Delay Analysis in Construction Project

Abstract

Construction delays can be defined as the late completion of works compared to the planned schedule or contract schedule. Construction delays can be minimized only when their causes are identified. The objective of this study is to identify the major causes of construction delays in India; in particular the Manipal Town. This study is carried out based on literature review and a questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was designed based on the forty two factors of delays under six distinct categories targeting the contractors, clients and consultants. The Likert's scale of five ordinal measures is used in this survey. The level of importance of each factor of delays is established by computing Relative Importance Indices (RII).The analysis is made using Microsoft Excel. The major cause of delay out of 42 causes is identified in the category of Owner Related Factors which is due to delay in payments having RII-0.812. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR], Copyright of Journal of Information Technolog)