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Abd El-Razek, M E, Bassioni, H A and Mobarak, A M (2008) Causes of Delay in Building Construction Projects in Egypt. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(11), 831–41.

  • Type: Journal Article
  • Keywords: Buildings; Construction management; Delay time; Egypt;
  • ISBN/ISSN: 0733-9364
  • URL: https://doi.org/10.1061/(ASCE)0733-9364(2008)134:11(831)
  • Abstract:
    Delay in construction projects is considered one of the most common problems causing a multitude of negative effects on the project and its participating parties. This paper aims to identify the main causes of delay in construction projects in Egypt from the point of view of contractors, consultants, and owners. A literature review was conducted to compile a list of delay causes that was purged based on appropriateness to Egypt in seven semistructured interviews. The resulting list of delay causes was subjected to a questionnaire survey for quantitative confirmation and identification of the most important causes of delay. The overall results indicated that the most important causes are: financing by contractor during construction, delays in contractor’s payment by owner, design changes by owner or his agent during construction, partial payments during construction, and nonutilization of professional construction/contractual management. The contractor and owner were found to have opposing views, mostly blaming one another for delays, while the consultant was seen as having a more intermediate view. Results’ analyses suggest that in order to significantly reduce delay a joint effort based on teamwork is required. Furthermore, causes of project delay were discussed based on the type and size of the project.

Choi, H and Mahadevan, S (2008) Construction Project Risk Assessment Using Existing Database and Project-Specific Information. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(11), 894–903.

Eom, C S, Yun, S H and Paek, J H (2008) Subcontractor Evaluation and Management Framework for Strategic Partnering. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(11), 842–51.

Hu, J, Ren, Z and Shen, L (2008) Impacts of Overseas Management Structures on Project Buyout Management: Case Studies of Chinese International Contractors. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(11), 864–75.

Kang, Y, O’Brien, W J, Thomas, S and Chapman, R E (2008) Impact of Information Technologies on Performance: Cross Study Comparison. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(11), 852–63.

Kim, J and Ellis, R D (2008) Permutation-Based Elitist Genetic Algorithm for Optimization of Large-Sized Resource-Constrained Project Scheduling. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(11), 904–13.

Kong, D, Tiong, R L, Cheah, C Y, Permana, A and Ehrlich, M (2008) Assessment of Credit Risk in Project Finance. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(11), 876–84.

Schatteman, D, Herroelen, W, Van de Vonder, S and Boone, A (2008) Methodology for Integrated Risk Management and Proactive Scheduling of Construction Projects. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 134(11), 885–93.