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A Review on Causes of Cost Overrun in the Construction

Projects

A M Faten Albtoush1, R A Bahamid1, S I Doh1 and A R Rahimi1, M S Syamsyul

Hairi1 and S Adilen Lucia2
1
Faculty of Civil Engineering Technology, Universiti Malaysia Pahang, 26300 Gambang,
Pahang, Malaysia
2
Politeknik Metro Kuantan, Jalan Tun Ismail, 25000 Kuantan, Pahang

Abstract. Cost overrun is a frequent phenomenon in the construction projects in all countries,
whether it developed or developing country. This problem is critical issues that affect project
success. Thus it requires serious attention from all participants in construction projects to keep
the projects in safe mode, to be completed within its limited cost, time and quality. Cost
overrun have negative impact in performance of construction projects, that because
construction industry is huge and complex. Any problem occurs through the life cycle of
project lead to other problem in different parts of project. Through literature review many
researchers studies cost overrun and indicated the most causes of cost overruns according to
their studies. The current study aims to highlight the most causes of cost overrun in
construction projects. These causes are classified into ten main groups according to their
sources, namely: Design and contract related factors, Estimation related factors, Planning and
Schedule related factors, Project Management related factors, Labour related factors, Financial
related factors, Material and Machinery related factors, Construction Phase related factors,
Communication Related Factors, External related factors. The importance of current research is
to summarize the most important causes of cost overruns in construction projects, thus helping
project participants to identify the sources of these factors to address them and mitigate their
negative effects.

1. Introduction
Construction industry is important in all countries of the world, whether they are developed or
developing. The construction industry is important source of employment and investments. In addition
to that, it provides job opportunities for various industrial occupations. Thus, Construction industry is
necessary in every country to provide physical developments which help in improving social and
economic needs of country [1]. However, the construction industry facing from different problems
that affect in its success and achieving its objectives. The main problem in construction industry as
agreed by various numbers of studies is cost overrun. It effect in all phases within project life cycle
from first to end. So cost overrun is serious issue in construction projects which need serious attention
from all participates in projects. Thus, it is necessary to search about the causes of cost overrun in
construction projects to improve the cost performance. Most researchers agreed that cost overrun
result from poor cost management. Cost management is important part in construction management, it
help the project manager to complete the project within its limited budget. In addition to that it helps
to indicate any causes of cost overrun through the life cycle and take the decision to solve it with
minimum effect. There are different numbers of causes affected in cost overrun from different origins,
which prompted researchers to classify the causes of cost overrun in different groups to make it easy
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to study. The aim of current paper is to categorize the causes of cost overrun in construction projects
through various literature reviews.

