DEPARTMENT OF CONSTRACTION BUILDING TECHNOLOGY

FACULTY OF BUILT ENVIROMENTAL AND TECHNOLOGY

UNIVERSITI TEKNOLOGI MARA CAMPUS SERI ISKANDAR PERAK.

BCT 582

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

TOPIC:

THE CASUSES AND EFFECT OF DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

PREPARED FOR:

PROF MADYA TS. DR. SITI AKHTAR BT MAHAYUDDIN

PREPARED BY:

NO. NAME NO. MATRIC

1. MUHAMMAD AFIF BIN NORHYISYAMUDIN 2021832794

GROUP:

AP256 (4B)

DATE OF SUBMISSION:

16 MAY 2023
TABLE OF CONTENT
1.0 INTRODUCTION ............................................................................................................... 3
2.0 PROBLEM STATEMENT .................................................................................................. 4
3.0 HYPOTHESIS OR RESEARCH AND OBJECTIVE QUESTION .................................... 5
3.1 Research Question and Objective .................................................................................... 5
3.2 Delay and Cost Overrun in Infrastructure projects in Jordan .......................................... 5
3.3 Causes and Effects of Delay in Construction Project ...................................................... 6
3.4 Project Delay on Cost Overrun Risk: A Study of Gasabo District Construction Project 6
4.0 CONCLUSION .................................................................................................................... 7
5.0 REFERENCES .................................................................................................................... 8

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1.0 INTRODUCTION

Construction projects are among the most important tool for countries and
organizations, through which strategic visions and goals are transformed from mere written
plans into reality (Jawad, 2019). Construction projects plays a significant role in developing
and strengthen economic sector and the development of one’s country. According to Jawad A.
A. (2019), the performance of projects in a country is a measurement that reflects the efficiency
of the work of the country and its ability to achieve its development aspirations.

When carrying out construction projects, delays are among the obstacles that must be
overcome. The construction industry keeps suffering from efficiency and productivity losses
from these delays. (Lee,2018) stated that, for the employer and the contractor, a construction
delay will have a major impact or result in a loss of profit since it extends the time frame that
they had promised the customer or the government. The occurrence of a delay in the
construction projects is common and significantly affects by enormous ways which may
include time and cost overruns, litigation, and project abandonment. Shruthi S. (2017) studied
these delays are expensive and frequently result from arguments and claims, harm to the project
owners' viability, and development in the construction sector. According to (Papaliya,2020),
in construction industry delay can be defined as the time overrun is more than the
accomplishment time which has been declared in the agreement between different parties
related to that project.

(Subhav,2018) The most important factors that contribute to project delays in the
Malaysian construction industry have been identified and evaluated. These factors include
inadequate planning, poor site management, the contractor's lack of experience, the client's
inadequate funding and failure to pay for completed work, issues with subcontractors, a lack
of supplies and labour, equipment availability and failure, lack of communication between
parties, and mistakes made during the construction phase.

By identifying and evaluating the causes and effects of delay in construction projects,
this study aims to take an integral approach and close a significant knowledge gap. As a result,
frontline construction workers can concentrate their efforts on solving the most important
factors for the best and most efficient outcomes.

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2.0 PROBLEM STATEMENT
A construction delay is a time overrun that occurs after the contract's stated completion
date or after the date on which the parties agreed to perform the project. One of the most
frequent problems in the construction sector is construction delays. It is tending to have a
negative impact on the time, cost, and quality. These criteria will that determine whether a
project will be successful or not. Due to a lack of construction output, rentable space, and
dependency on existing facilities, a delay for the client leads to profit loss. Due to longer
production durations, the material cost will increase from inflation and increasing the labour
cost. According to Ramli et al. (2017) out of 359 projects in Malaysia, 79.5 percent and 66.7
percent of the public and private projects, respectively, were not completed within the period
provided in the contracts.

The main challenge that the construction industry is suffering when construction
project delay, and the issue of construction project delay in the construction industry has
become a frequent issue in Malaysia since it keeps happening to the construction industry each
year.

The objective of this research is to investigate the cause and effects of construction
project delays in the construction industry. According to Shruthi et al. (2017) the reasons why
a construction project is delayed is due to a labour shortage on the job site, which will affect to
the company by slowing down construction output. Shruthi et al. (2017) stated that the since
building projects depend on the efficiency of site management, there is a chance that delays
will result from bad site management. This is supported by Tsegay et al. (2017) who have
mentioned that poor site management influence on the causes of delay of construction project.

The causes of delay in construction project could arise with the contractor’s improper
planning on the construction work that have dragged more time in accomplished the work.
(Jawad, A. A. 2019). According to Shruthi et al. (2017) the delay of construction project will
give effect on the period of completion construction project when the time over run than that
have planned. In addition, the payment for progress work that need to be claimed by the
contractor be extended since it is one of the effects of delay in construction works (Shruthi et
al. 2017).

Lastly, this research will also focus on how to overcome the causes that bring effects
on the delay of construction work.

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3.0 HYPOTHESIS OR RESEARCH AND OBJECTIVE QUESTION
3.1 Research Question and Objective
Based on the issues and problem statement, the research questions and objective are as
follow:

RESEARCH QUESTION RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

• What are the major causes of delays • To identify the major causes of
in construction? delay in construction
• What are the effects of construction • To analyses the effects of
project delay? construction project delay
• How can delay construction project • To suggest the way of mitigating the
be mitigated? delays of construction

3.2 Delay and Cost Overrun in Infrastructure projects in Jordan

RESEARCH QUESTION RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

• What are the causes of cost and time • To identify the causes of cost and
overrun construction project in time overrun
Jordan?
• What are the factors causing delay of • To investigate factors causing delay
public construction projects in of public building construction
Jordan? projects in Jordan
• •

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3.3 Causes and Effects of Delay in Construction Project

RESEARCH QUESTION RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

• What are the major causes of delay • To identify the major causes of
in construction project? delays in construction project
• What is the source of delay in • To identify the root sources of
construction projects in Nepal? construction delay in construction
projects in Nepal
• What are the effects of delay in • To identify the effects of delays in
construction project? construction project

3.4 Project Delay on Cost Overrun Risk: A Study of Gasabo District Construction Project

RESEARCH QUESTION RESEARCH OBJECTIVE

• How to calculate project delay time • To calculate project delay time and
and cost overrun? cost overrun
• What is the relationship between • To identify the relationship between
delay and cost overrun in Gasabo delay and cost overrun in Gasabo
District? District
• What are the relationships between • To determine the relationship
project cost and real cost? between project cost and real cost

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4.0 CONCLUSION

Time is an important component of any strategy that a corporation makes to complete

a task or a project. However, by having these delays, the overall performance of the
construction project will be overblown which will compromise the cost of the construction
project. It is important to understand the problem with the upcoming delay. This study aims to
analyse the causes and effects of the delay in the construction industry within the world of
construction.

Construction project delays in the construction industry are to be expected attributed to

factors arising throughout the construction period that arise from any aspect. The larger the
project, the higher the probability of a construction delay. Furthermore, the factors that cause
construction project delays have an effect on the time, cost, and quality of the project. Other
than that, because of delay it will create a dispute between parties that are involved in the
construction project and because of that it will tarnish the image of the construction industry.
Finally, construction delay issues have not been settled at all yet, so it is necessary to improve
by resolving problems that arise during the construction period and providing approaches for
mitigating delays in construction projects in order to provide recommendations to the others
who can lead the project to be not delayed

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Alexandria Engineering Journal, 58(2), pp. 801–808.
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• Nabil A., Zaydoun A. S., & Hesham A. (2017). ‘Delay and Cost Overrun in
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