Delays in Construction Projects: Causes and Mitigation

Delays in Construction Projects: Causes and Mitigation

Analyzing delay causes in Egyptian construction projects

Construction delays are common problems in civil engineering projects in Egypt. These problems occur frequently during project life-time leading to disputes and litigation. Therefore, it is essential to study and analyze causes of construction delays. This research presents a list of construction delay causes retrieved from literature. The feedback of construction experts was obtained through i...

شناسایی و اولویت بندی عوامل موثر بر تاخیرات پروازی و ارائه راهکاری جهت کاهش تاخیر پروازها در ایران determination of root causes of flight delays and introducing a method of mitigation of flight delays in iran

مدتی است که تاخیرات پروازی و مشکلاتی که این مهم برای مسافران پیش می آورد اذهان فعالان صنعت گردشگری بالاخص زیر شاخه این حوزه صنعت حمل و نقل و عامه مردم را به خود معطوف داشته است. بر این اساس هدف این پژوهش بررسی عوامل موثر بر تاخیرهای پروازی و راهکارهای کاهش آنها است. جامعه مورد مطالعه، شامل کلیه مدیران و کارشناسان ارشد فرودگاه های مهرآباد و امام خمینی (ره) در سال 1392 می باشد که به روش نمونه گیر...

Delays in construction projects: The case of Jordan

The construction industry is a major player in the economy, generating both, employment and wealth. However many projects experience extensive delays and thereby exceed initial time and cost estimates. A host of causes of construction delays in residential projects were identified and classified according to Drewin’s Open Conversion System. The most common causes were evaluated by using both, t...

Significant Causes and Effects of Variation Orders in Construction Projects

Variation Order (VO) is a common phenomenon in construction projects. It involves an amendment of the original scope of work as in the contract. VO is caused from various factors. Variations often cause disputes and dissatisfactions among the parties involved in construction projects. Thus, it is very important to control VOs in a construction project. For this, the first step is to uncover and...