RANKING OF DELAY FACTORS FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS
| Author(s) | : | Yash Baria |
| Institution | : | Civil Engineering Department, Babaria Institute of Technology |
| Published In | : | Vol. 5, Issue 11 — November 2018 |
| Page No. | : | 48-52 |
| Domain | : | Engineering |
| Type | : | Research Paper |
| ISSN (Online) | : | 2348-4470 |
| ISSN (Print) | : | 2348-6406 |
One of the most common problems in the construction project presently are delays. Delay can be defined intwo different ways: the time overrun either beyond completion date specified in a contract, or beyond the date that theparties agreed upon for delivery of a project. In other words; Delays of a construction project can be defined as the latecompletion of works as compared to the planned schedule or contract schedule.Construction is a dynamic, competitive, constantly developing and taxing industry. Construction projects can be delayedfor a large number of reasons. Different categories of delays and different types of delays are found on constructionprojects. Delays can be reduced when their sources are identified. Since the problems are rather contextual, the studiesneed to focus on specific geographical area, country or region.Delay may occur early or later in the project development. Delay in projects can occur due to many of reasons that maybe due to the client, the contractor, natural calamities, or a third party. Delays can be lessened only when their cause arerecognized.The objective of this study is to identify the major causes of delays, the effects of delays, finding importance of each delayfactors by Importance and Relative Importance. The delay factors were identified and grouped accordingly. The majorcauses which affected the overall residential projects are: External Factors, Contractor Factors, Material Factors,Owner Factors, Design Factors, Equipment Factors, Consultant Factors, Labor Factors and Project Related DelayFactors.Controlling and monitoring should be established to enhance project performance in order to minimize or avoid delay inconstruction projects. The findings of this study were to help the owners / contractors to identify the factors causingdelay to minimize the risk of damage.
Yash Baria, “RANKING OF DELAY FACTORS FOR RESIDENTIAL CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 5, Issue 11, pp. 48-52, November 2018.
