scholarly journals Analysis of Delay In Execution of Construction Projects

2018 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
P. Muralidhar ◽  
Rahul Kumar Jain ◽  
B. Srivasta ◽  
V. Poorna Chandra Rao
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Material Design ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Point Scale ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Spss Software

The construction industry is one of the major sectors that provide important ingredients for the development of country’s economy. A survey is conducted to identify the major causes of construction delays, its effects, and minimizing delays in construction projects using relative importance index method. The questionnaire was circulated among various construction companies located in India to find the reasons which are affecting the construction projects in India. The various factors are identified for this purpose and these critical factors are then categorized into owner, contractor, consultant, material, design, labor, equipment and external factors. About fifty six responses are received for the analysis purpose. SPSS software is applied to perform the analysis. The survey is concentrated on the frequency of occurrence of this factors and what is the severity of this factors in the five point scale.

Relative Importance of Factors Affecting Construction Hazards in the Design Phase

2013 ◽  
Vol 330 ◽  
pp. 862-866
Author(s):  
Seyyed Shahab Hosseinian ◽  
Zahra Jabbarani Torghabeh ◽  
Aziruddin Ressang
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Design Phase ◽  
Construction Sites ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Safety Level ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Construction Accidents ◽  
Construction Hazards

dentifying the root causes of construction accidents has indicated that not only contractors but designers and architectures are capable of influencing construction workers safety. The aim of this study is to investigate and prioritize factors affecting construction hazards in the design phase. To achieve the aim of this study, a questionnaire survey was distributed among respondents randomly selected from construction sites within Malaysia. Relative Importance Index method was used to prioritize factors in order of level of effect on construction hazards. The results indicated that Lack of designers safety knowledge, Lack of designers knowledge about construction processes and Late involvement of constructors in the design process have the highest level of effect while Lack of safety organizations which evaluates the safety level of design and Few application of components' prefabrication have the lowest level of effect on hazards in the design phase of construction projects.

scholarly journals Influence of Claim Management in Construction Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 9 (2S2) ◽  
pp. 1052-1061
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Negative Impact ◽  
Critical Issue ◽  
Point Of View ◽  
Cost Overrun ◽  
Construction Companies ◽  
Spss Software ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Work Contract

Most construction projects are suffering from claims due to many reasons. Claim emergencies have risen for ten years due to the critical political situation. These claims have a bad impact on all groups who were work in the construction field. The impact of claim could be followed to cost overrun, loss of efforts and suspension of work, contract termination. This investigation means to recognize the real reason for causes of claim in construction and demonstrate their difference between respondent concerning individual, company and organization traits. It also aims found the important factors in developing for the management of construction project claim to predict claim occurrence and to mitigate the negative impact of a claim. The objective of the study achieved through a valid questionnaire obtained from several construction companies. The questionnaire survey was conducted involving the contractor, consultant, client point of view. The result of the questionnaire encountered in the SPSS software for finding the major factor that affects the construction. The finding demonstrates the absence of site attention to detect claims, detachment or inaccessible of related documents proactively, and conflicts which develop during owner/contractor negotiation are all critical issue related with the system of claim management. My work aims to distinguish the various claims through review paper and to recognize the most impacted causes of claim in our region.

scholarly journals Non Excusable Delays in Construction Industry: A Causal Study

2018 ◽  
Vol 8 (6) ◽  
pp. 3561-3564
Author(s):  
S. H. Khahro ◽  
Z. A. Memon
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Research Data ◽  
Specific Reference ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Remedial Measures ◽  
Critical Factors ◽  
Negative Effects ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Prerequisite Knowledge ◽  
Causes Of Delays

Delays are one of the major problems construction industry faces. Delays can lead to many negative effects such as arbitration between owners and contractors, increased cost, loss of productivity and revenue, and contract termination. Various studies have been carried out to highlight the general causes of delays and suggest possible remedial measures to minimize the effect of delays on a project. This study aims to highlight the critical factors with specific reference to non-excusable delays (NEDs) only. It also suggests possible remedial measures to minimize the effects of contractor-oriented NEDs which is a significant type of delays in the construction industry. A qualitative study has been conducted for this research. Data have been collected by the use of a set of questionnaires on numerous construction project stakeholders. Relative importance index (RII) has been used for prioritizing the factors. Results show that slow material mobilization, subcontractor unreliability and shortage of labor and materials are the most critical NED causes. This paper aims to provide a prerequisite knowledge to practitioners to make a more informed decision in managing NED.

