Abstract
This paper presents identification of significant delay factors encountered by Makkah’s construction industry using quantitative approach. A structured questionnaire developed based on literature review was verified through pilot study involved selected construction experts. Questionnaire survey was conducted amongst Makkah construction practitioners include contractors, consultants and project management consultancy. The survey managed to collect 100 valid responses which were used to rank the factors using average index approach. Results of the analysis for 10 most significant factors causing construction delay in Makkah construction industry are Difficulties in financing project by contractor, Poor coordination between parties, Shortage of manpower, Delays in producing design documents, Improper planning and scheduling of the project, Delay in progress payments, Low productivity level of labour, Poor communication between parties, Unqualified workforce and Poor contract management. This finding is helpful to Makkah construction’s community particularly projects’ stakeholders in avoiding potential delay for their future projects.
Highlights
Saudi Arabia experiences rapid construction growth in the past decade both in urban and rural areas [1]
Poor coordination between parties was ranked as the 2nd significant factor causing construction delay with average index value 3.83 and standard deviation value is 1.025
A proper coordination system between project parties should be established to increase the project performance. This result is in line with the results found in Saudi Arabia construction industry done by [13]
Summary
Saudi Arabia experiences rapid construction growth in the past decade both in urban and rural areas [1]. There are many challenges faced by the Saudi Arabia construction industry and one of them is project delay [2]. A study conducted by [3] found that around 70% of all public sector construction projects were delayed due to several factors. This study focused on construction delay factors encountered in Makkah city development
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