CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF PROJECT DELAY IN PUBLIC CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS (original) (raw)

Projects especially public construction projects have a vital role for the economic development of a nation by transforming the living standard of the community. This study and effects of public construction projects in Dessie town. To achieve the objective of the study 128 respondents approached from the clients, contractors and consultants of the ongoing projects of Dessie town. Questionnaires use likert scale and open ended items. The collected data were analyzed using descriptive data analysis techniques along with the relative importance index. The index widely used in similar st measure the level of importance and occurrence of delay causes and effects. The findings of the study showed that the causes of delays emanated from clients, contractors, consultants and externals. Furthermore the main responsible stakeholder for addition the top ranked causes are delay of progress payment by clients, poor communication and coordination by contracting parties, slowness of the decision making process by owners and financial difficultie abandonment, dispute, litigation, poor project quality, negotiation and bad public relation are confirmed. revise their project management system, improve financial management system and need to ensure regular project monitoring and evaluation. In addition the study also recommends corrupted individuals should be identified and accountabl Copyright©2023, Abdilkerim Asrar Seman et al. This unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium,

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