Egyptian revolution

Time is one of the major considerations throughout project management life cycle and can be regarded as one of the most important parameters of a project and the driving force of project success. Time delay is a very frequent phenomenon and is almost associated with nearly all constructing projects. However, little effort has been made to curtail the phenomenon, this research work attempts to identify, investigate, and rank factors perceived to affect delays in the Egyptian construction projects with respect to their relative importance so as to proffer possible ways of coping with this phenomenon. To achieve this objective, researcher invited practitioners and experts, comprising a statistically representative sample to participate in a structured questionnaire survey. Brain storming was taken into consideration, through which a number of delay factors were identified in construction projects. Totally, ninety-nine (99) factors were short-listed to be made part of the questionnaire survey and were identified and categorized into nine (9) major categories. The survey was conducted with experts and representatives from private, public, and local general construction firms. The data were analyzed using Relative Importance Index (RII), ranking and simple percentages. Ranking of factors and categories was demonstrated according to their importance level on delay, especially after 25/1/2011 (Egyptian revolution). According to the case study results, the most contributing factors and categories (those need attention) to delays were discussed, and some recommendations were made in order to minimize and control delays in construction projects. Also, this paper can serve as a guide for all construction parties with effective management in construction projects to achieve a competitive level of quality and a time effective project. ยช 2013 Production and hosting by Elsevier B.V. on behalf

Causes of Delay in Completion of Construction Projects in Oman

2013

A field study was conducted on a number of construction projects in Muscat area to identify problems resulting from delays in completion of construction projects. The collected data was classified into two groups of projects, the first group included projects constructed during the period 2007-2008 and the second group comprised projects constructed during the period 2009-2010. It was found that 40 per cent of both groups have experienced delay in completion. Another finding was that the causes of delay are changing with the time in a pattern depending on different variables. Owner related causes were found to be the dominant reason for delay and contrarily the first to seek solutions.

Study and Assessment of Causes and Effects of Delay in Large Public Construction Projects in Jordan

2018

In Jordan, the construction industry is considered as one of the most important economic sectors. This industry suffers many deficiencies among them is time overrun. The aim of this research is to identify the most significant delay causes in large-scale public projects in Jordan and discover the effect of these delays on the achievements of these types of projects. This objective was achieved through a comprehensive literature review, site visits and interviews and questionnaire. This field study was utilized to discover the perception of the participants contributing to the subject of the study. The questionnaire consists of three divisions. The first was concerning the characteristics of the sample contributed to the survey and to explore their opinion about the amount of delay already exist in the industry. The second part included 55 causes of delay distributed to four groups. The third part concentrated on the influence of delay causes on the achievements of the large scale pu...

Causes and Effects of Delay in Public Construction Projects in Jordan

One of the most significant economic sectors in Jordan is the construction sector. Time and cost overrun is one of most serious problems suffered by this industry. The major aim of this research is to detect the major causes of delays in public projects in this country and to find the effects of this delay on the performance of these projects. The aim was accomplished through an intensive literature review and a field study used to find the perception of major parties participating in the implementation of the construction projects in Jordan.The survey which was carried out through a questionnaire has three divisions. These are the introductory part, the causes revealed by the literature review (55 causes) categorized into four groups and the effect of causes on the performance of the project. Answers were collected from (146) participants representing clients, contractors and consultants. The analysis carried out through the determination of the frequency of occurrence, severity and importance of each of the 55 causes of delay. The study presented ranking of the significant factors for each group and then the significant factors of the whole survey. In additional the study presented the effect of the delay causes on the performance of the project.

Causes of Delays in Iranian Construction Projects

International Journal of Construction Management, 2010

Many construction projects are carried out around the world but only some of them are completed on time. Many factors indicate the success of a project such as: completion on time, within budget, within specified quality, satisfaction of the client, and the rate of change order. Delays in a construction project can be regarded as failure. This paper aims to investigate the causes of delay in Iranian construction projects. This research was conducted by questionnaire survey to solicit the causes of delay from the viewpoints of clients, consultants, and contractors. One hundred and twenty five sets of questionnaires were distributed to the respondents. The results demonstrate that finance and payments of completed work, improper planning, site management, contract management, and lack of communication between the parties are the key reasons for delay.

Delays in construction projects: The case of Jordan

International Journal of Project Management, 2008

The construction industry is a major player in the economy, generating both, employment and wealth. However many projects experience extensive delays and thereby exceed initial time and cost estimates. A host of causes of construction delays in residential projects were identified and classified according to Drewin's Open Conversion System. The most common causes were evaluated by using both, the data collected in a survey conducted to residential projects consultant engineers, contractors, and owners, and interviews with senior professionals in the field. Most correspondents agreed that, financial difficulties faced by the contractor and too many change orders by the owner are the leading causes of construction delay. Severe weather conditions and changes in government regulations and laws ranked among the least important causes.

Recommendations to Mitigate Delay Causes in Kuwait Construction Projects

Construction project delay is global problem in all construction industry. In Kuwait, there were many conducted research work aimed to identify delay causes in Kuwait construction projects. This paper aims to propose set of recommendations to mitigate effect of delays in construction projects in Kuwait. Rresults of previous research work were used as bases for propose recommendations. Previous research results are divided into five ranks (Top, highly, moderate, low, and very low ranked delay causes). Top causes are investigated and analyzed to identify why these top-ranked delay causes are happened and how to prevent their occurrence and/or mitigate their effect in case of occurrence. This research limited to provide proposals for top ranked only as it is more efficient. Most of these recommendations are oriented to governmental influencers. These recommendations contain revision and change project contract documents, shortening period for documentary session, changing contract conditions especially clauses of programming and delay analysis, and revise project awarding systems. These recommendations need governmental support to enhance project time performance in Kuwait. The results of this study can be used as a base for any effort to solve and dilute effect of delays in construction projects in Kuwait.