Assessment Of Factors Causing Delay Of Construction Projects Evidence From Construction Project Managers

This study assessed major factors causing delay of construction projects implemented byrnEthiopian private local Grade-1 and Grade-2 contractors from project manager’s evidences.rnQuestionnaires were distributed to respondents who are purposively selected from projectrnmanager’s population in Grade 1 and Grade-2 local private contractors. The respondentsrnwere asked to rank the delay factors based on both frequency of occurrence and severity ofrnimpact. The questionnaire also enquires respondent’s experiences and number of projectsrnexecuted vs delayed. Analysis of these data indicated that out of the total 108 projectsrnexecuted 48 projects are delayed, this is 46% of the executed projects. This revealsrnprevalence of serious delay problems in the projects being executed .The top ranked delayrnfactors were; delay of payment, design problem, delay of designs, Increase in price ofrnmaterials and wage, limitation of considering contingency plans, limitations of leadership,rnlimitations of communication, delay in decision making and commitment problems. It hasrnrecommended that future researches may study the issue in broader perspectives

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