2. Literature Review
Construction can be considered as a dynamic industry which is constantly facing uncertainties,
because building project is multidisciplinary which involved many parties as the project owner and
various professionals, contractors and suppliers, manpower and subcontractors, these uncertainties and
the many stakeholders in these kinds of projects make the management of costs quietly difficult which
consequently causes cost overruns [2]. Cost overrun is the difference between the original cost
estimate of the project and actual construction cost on completion of the work [3]. And it can simply
explain as a result of one or a combination of several causes which are very important to identify for
cost-effective performance [4]. Cost overrun is a major problem in the construction industry where 9
of 10 projects are faced by these overruns which commonly range between 50 to 100% [5].
Cost overrun fluctuated from project to other, this variation due to the fundamental project costs and
based on the actual cost of the land, materials, equipment, and labours in the region where the project
is being carried out [6]. The results revealed that 9 out of 10 construction projects experienced cost
overrun with an average budget overrun of 28% [5]. In Germany, the average cost overrun was 78%
[7]. In Canada, the percentage of cost overruns more than 82% [8]. Another study in South Africa
reported that cost overrun ranging from 5% to 94% according to their results [9]. In Zambia, [10]
revealed that road project faced by cost overrun with percentage more than 50%. The average cost
escalation in Europe was 25.7%, North America 23.6% and other geographical areas was 64.6% [5].
These high percentages encourage many researchers to study about cost overruns and its causes to be
managed through the life cycle of construction project to be reduced in the future.
Construction projects suffering from cost overruns, in spite of availability and use of different project
management methods and software packages [11]. One of the problems found in construction projects
was that most project managers and contractors find difficulty in controlling costs on their
construction sites due to a number of problems which include poor project preparation, gaps in
management and control, over budgeting, poor materials, labours shortages, increased cost of
materials, delays in deliveries, wastage of materials, unexpected weather changes, loss of materials,
insecurity and poor communication. This results into cost variation of projects [12]. According to
Amoa-Abban & Allotey, the basic costs in construction projects will vary depending on the following
factors: The project specification, Location of the building project, New buildings or refurbishment,
Timescale, Site characteristics, Inaccurate or poor estimating of original cost, Inflation of project
costs, Fluctuation in price of raw materials, Unforeseen site conditions, Insufficient funds,
Construction cost under-estimation, Change in foreign exchange rates [13].
The cost overrun is a result of one or a combination of several causes which are very important to
identify for cost-effective performance [14]. While the impact factors on cost performance of the
project and cause cost overruns are present from the estimating stage to the completion stage of the
project [15]. The major causes of the cost overrun in many projects are ineffective construction
management and poorly established cost control systems [16]. Poor management considered as one of
the most significant resources, it's like men, material and money [17]. Upcoming issues which will
increase cost as reported by Peter et al are, the shortage of labour as more and more skilled worker
are retiring without new workers to replace them [18]. The causes of cost overrun occurring in a
construction project are: Ineffective project governance, management and oversight, Unanticipated site
conditions, Late design/poor project definition, Inadequate communications and slow decision
making, Weak/ambiguous contract terms and lack of incentive to control costs, In effective decision –
making process, Poor risk identification, management and response strategy, Imposed constrains and
delayed payment, Skilled labour availability, In experienced management team, Design errors and
omissions leading to scope growth and/or re-work, Poor project controls (cost & schedule),
Insufficient planning and in accurate estimating [19].
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The cost overruns can be classified to a number of factors that are either uncontrollable or, that to are
unmanageable in a varying degree, which are as the following: (1) Accuracy of original cost estimate;
(2) Degree of government regulation and control; (3) Construction completion delays; (4) Number of
design changes; and (5) Labour related matters such as: (a) Availability; (b) Skills, and (c) Increases in
fringe benefits [20]. While Saidu et al classified the causes of cost overrun into four groups namely:
causes by contractor, causes by consultant, causes by client and other/external causes [21]. Pall et al
however classified the causes into two groups namely: non-compensable factors (unavoidable
circumstances faced by the project parties due to involvement of external parties or environment) and
(ii) compensable factors (circumstances that can be avoided by parties from causing cost overrun). In
addition to that there is another study classified the causes of cost overrun into another two groups as:
(i) internal cause and (ii) external cause [23]. Table 1 summarized the groups of causative factors of
cost overrun in construction projects from different studies.

Table 1 Group of Causative Factors of Cost Overrun in Construction Projects from Literature Review
Researchers No. in Groups of causative factors
Groups
[24] 6 Owner, consultant, contractor, material /labour, project and
external
[25] 5 Environmental, construction, construction item, cost estimation
and financing
[26] 4 Owner, designer, contractor, miscellaneous
[27] 5 Cost estimation, construction item, project participant,
environmental and financing
[28] 5 Financial related factors, factors related to construction parties,
factors related to construction items, environmental related
factors and politics related factors.
[29] 7 Construction phase factors, design factors, financial
management related factors, communication related factors,
human resource (Labour) related factors, materials and
equipment related factors, project management related factors.
[30] 7 Client- related factors, Consultant related group, Contractor
related factors, Financial management related factors, and
Resources (labour, material and equipment) related factors,
External factors.
[31] 7 Contract related factors, Time related factors, Cost related
factors, Quality related factors, Human related factors,
Communication related factors and Risk related factors.
[32] 8 Contractor's site management, Information and
communication, Project management and contract
administration, Labour related factors, Materials and
machinery, External factors, Design and documentation and
Financial management.

