Construction Delays in Developing Countries: A Review

Islam, Muhammad; Trigunarsyah, Bambang

doi:10.6106/jcepm.2017.3.30.001

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“…From the review of literature, it is found that nature of delay causes in developing countries is significantly different from that in developed countries. In the case of developing countries, delay causes are originating internally from contractor or client, such as financial difficulties, cash flow problems, change orders by client and payment delays by owner (Islam and Trigunarsyah, 2017). In the case of developed countries, external causes such as weather, prices of materials, permits and labor supply are critical causes.…”

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Analysis of causes of delay in Indian construction projects and mitigation measures

Prasad

Vasugi

Venkatesan

et al. 2019

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Purpose Construction projects in India continue to suffer excessive delays. This paper aims to investigate the delay causes in India by project sector (transport, power, buildings and water) and carry out a comparative study of delay causes in design build (DB) projects with that of design bid build (DBB) projects along with mitigation measures. Design/methodology/approach A questionnaire survey was conducted among major clients, contractors and consultants in India. Importance Index was used for ranking of the delay causes. Projects were categorized based on the type, and causes of delay in each project type were identified. Projects were also categorized based on type of contract, and delay causes in DB and DBB projects were compared. Statistical analysis of responses by Cronbach’s alpha, one-way analysis of variance, Kruskal–Wallis tests was carried out with Statistical Package for Social Sciences. Semi-structured in-depth interviews were conducted with senior industry professionals to develop exhaustive mitigation measures. Findings The research findings indicate finance-related causes as the most critical causes of delay in Indian projects. Delay in settlement of claims, contractor’s financial difficulties, delay in payment for extra work/variations by owner, late payment from contractor to subcontractor or suppliers, variation orders/changes of scope by owner during construction and changes in design by owner were the highly ranked delay causes. The research found no significant difference in the delay causes in DB and DBB projects. Originality/value This is the first study wherein delay causes for various project types within a single country are identified. In addition, the study has identified and compared the delay causes in DB projects and DBB projects. Mitigation measures developed in this study will help professionals and project managers not just in India but other developing countries as well to alleviate delay causes and in improvement of project timelines.

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Analysis of causes of delay in Indian construction projects and mitigation measures

Prasad

Vasugi

Venkatesan

et al. 2019

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“…Prasad et al (2019) revealed that payment delays in developed countries are caused mainly due to external factors, such as weather, material prices, permits and labour supply. According to Islam and Trigunarsyah (2017), in developing countries, delayed payments are caused by contractors or clients because of financial difficulties, cash flow issues and variation orders. Bureaucracy in Government entities also causes significant delays in the payments made to the contractors (Niazi and Painting, 2017).…”

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Streamlining the management of payment delays: the case of Sri Lankan Government building construction projects

Perera

Dewagoda

2021

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Purpose Delayed payments have been long standing, pressing issue in construction projects, especially in Government-funded construction projects. The root causes and the consequences of delayed payments must be identified before implementing strategies to mitigate the consequences of such delayed payments. However, these causes and consequences and the parties responsible for managing the delayed payments have not been identified so far. Therefore, the purpose of this study is to investigate the management of payment delays in Government-funded construction projects. Design/methodology/approach The study used a mixed approach comprising four case studies and a questionnaire survey. The empirical data collected from the case studies and the questionnaire survey were analysed using manual content analysis and mean rating, respectively. Findings The study identified the most significant causes and the most significant consequences of delayed payments that occur in Government-funded construction projects. It also revealed the strategies that clients, consultants, contractors and other parties can adopt to mitigate the adverse consequences of such delayed payments. Originality/value This study identified the most significant causes of delayed payments in Government-funded construction projects, the most significant consequences of such delayed payments and the most suitable strategies the clients, consultants and contractors can adopt to mitigate the consequences of such delayed payments. Thus, this study supports streamlining the management of payment delays in Government construction projects and identifies the roles that different parties must play in managing payment delays in Government building projects, which is an under-researched area.

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“…The findings reveal that road projects are prone to cost overruns, they have a very large magnitude of cost overruns and the causes of cost overruns vary for all road projects (Ahmad, Anigbogu, & Molwus, 2018). Islam and Trigunarsyah (2017) identify the main reason for the delay as financial issues like; contractor's cash flow problem, and delay in progress payment by the employer, managerial issues such as poor site management, contractor related factors, i.e., improper planning and scheduling, and employer-related factor-like order for design change during construction is the most important and frequent factor that directly forces to delay the work schedule all over the developing world. The delay and cost overrun of infrastructure projects were caused by 20 factors according to the records in the collected final reports of projects.…”

Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

confidence: 99%

Causes of Delay in Construction of Motorable Bridges under “Design and Build Model” of Bridge Project, Department of Roads, Nepal

Timilsina¹,

Ojha²,

Dhungana³

2020

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This paper aims at detecting the causes of delay in the "design and build model" of motorable bridge construction under the Bridge Project, Department of Roads, Nepal. The research is based on an intensive literature review, primary data, secondary data, and interviews. The survey which was carried out with the help of questionnaires was used to assess the perceptions of the respondents involved in the construction of the "design and build model" of the bridge project. The questionnaire was divided into three parts and the main part focused on the causes of delay in "design and build model" in the implementation of such projects. A total of 56 different causes for delay of bridge construction were identified through the literature review and a pilot survey of three groups of respondents who were involved in the construction of such bridges (see literature review of this paper). The eight most important causes, among 56, identified by the study are: 1) Lack of stakeholder analysis 2) Poor portfolio management 3) Lack of inadequate pre-execution planning and improper time management 4) Lack of site management 5) Inadequate budget allocation and delay in payment 6) Lack of provision of reward and penalty, 7) Lack of detail survey, improper soil exploration and preparing report without depth study and 8) contractor's excessive workload. The cost, quality, and schedule of bridge construction projects can be maintained once the problem of unnecessary delay is resolved and the competency of the construction industry in Nepal will improve.

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Construction Delays in Developing Countries: A Review

Cited by 32 publications

References 45 publications

Analysis of causes of delay in Indian construction projects and mitigation measures

Analysis of causes of delay in Indian construction projects and mitigation measures

Streamlining the management of payment delays: the case of Sri Lankan Government building construction projects

Causes of Delay in Construction of Motorable Bridges under “Design and Build Model” of Bridge Project, Department of Roads, Nepal

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