Factors Affecting the Time Overrun of Road Construction Projects in Ethiopia

2021 ◽  
Vol 1 (1) ◽  
pp. 1
Author(s):  
MITKU ASSEFA ◽  
Hamed M. S. Ahmed ◽  
ELDANA KASSA
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Factors Affecting

scholarly journals FAKTOR DEMOGRAFI DOMINAN YANG MEMPENGARUHI PROYEK KONSTRUKSI JALAN DI PEDESAAN INDONESIA

2020 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 135
Author(s):  
Samuel Semaya ◽  
Basuki Anondho
Keyword(s):  
Data Analysis ◽  
Rural Areas ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Demographic Characteristic ◽  
Influence Factor ◽  
National Development ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Analysis Data ◽  
Test Reliability ◽  
Factors Affecting

National development for almost 70 years since independence Indonesia has produced various advances, but it was realized that the development process carried out so far turned out to have caused a residual problem of development inequality, especially in rural areas. the development approach which only emphasizes macroeconomic growth tends to lead to a large development gap between regions. Therefore, this study would like to conduct a study of the dominant demographic characteristic factors affecting construction projects in rural Indonesia. The research was conducted by distributing questionnaires to contractors selected by the Ministry of Village. The source of the questionnaire used is through previously identified journals and books. The method used in analyzing data is factor analysis. Data analysis was carried out starting from the validity test, reliability test, KMO test, MSA test, communality test, and determining the dominant influence factor. Based on the data analysis conducted, it was concluded that the most dominant demographic characteristic factors affecting road construction projects in rural Indonesia were education, gender, age, urbanization, and labor.AbstrakPembangunan nasional selama hampir 70 tahun sejak Indonesia merdeka telah menghasilkan berbagai kemajuan, namun disadari bahwa proses pembangunan yang dilaksanakan selama ini ternyata telah menimbulkan residu masalah kesenjangan pembangunan, khususnya wilayah pedesaan. pendekatan pembangunan yang hanya menekankan pada pertumbuhan ekonomi makro, cenderung menimbulkan terjadinya kesenjangan pembangunan antar wilayah yang cukup besar. Oleh karena itu, studi ini ingin melakukan penelitian tentang faktor demografi dominan yang mempengaruhi proyek konstruksi jalan di pedesaan Indonesia. penelitian dilakukan dengan penyebaran kuesioner kepada kontraktor yang dipilih oleh Kementerian Desa. Sumber kuesioner yang digunakan adalah melalui jurnal dan buku yang telah diidentifikasi lebih dulu. Metode yang dipakai dalam menganalisis data adalah analisis faktor. Analisis data dilakukan mulai dari uji validitas, uji reliabilitas, uji KMO, uji MSA, uji komunalitas, dan menentukan faktor pengaruh dominan. Berdasarkan analisis data yang dilakukan, diperoleh kesimpulan bahwa faktor demografi yang paling dominan yang mempengaruhi terhadap proyek konstruksi jalan di pedesaan Indonesia adalah pendidikan, jenis kelamin, usia, urbanisasi, dan tenaga kerja.

scholarly journals Compliance within a Regulatory Framework in Implementing Public Road Construction Projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 18 (4) ◽  
pp. 1-23 ◽  
Author(s):  
Noah Mwelu ◽  
Peter R Davis ◽  
Yongjian Ke ◽  
Susan Watundu
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Public Procurement ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Poor Performance ◽  
Regulatory Framework ◽  
Cross Sectional ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Public ◽  
Public Road ◽  
Infrastructure Project

The construction industry faces a lack of compliance with policy that in Uganda public road construction projects affects the attainment of Government goals and disrupts infrastructure project delivery. For decades, public entities have been known for a lack of compliance that manifest in: poor performance, poor personnel management, poor resource utilization and unprofessionalism. In Uganda, this has resulted in several restructures aimed at improving service delivery. Despite this, compliance remains an issue. The purpose of this study is to establish factors affecting compliance within a public procurement regulatory framework in public road construction projects and foster economic development. A cross-sectional research design including a structured self-administered questionnaire survey and PLS-SEM data analysis by SmartPLS3 was conducted. The research reveals that three factors positively affect compliance with a regulatory framework that govern public road construction projects; sanctions on staff, inefficiency of the public procurement regulatory framework and contractors’ resistance to non-compliance. While a further three factors have little positive effect on compliance; familiarity, monitoring activities and professionalism. Hence, the research contributes to construction management by showing that sanctions, perceived inefficiency and contractors’ resistance significantly enhance compliance within a public procurement regulatory framework.

scholarly journals Analyzing Cost and Schedule Growths of Road Construction Projects, Considering Project Characteristics

2021 ◽  
Vol 13 (24) ◽  
pp. 13694
Author(s):  
Kang-Wook Lee ◽  
Kyong-Hoon Kim
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
National Level ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Project Performance ◽  
Project Planning ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Socioeconomic Impacts ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Project Characteristics ◽  
The Cost

