Major causes of delay in construction project in Gaza Strip-Palestine-clients’ perspective

Joint Authors

Hallis, Shirin
al-Jamassi, Ala al-Din

Source

The fifth International Conference on Engineering and Sustainability : is scheduled on November 4-5, 2014

Publisher

Islamic University of Gaza Faculty of Engineering

Publication Date

2014-11-30

Country of Publication

Palestine (Gaza Strip)

No. of Pages

21

Main Subjects

Engineering & Technology Sciences (Multidisciplinary)

English Abstract

One of the most common problems in the construction project is the delay.

Many researches illustrated that construction projects might be delayed due to many factors related to clients, contractors, external environment, third parties and others.

Delays can be minimized only when their cause are identified.

The objective of this study was to identify the major causes of delays in construction projects.

This study was carried out based on literature review and a questionnaire survey.

One hundred and twenty seven (127) factors that result in projects’ delay were categorized into twelve (12) groups.

Sixty (60) questionnaires were distributed with 90% Response Rate (R.R) targeting clients and clients’ representatives who are operating in the Gaza Strip construction projects such as projects managers, site engineers / office engineers and organizations managers.

The results demonstrated that the most important factors which contributed to projects’ delay are ; political situation, shortage of construction materials, unethical behaviors of contractors, non commitment of contractors to consultants instructions, low motivation and morale, cash problem during construction, ineffective project planning and scheduling, unreliable subcontractor, difficulties in financing project by contractor, lack of high-technology mechanical equipment.

These findings will provide valuable contribution to all construction industry stakeholders to keep continuous improvement in planning, organizing and controlling during the project life cycle stages to mitigate the negative impact of delay that might be existed in the construction projects.

Data Type

Conference Papers

Record ID

BIM-775093

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