أسباب تأخير المشاريع الهندسية بدولة الكويت

Abstract EN

Construction delay is a common problem worldwide, which is considered as one of the main reasons for project failure.

Kuwait construction industry is no exception.

This study investigated the main causes of delay in construction projects in Kuwait.

A report from the Kuwait Ministry of Works on the reasons for delays in engineering projects was compared with a survey to determine the causes of delays from owners, consultants and contractors for building construction projects.

About 55 people participated in the questionnaire.

The result is a match in the main reasons for the delay of engineering projects, which are in order of the owner, then the contractor, then the designer or consultant, and then external factors.

Using the importance index analysis, the study identified 10 most important causes of delay from a list of 21 different causes.

Ten most important causes were: (1) variation orders from owner, (2) Inflation and rising prices of materials, (3) Long time for approval and decision making by the owner, (4) The delay in payment by the owner, (5) The lack of effective communication between the parties, (6) Poor coordination between the main contractor and subcontractors, (7) Poor planning and scheduling projects for contractor, (8) Lack of efficient supervision Consultant, (9) Delay in the provision of materials and equipment, and (10) Inaccuracies in the drawings and documents by the designer.

Furthermore, Kruskal-Wallis test indicates that there is no significant variation exists among the three group of respondents, i.

e.

owners, consultants and contractors.