The development of road infrastructure is closely related to national competitiveness and presents significant socioeconomic impacts. However, road construction involves a large budget and is vulnerable to political, economic, social, and project-specific risks, which often result in cost overruns and schedule delays. Assessing the gap between the final performance and the planned performance, and providing feedback to similar projects in the future is essential for successful project planning and management. The aim of this study is to empirically analyze the cost and schedule growth of road construction projects, considering project characteristics. Using the national-level project performance data, the primary goal is to answer, “Do project characteristics influence the road project performance? If so, how different is the performance because of the project characteristics?” To this end, this study analyzes the cost and schedule growth of 423 road construction projects, considering five project characteristics: facility type, construction type, bid type, contract type, and project size. Non-parametric tests (the Mann–Whitney U test and the Kruskal–Wallis test) are used to analyze the differences between sample groups. The results demonstrate (1) better management of the performance of the highway when compared to the national and provincial roads; (2) higher schedule growth of the expansion and renovation than that of the new construction; (3) lower cost growth of the design-build method (turnkey and alternative) than the design-bid-build methods (qualification examination and lowest price); and (4) relatively larger cost and schedule growth for projects over $50 million than those of smaller projects. These results present empirical references from the Korean construction industry that can help construction-related entities (clients, design consultants, and contractors) to estimate and manage the cost and schedule buffers of future projects by considering different project characteristics. Discussions and suggestions connected with the findings are also provided. Future research will continue to shed light on the critical factors affecting the cost and schedule growth.

Risk Matrix for Factors Affecting Time Delay in Road Construction Projects: Consultants’ Perspective

2011 ◽  
Vol 147 ◽  
pp. 244-248 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ibrahim Mahamid
Keyword(s):  
Time Delay ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
West Bank ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Risk Matrix ◽  
The West ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
The Matrix ◽  
Green Zone

The aim of this study is to identify the risk matrix for factors causing time delay in road construction projects in the West Bank in Palestine from consultants’ viewpoint. Three zones were used in the matrix according to the degree of factors severity on the projects’ time delay; which are: green, yellow, and red. The analysis of 43 factors considered in a survey indicates that 2 factors are located in the green zone, 28 factors are located in the yellow zone, and 13 factors are located in the red zone.

scholarly journals Causes of delay on highway construction projects in Thailand

2018 ◽  
Vol 192 ◽  
pp. 02014 ◽  
Author(s):  
Pornsirichotirat Thapanont ◽  
Charoenpornpattana Santi ◽  
Xinghatiraj Pruethipong
Keyword(s):  
Construction Management ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Operating Cost ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Key Factors ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Financial Status ◽  
Negative Impacts ◽  
Causes Of Delays ◽  
Project Engineer

Delay in construction project is an important issue in construction management. This is because delay will cause negative impacts on both the owner and the contractor. For owner, it will lead to the late opening of new road. For contractor, it will cause extra operating cost. In this paper, therefore, the causes of delay in road construction projects are researched. This paper studied a list of road construction delay causes gathered from literature having different countries. Internationally, twenty-six factors that might cause delays of road construction projects are identified in this research. Among 26 factors, considering in Thailand, eight key factors are typically found as the cause of delays in road construction projects. These 8 factors are then prioritized to identify the most important causes of delays in road construction projects in Thailand. A questionnaire and personal interviews through project engineer have formed the basis of this paper. The study indicates that the 5 top factors affecting road construction delays are: incomplete drawings, lack of equipment efficiency or financial status of contractors, delay in relocating existing infrastructure structures, less of project engineer experiences, and delay in relieving environmental impact, respectively

scholarly journals ASSESSMENT OF LABOUR PRODUCTIVITY IN ROAD CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS OF PAKISTAN

2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (1) ◽  
pp. 32-38
Author(s):  
Wesam Salah Alaloul ◽  
Muhammad Ali Musarat ◽  
Hussain Mehmood ◽  
Muhammad Altaf
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Labour Productivity ◽  
Road Construction ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Financial Difficulties ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
One Belt One Road ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Made In

Road construction in Pakistan is booming because of China’s One Belt One Road program. Pakistan is in a developing stage and facing a lot of challenges in construction projects, primarily in labour productivity. This research focuses on the factors affecting labour productivity in road construction projects of Pakistan. A questionnaire was developed to observe the impact of critical factors on labour productivity. Based on the gathered responses, the factors were ranked using the Relative Importance Index (RII). The analysis shows that out of thirty (30) factors, the most important five (5) factors that affect labour productivity on road construction are unskilled workforce, payment delays to labour, tools and equipment shortages, poor communication of supervisor with labours and financial difficulties of owner/contractor. By focusing on these critical issues’ betterment can be made in labour productivity which will directly enhance the projects’ performance.

Inhibiting Factors of Cost Performance in UAE Construction Projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Ahmed Salem Ahmed Marey Alhammadi ◽  
◽  
Aftab Hameed Memon ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Past Research ◽  
Cost Overrun ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Cost Performance ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Inhibiting Factors ◽  
Critical Problems ◽  
Structured Questionnaire

UAE construction industry frequently faces poor cost performance which commonly known as cost overrun problem. This problem is resulted from several factors and it is important to identify these cost overrun factors in order to avoid and minimize it. Hence, this paper focused on determined the relevancy of factors affecting cost performance in construction projects of UAE. Through a review of past research works conducted globally, 27 factors of cost overrun were listed and used for developing a structured questionnaire. A survey was conducted with 33 practitioners from client, consultant and contractors organizations involved in handling construction projects in UAE. The respondents were requested to state their perception regarding the relevancy of each of the factors that was perceived in context with cost overrun issue using 5-points Likert scale. The responses were analysed using average index method and the results found that all the 27 factors are relevant with construction industry of UAE in causing cost overrun. These factors can be used for further investigation to uncover critical problems of cost overrun.

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