TAILIEUCHUNG - Analyzing delay causes in Egyptian construction projects

Construction delays are common problems in civil engineering projects in Egypt. These problems occur frequently during project life-time leading to disputes and litigation. Therefore, it is essential to study and analyze causes of construction delays. This research presents a list of construction delay causes retrieved from literature. The feedback of construction experts was obtained through interviews. Subsequently, a questionnaire survey was prepared. The questionnaire survey was distributed to thirty-three construction experts who represent owners, consultants, and contractor’s organizations. Frequency Index, Severity Index, and Importance Index are calculated and according to the highest values of them the top ten delay causes of construction projects in Egypt are determined. A case study is analyzed and compared to the most important delay causes in the research. Statistical analysis is carried out using analysis of variance ANOVA method to test delay causes, obtained from the survey. The test results reveal good correlation between groups while there is significant difference between them for some delay causes and finally roadmap for prioritizing delay causes groups is presented. | Journal of Advanced Research 2014 5 49-55 Cairo University Journal of Advanced Research ORIGINAL ARTICLE Analyzing delay causes in Egyptian construction CrossMark projects Mohamed M. Marzouk Tarek I. El-Rasas Structural Engineering Department Faculty of Engineering Cairo University Egypt ARTICLE INFO ABSTRACT Article history Received 3 July 2012 Received in revised form 8 November 2012 Accepted 19 November 2012 Available online 28 January 2013 Keywords Construction management Construction delays Disputes and litigation Statistical analysis Construction delays are common problems in civil engineering projects in Egypt. These problems occur frequently during project life-time leading to disputes and litigation. Therefore it is essential to study and analyze causes of construction delays. This research presents a list of construction delay causes retrieved from literature. The feedback of construction experts was obtained through interviews. Subsequently a questionnaire survey was prepared. The questionnaire survey was distributed to thirty-three construction experts who represent owners consultants and contractor s organizations. Frequency Index Severity Index and Importance Index are calculated and according to the highest values of them the top ten delay causes of construction projects in Egypt are determined. A case study is analyzed and compared to the most important delay causes in the research. Statistical analysis is carried out using analysis of variance ANOVA method to test delay causes obtained from the survey. The test results reveal good correlation between groups while there is significant difference between them for some delay causes and finally roadmap for prioritizing delay causes groups is presented. 2014 Cairo University. Production and hosting by Elsevier . All rights reserved. Introduction Construction delay means a time overrun either beyond the contract date or beyond the date that the parties have agreed upon for the delivery of the project.

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