The current research select ten groups from literature reviews as shown in Figure 1, which namely:
design and contract related factors, estimation related factors, planning and schedule related factors,
project management related factors, labour related factors, financial related factors, material and
machinery related factors, construction phase related factors, communication related factors, external
related factors. The discussion of each group summarized in the following sections.
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Figure 1 Groups of causes of cost overrun in construction projects

2.1 Design and contract related factors

Design phase is a stage of a project where detailed plan and drawings are prepared [33]. Because of
this most researches considered the design stage as important stage through the lifecycle of
construction project. Serious attention given to the design stage to avoid cost overrun in construction
stage, it have important role in cost performance of projects. The causes of cost overrun due to design
plan or project management problems are avoidable because they could have reasonably been foreseen
and prevented [34]. Different studies found various number of causes of cost overrun related to design
stage, as: mistakes in design [35, 36], frequent design changes [11, 30, 37, 38, 39], design
development and incomplete design at the time of tender [40], an inadequate pre-construction study
[41] , lack of coordination at design phase [42], lowest bidding procurement method [34, 43], short bid
preparation time [44]. The critical factors of cost overrun in the design phase are: inadequate planning
and scheduling, lack of experience, lack of communication between parties, change in the scope of the
project, and delays in decision making [33].

2.2 Estimation related factors

Estimation is defined as a process of predicting and forecasting the time, cost and other resources
needed to accomplish the project objective [45]. Estimation is a technical process of predicting the
cost of implementing activities in order to accomplish the set objectives of the construction project
within a particular time period [46]. The cost and time of the construction projects should be estimated
to plan the funds of project. Estimation process needs efficient information about the project and its
need in addition to good background about the cost of material, equipment and labour. The accuracy
estimate is important to give realistic estimate of cost and time. Accuracy of estimation affected by a
number of factors that recommended by Azman et al are: project size, number of bidders, location and
types of project, contract period, design scopes, cost data, location, and others. According to the
various studies the causes of cost overrun result from estimation process summarized as:
underestimate project duration [48], poor estimation of the original project cost [35], wrong method of
estimation [49, 50] , inaccurate quantity take-off [51, 52, 53], underestimate the construction cost by
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quantity surveyors [35]. Alumbugu et al [54] stated that the most influencing factor affecting the
accuracy of pre-tender cost estimate is the experience and skill level of the estimator.
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2.3 Planning and schedule related factors

Project need planning involves all process in construction project through all stages in lifecycle of
project in preconstruction and construction stages. Planning of project have seven process, which are:
defining project objectives, identifying activities, establishing precedence relationships, making time
estimates, determining project completion time, comparing project schedule objectives and
determining resource requirements to meet objectives [55]. The main objective of the project planning
is to achieve a number of common factors including the production of realistic schedules and costs, the
completion of a project to defined standards of quality, design criteria, project resources, health and
safety, and meeting project stakeholders’ expectations [56]. To ensure the success of construction
project planning there are three factors influencing planning as pointed by [57] , which are: (1)
investing enough planning time before work on-site, (2) reduce emphasis on developing schedules for
monitoring and controlling of project progress, and (3) increase emphasis on developing operational
plans for project implementation. The causes of cost overrun related to planning and schedule as
stated by a number of researchers are: inadequate planning by constrictor [58] , lack of cost reports
planning/ monitoring during pre and post contract stages [59] , inadequate planning and scheduling
[30, 34, 36, 60], planning and scheduling deficiencies [61] , lack of cost planning and monitoring of
funds [62] . A study in Oman addressed a number of construction projects were also found to be
subject to schedule delays by more than 40% beyond their original schedule plans [63].

2.4 Project management related factors

Project management tools and techniques play an important role in the effective management of a
project [64]. Through literature review it is appear that project management responsible about success
of project in construction industry. Construction project have huge works which needed huge numbers
of equipment, materials and labours. All these need to manage and control. Cost management is
important part to improve the cost performance in construction projects. Cost management considered
as vital part in project management that targeted to achieve efficient cost performance through
efficient project planning and execution within the limited budget of the project [65]. Causes of cost
overrun related to management identified by different researchers as: poor site management and
supervision [24, 38, 39, 60], poor contractor management [49, 61, 66], lack of project management
support [38] , consultant poor contract management [24], availability of management finance and
plans [67], poor contract management practices [68], contract management [69]. Another study by
Qureshi et al [70] commented that project management leadership has a significant impact on project
management performance.

