What is it about?
Construction projects are full of risk and uncertainties and delays can have negative economic consequences and can create bad image for all the parties involved in the project. Delays in construction projects have several causes associated with owner, consultant and contractors. This paper aims to explore the causes of delays in construction projects in Oman. The causes of delays in construction projects are firstly discussed with a review of different published literature. The results of interviews with experienced construction professional working with client, consultant and contractor are reported. Results reveal that contractual issues, workforce, materials, coordination between construction parties, and external factors are the main factors which cause delay to construction projects in Oman.
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Why is it important?
In construction, the delay could be defined as the time overrun either beyond completion date specified in a contract, or beyond the date that the parties agreed upon for delivery of a project. It is a project slipping over its planned schedule and is considered as a common problem in construction projects. While the factors which delay the construction projects can be associated with client, consultant, contractor or all the parties, it is important to know these factors to develop strategies to reduce or avoid them. Knowing these factors which result into the delay of construction projects, will help to complete the project on time which is in the greater interest of all parties. Some of the factors identified in this research which result into the delay of construction projects in Oman are Contractual issue, Workforce, Materials, Payment, Coordination between construction parties and some External factors such as hot weather and rain etc.
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Causes of delay in the construction project in Oman based on the results of a semi-structured interviewed with the owner, consultant and contractor are discussed. The views of selected interviewee from the owner; consultant and contractor background on these delay causes are discussed. The views of interviewee on some causes of delay are different, for example, delay in payment is considered as one of the main cause of delay by the contractor but the view of consultant and owner is significantly different. They do not consider payment as a major factor which causes the delay to construction projects in Oman. Similarly, there was a consensus among the interviewee on some factors which cause the delay to the construction project in Oman. For example, the external factors were considered as an important factor which causes the delay. They reported external factors by interviewee which causes the delay to construction projects in Oman are; • effects of subsurface conditions (such as water table) • delay in obtaining permits from the municipality • hot weather effect on construction activities • rain effect on construction activities • unavailability of utilities in the site (such as, water, electricity) • traffic control and restriction at the job site • accident during construction. To effectively complete the construction projects on time in Oman, the delaying factors must be addressed.
Dr. Tariq Umar
Kingston University
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This page is a summary of: Causes of delay in construction projects in Oman, Middle East J of Management, January 2018, Inderscience Publishers,
DOI: 10.1504/mejm.2018.10012114.
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