Fuzzy model for assessing delays in Egyptian residential projects

2020 ◽  
Vol 25 (2) ◽  
pp. 225-246
Author(s):  
Tarek El-Rasas ◽  
Mohamed Marzouk
Keyword(s):  
Fuzzy Logic ◽  
Construction Industry ◽  
Design Methodology ◽  
Fuzzy Model ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Residential Projects

Purpose Construction delays are a common problem in the Egyptian construction industry. Frequent delays in a project can lead to disputes and litigation. This paper aims to study and analyze the causes of construction delays. Design/methodology/approach This research identifies delay causes in residential projects in Egypt and analyzes these causes with the relative importance index method. The feedback of construction experts was obtained through interviews. Subsequently, a questionnaire survey was prepared. Fifty-six different delay causes were identified and categorized into eight categories based on a literature review and interviews with 36 experts from the construction industry who represent owners, consultants and contractors. Findings According to the highest values of the relative importance index, the top ten delay causes of residential projects in Egypt are determined. Statistical analysis is carried out using the analysis of variance method to test delay causes obtained from the survey, which revealed a good correlation between residential projects parties with respect to most of the delay causes. A fuzzy logic model using MATLAB is developed for determining the probability of delay of residential projects, and the model was tested in a real case study and was found to be satisfactory. Originality/value Delay causes in residential projects in Egypt were identified, and these causes were analyzed using the relative importance index method and fuzzy logic.

scholarly journals Identification of the Causes of Conflict among Construction Players in Sarawak, Malaysia

2019 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 2100-2107
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Random Sampling ◽  
Construction Projects ◽  
Response Rate ◽  
Simple Random Sampling ◽  
Descriptive Statistics ◽  
Contract Management ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Body Of Knowledge ◽  
Importance Index

Construction-related conflict is one of the issues that require considerable attention in the construction industry. Hence, this study intends to identify the factors causing conflict among the construction players in Sarawak, Malaysia. Simple random sampling was used to select the respondents for this research. Respondents for this research comprised contractors, consultants, and clients in organizations. Out of 196 distributed copies of the questionnaire, a total of 80 copies were completed and returned amounting to40.81% response rate. The Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS) was used to obtain descriptive statistics. The Relative Importance Index (RII) was used to rank the factors causing conflict. A total of twenty-five (25) factors were identified. Insufficient funding was ranked the most severe among factors causing the client-related conflict. Changes in design was ranked first among factors causing the contractor-related conflict. Poor contract management was ranked first among the factors causing the consultant-related conflict. The findings in this research complement the existing body of knowledge on construction-related disputes. This research has provided a better understanding of the factors that could lead to conflicts among the construction players during the execution of construction projects.

scholarly journals Study of Significant Factors Affecting Construction Productivity Using Relative Importance Index in Indian Construction Industry

2019 ◽  
Vol 140 ◽  
pp. 09010
Author(s):  
Saurav Dixit ◽  
Satya N Mandal ◽  
Joseph V Thanikal ◽  
Kinshuk Saurabh
Keyword(s):  
Construction Industry ◽  
Large Population ◽  
Survey Method ◽  
Special Focus ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Index Method ◽  
Factors Affecting ◽  
Construction Productivity ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Significant Factors

The construction industry of India is the second-largest contributor to the GDP and provides employment to a large population in the country. Its contribution to the GDP is about 8-10% on an average in the last decade. The objective of this study is to identify and analyze the significant factors affecting construction productivity using relative importance index method with a special focus on the Indian construction industry. A structured questionnaire survey method is used to collect the data from the primary stakeholders of the Indian construction industry including but not limited to consultants, architects, civil contractor, developer, PMC, and academia people. Total of 201 valid responses were received with a response rate of 32%. The value of reliability analysis is above 0.95, which is considered highly reliable for data-based studies. The findings of the study provide a ranking of factors affecting construction productivity. Most significant factors affecting construction productivity are availability of resources, contractual disputes, scope clarity of the project, design capability, and frequent design changes having the value on relative importance index scale 0.801, 0.799, 0.790, 0.785, and 0.776 respectively. This research paper concludes that the productivity can be achieved by changing the work culture and reviewing the management process for execution. Which suggests the implementation of best practices and motivation towards achieving the goal of having higher productivity by looking at the factor and analyzing how to promote productivity improvement.

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.

Causes of Delay in Budget Hotel Construction Projects

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
pp. 49-63 ◽  
Author(s):  
Milind T. Phadtare
Keyword(s):  
Construction Projects ◽  
Business Group ◽  
Relative Importance ◽  
Joint Effort ◽  
Indian Context ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Project Participants ◽  
Causes Of Delays ◽  
Industry Training

Delay in construction projects is a universal phenomenon. However, the topic is not adequately studied in the Indian context. This paper attempts to identify the causes of delays in construction of budget hotels in India and suggest remedies to avoid some delays. A business group constructing budget hotels across the country is approached for this study. Forty causes of delay have been identified and Relative Importance Index was calculated. The contribution of each category of causes of delay to overall delay in the projects was computed. Remedies such as, joint effort of the participants of the industry, training, coordination between project participants and project timing and scheduling are suggested and validated.

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