2.5 Labour related factors

Building project is multidisciplinary which involved many parties as the project owner and various
professionals, contractors and suppliers, manpower and subcontractors, as confirmed by Arcila [2]
construction can be considered as a dynamic industry which is constantly facing uncertainties, these
uncertainties and the many stakeholders in these kinds of projects make the management of costs
difficult which consequently causes cost overruns. A number of researchers indicated different issues
causes cost overrun in construction projects related to labour as: wages of labour and services [6], poor
performance of subcontractors [11, 60], shortage of site workers and labour productivity [39, 71],
shortage of skilled labour [9], unavailability of competent personnel [71], poor relationship between
top management & labors [14]. Peter & Morris reported that, upcoming issues which will increase cost
are, the shortage of labor as more and more skilled worker are retiring without new workers to replace
them.
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2.6 Financial related factors

Clients sometimes do not have enough funds to complete their projects and more often than not, do not
pay contractors on time as agreed in the contract agreement [6]. Inadequate funds for project financing
as one of factors affected in cost overrun [35]. In addition to that, there are different factors affected in
cost overrun which related to financial issue as: delay in progressive payment [37, 71, 72], economic
stability [25], mode of financing [25], consultant financial difficulties of owner [24, 38] , inconsistent
cash flows [36], payment problems faced by contractor[73], funding problems were critical for
causing cost variation [26], foreign currency fluctuations [74], monthly payment difficulties [61].

2.7 Materials and machinery related factors

Construction materials account for over half of the final cost of house building while the cost of labor
account for less than third, and overheads and profit stand for the rest [75]. Inflation of materials,
equipment and labour costs may vary geographically within the country and contracts between sub-
contractors and suppliers may involve different inflation protection terms as agreed with the client. As
inflation increases, interest rates also increase and the project costs will also increase [6]. The factors
affected in cost overrun related to materials and machinery as stated by various studies are:
fluctuations in the cost of building materials [28, 30, 49, 50, 59], fund constraints by government party
[76] , material cost increase by inflation [30, 53], high cost of machineries [34], supply of raw
materials and equipment by contractors and project materials monopoly by some suppliers [51].

2.8 Construction related factors

Construction projects go through a continuous cycle of creation, storage, manipulation, transmission,
reformation, revision and application of information [77]. Construction process can prove to be a
difficult task due to frequent exchanging of information between major team professionals such as
project managers, architects, contractors, quantity surveyors and engineers because of the geographical
locations between project and professional team [78]. Through construction stage there are a number
of causes of cost overrun indicated by different studies, which are: delay in construction [79],
complexity of works [11], mistakes during construction [39] , changes in scope of the project [62, 80,
81], additional works [82], additional costs due to variations work [83], lack of experience of technical
consultants Schedule delay and change [84], lack of monitoring of work progress by contractor [85],
errors during construction process resulting reworks [14], poor construction adopted by constructor
[86], high transportation cost [87]. The major factors affecting the construction phase are
communication across the board, contractor experience, management and supervision of the project
activities, poor labour skill and productivity, change in design and material specifications during the
construction process, and conflict of interest between professionals [88].

2.9 Communication related factors

Communication skills is one of the skills that the team involved in the construction management of the
project, must ideally have it. Construction projects have a large number of human sources which need
good process of communication between all parties involved within it to avoid any conflicts that may
influence in construction project. Communication is one of the major factors affecting the construction
phase [78, 88, 89, 90, 91]. In addition to other factors stated by various studies as: lack of
communication and coordination among key construction stakeholders [48, 71, 72], poor
communication between construction parties [72] , poor communication [53] , conflict among project
participants [44] .

2.10 External related factors

Construction projects affected by a number of external factors which influencing in cost overrun as
mentioned by various researchers which summarized as: unpredictable weather conditions [53, 59];
delay in forest clearance [76] , fund constraints by government party [58] , frequent stormy weather
due to heavy rains and the resulting floods [10] , terrain conditions and emergency works [92],
fraudulent practices [25, 50], unsupportive government policies [34], bribery and corruption [93],
political instability [74] , land acquisition and resettlement [36] , delay in forest clearance [58].
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3. Conclusion

Cost overrun in construction projects was a result of various numbers of causes from different sources.
These causes of cost overrun found in all phases through the lifecycle of construction projects. The
current study collected the most causes of cost overrun in various researches, the result of the study
classified the causes of cost overrun into ten groups, namely: design and contract related factors,
estimation related factors, planning and schedule related factors, project management related factors,
labour related factors, financial related factors, material and machinery related factors, construction
phase related factors, communication related factors, external related factors. The results of current
study will help to indicate the source of the causes of cost overrun, and then take the suitable decisions
to reduce or avoid it within its source in construction projects.

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Acknowledgement
This research is funded by Universiti Malaysia Pahang (Grant No PGRS190316)