Risk matrix for factors affecting time delay in road construction projects: owners' perspective

Mahamid, Ibrahim

doi:10.1108/09699981111180917

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“…Thus, this result illustrates the importance of rising awareness among the contracting parties to ensure a culture of team work and to achieve their desires of a less adversarial working climate. This result is supported by several of the investigated studies (Mahamid, 2011;Alghbari et al, 2007;Sambasivan and Soon, 2007).…”

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“…In a survey of the West Bank in Palestine, Mahamid (2011) indicated that the most severe factors affecting time delay in road construction projects from the owners' perspective are: poor communication between construction parties, poor resource management, delays in commencement, insufficient inspectors, and rework. Similarly, Al-Najjar (2008) concluded that the most important factors causing time overruns in building construction projects in the Gaza Strip as perceived by contractors were: strikes, Israeli attacks and border closures, lack of materials in the markets, shortage of construction materials at site, delays of material deliveries to site, cash shortages during construction, poor site management, poor economic conditions (currency, inflation rate, etc), shortage of equipment and tools on site, and owner delay in freeing the contractors payments for completed work.…”

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“…concluded that all road construction projects implemented in the West Bank during 2004 -2008 experienced cost overrun. Mahamid et al (2011) conducted a study to investigate the time delay in road construction projects in the West Bank in Palestine, they found that all projects suffer from time overrun and that 70% of the projects experienced delays between 10% and 30% of the contracted duration. Therefore, attention should be paid to this important sector in order to identify its main challenges and control them.…”

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Common risks affecting time overrun in road construction projects in Palestine: Contractors’ perspective

Mahamid

2013

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The construction sector is one of the key economic sectors and is the main force motivating the Palestinian national economy. However, it suffers from a number of problems that affect time, cost and quality performances. This study aims at identifying the common risks affecting time overrun in road construction projects in the West Bank in Palestine from contractors' viewpoint. 45 factors that might cause delays of road construction projects were defined through a detailed literature review. A questionnaire survey was performed to rank the considered factors in terms of severity and frequency. The analysis of the survey indicated that the top risks affecting time overrun in road construction projects in Palestine are: financial status of the contractors, payment delays by the owner, the political situation and segmentation of the West Bank, poor communication between construction parties, lack of equipment efficiency and high competition in bids.

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Common risks affecting time overrun in road construction projects in Palestine: Contractors’ perspective

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2013

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“…Mahamid (2011) indicated that the most severe factors affecting time delay in road construction projects in the West Bank in Palestine from the owner perspective are: poor communication between construction parties, poor resource management, delay in commencement, insufficient inspectors, and rework. Al-Najjar (2008) concluded that the top affecting factors that cause time overrun in building construction projects in Gaza Strip as perceived by contractors are: strikes, Israeli attacks and border closures, lack of materials in markets, shortage of construction materials at site, delay of material delivery to site, cash problem during construction, poor site management, poor economic conditions (currency, inflation rate, etc), shortage of equipment at site, equipments and tool shortage on site, and owner delay in freeing the contractor financial payments.…”

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Frequency of time overrun causes in road construction in Palestine: Contractors’ View

Mahamid¹

2013

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o r g a n i z a t i o n , t e c h n o l o g y a n d m a n a g e m e n t i n c o n s t r u c t i o n · a n i n t e r n a t i o n a l j o u r n a l · 5(1)2013 720Frequency of time overrun causes in road construction in Palestine: Contractors' ViewTime, cost and quality have their proven importance as the prime measures for project success. However, the history of the construction industry worldwide is full of projects that were completed with significant time and cost overruns. This study is conducted to investigate the occurrence frequency of time overrun causes in road construction projects in the West Bank in Palestine from contractors' viewpoint through a questionnaire survey. The field survey included 34 contractors. 52 factors affecting time overrun were identified during the research. The survey concluded that the top ten frequent factors are: segmentation of the West Bank and limited movement between areas, political situation, progress payments delay by owner, lack of equipment efficiency, difficulties in financing project by contractor, personal conflicts among labors, poor communication by consultant with other construction parties, conflict between contractor and other parties, award project to lowest bid price, unreasonable project time frame by the owner.

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“…The study recommends to construction industry bodies to take the benefit of homogeneity of the research in developing and implementing strategies for improvement and innovation in training programs related to project management. Another research by Mahamid [10] aimed to identify the risk matrix for factors affecting delays in road construction projects in the West Bank in Palestine from the owners' perspective. The results identified eight severe factors that are located in the red zone which are: poor communication between construction parties; poor resource management; delay in commencement; insufficient inspectors; rework from poor material quality; rework from poor workmanship; payments delay; and segmentation of the West Bank…”

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Factors Causing Problems in Managing Construction Projects in a Country Under Military Occupation: Contractors’ Perspective

Suleiman¹,

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Abahre³

2017

IJET

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Abstract-An exhaustive literature search revealed that not much research has been done on factors causing problems in managing a construction project in a country under military occupation like Palestine. So, it is the main goal of this research is to identify these factors which could be used by the decision makers to select the appropriate project manager who bosses the suitable skills and competencies to deal with these problems. The study is a step toward determining means to improve the effectiveness of projects through identifying project manager competencies. It is important for Palestinian construction industry to progress in terms of project success; the problems that face the project managers must be determined and identified, in order to achieve the best results with less risk. A clear understanding of such problems helps the Palestinian construction industry of finding the suitable solutions to overcome these problems. A questionnaire survey was carried out to achieve the main aim of this research. The respondents were engineers have more than 3 years in the position of project manager in the Palestinian construction industry. The survey was based on factors drawn from findings of another researches in different countries, together with special factors identified as potentially affecting Palestine. The results identified many factors created problems; they were clustered in eight groups. These groups were arranged according to respondents in descending order as follows: the political situation of Palestine, lack of consultants` technical competencies, lack of resources, insufficient planning, team members uncommitted, conflicts between departments, breakdowns in communications, and changes in goals. As a result of this study one could conclude that managing a project in Palestine is as difficult as the complication of the political situation of the country. The project manager should have a complicated mixture of skills and competencies from dealing with Israeli occupation to dealing with stakeholders to lack of resources and unclear goals. The study has recommended to the Palestinian government to improve the regulations and laws to meet the impact of closure and segmentation of the Palestine.

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Risk matrix for factors affecting time delay in road construction projects: owners' perspective

Cited by 102 publications

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Common risks affecting time overrun in road construction projects in Palestine: Contractors’ perspective

Common risks affecting time overrun in road construction projects in Palestine: Contractors’ perspective

Frequency of time overrun causes in road construction in Palestine: Contractors’ View

Factors Causing Problems in Managing Construction Projects in a Country Under Military Occupation: Contractors’ Perspective

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