Abstract
Delay in construction project is an important issue in construction management. This is because delay will cause negative impacts on both the owner and the contractor. For owner, it will lead to the late opening of new road. For contractor, it will cause extra operating cost. In this paper, therefore, the causes of delay in road construction projects are researched. This paper studied a list of road construction delay causes gathered from literature having different countries. Internationally, twenty-six factors that might cause delays of road construction projects are identified in this research. Among 26 factors, considering in Thailand, eight key factors are typically found as the cause of delays in road construction projects. These 8 factors are then prioritized to identify the most important causes of delays in road construction projects in Thailand. A questionnaire and personal interviews through project engineer have formed the basis of this paper. The study indicates that the 5 top factors affecting road construction delays are: incomplete drawings, lack of equipment efficiency or financial status of contractors, delay in relocating existing infrastructure structures, less of project engineer experiences, and delay in relieving environmental impact, respectively
Highlights
Transportation infrastructure development is an important role to promoting the economic development of the country
From data in 2014, the main pattern of goods and products transportation is by land, about 81.20%. This information provides the necessity of high investment in road improvement and maintenance to provide the effective highway networks for support land transportation
This paper examined the delay causes by employing a questionnaire survey from 87 experts from Vietnamese construction
Summary
Background Transportation infrastructure development is an important role to promoting the economic development of the country. The department of Highways develop highways’ network development plan This plan has objective to support national logistic networks, ensure the highway network to support ASEAN economic, and improve and maintain highway network throughout Thailand. From data in 2014, the main pattern of goods and products transportation is by land, about 81.20% This information provides the necessity of high investment in road improvement and maintenance to provide the effective highway networks for support land transportation. The delay in construction is one of the major problems that brought the department of highways concern. This caused the essential of research on construction delays in this study. Study the causes of delay in highways construction projects in Thailand; 2.
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