DELAY IN CONSTRUCTION PROJECT

CIVIL ENGINEERING

Construction delay is a time exceeds either after the contract date or after the date that the components involved have agreed upon for the delivery of the project. In both cases, a delay is usually a costly situation or the period of amount of time during which something is delayed. There is various types of definition of delay are made in construction industry such as to wait until later to do something or to take longer than expected or planned or the amount of time that you must wait for something that is late. Delay are the major source of claim and disputes in construction industry in India. Various delayed analysis methods have been developed, there is a lot of debate was arranged on national and international level for how to minimize delays. This paper has intended to identify the causes of delays, the effects of delays and methods of minimizing construction delays. This paper study has carried out based on literature review and a questionnaire survey. The eighty-three questionnaire has been made on the basis of pilot study, which has been distributed on various construction site. Interview has been taken on each construction sites, also take photos of any ongoing activity on that site. Then ranked on their importance index by the data collection in India. For major factor analysis has used to reduce all factors divided into nine groups: project, clients, consultants, contractors, designer, equipment, labour, external and material. Recommendation has been made for improve project management, improve cash flow by client so as to reduce payment delays and also more some suggestions are made by top ten major factors, which has been included on report. The result of this paper should help construction practitioners, policy makers and researchers in construction field. Key Words:Construction Management, Causes of Delays, Effects of Delays, Construction Industry, India.

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