THE EMPIRICAL REVIEW OF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS ON THE CAUSES OF DELAY IN ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS PROJECTS IN THE GCC COUNTRIES
Keywords:
Critical Success Factors, Road Constructions Delay and Arab Countries and GCC Countries.
Abstract
The aim of this study is to identify the critical success factors on the delays of road constructions in the GCC countries and their effects on project delivery in Arab countries. Towards the achievement of the objectives the study used the empirical literature from all relevant online sources and data based as many as possible. The findings of this study have summarized and shortlisted the success factors in the two categories such as internal and external factors have caused to be influenced to delay of road construction in the Arab regions. However, in the category of internal factors, there are 63 factors shortlisted from seven groups of factors which has revealed to effects on the delay of road constructions especially, the consultant related factors, and the contractor related factors, designed related factors, client-related factors, labor-related factors, material related issues, equipment-related issues respectively. Moreover, external related factors are also considered to summarize especially natural disaster (flood, hurricanes, and cyclone, etc.), conflict, war, global financial crisis, compensation delay to the affected property owner, the price fluctuated, unexpected ground conditions (soil and high-water level), changing of government regulations and laws, delays in obtaining permission from the municipality, loss of time by traffic control and restrictions at the job site, the problem with the inhabitant of community, delays in providing service from utilities (water and electricity’s) and accident during constructions accordingly. The present study also concluded the effects of the above factors which have delay road constructions through increasing of cost and overrun it, taken over time, creating of disputes, going for lawsuits, finally happing of abandon of projects. Thus, the present study has given the following recommendations to overcome of above problems by increasing detailed site investigations, ensure careful monitoring and regular meetings, effective site management, collaborative working, and effective coordination’s, proper and comprehensive planning and scheduling, and ensure full and intensive commitment from all parties accordingly.
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Assaf, S. A., & Al-Hejji, S. (2006). Causes of delay in large construction projects. International Journal of Project Management, 24(4), 349-357.
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Enshassi, A., Al-Najjar, J., & Kumaraswamy, M. (2009). Delays and cost overruns in the construction projects in the Gaza Strip. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 14(2), 126-151.
Faridi, A. S., & El‐Sayegh, S. M. (2006). Significant factors causing delay in the UAE construction industry. Construction Management and Economics, 24(11), 1167-1176.
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Jarkas, A. M., & Younes, J. H. (2014). Principle factors contributing to construction delays in the State of Qatar. International Journal of Construction Project Management, 6(1), 39.
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Mahamid, I. (2013b). Frequency of time overrun causes in road construction in Palestine: Contractors’ view. Organization, technology & management in construction: an international journal, 5(1), 720-729.
Mahamid, I. (2016). Factors contributing to poor performance in construction projects: studies of Saudi Arabia. Australian Journal of Multi-Disciplinary Engineering, 12(1), 27-38. doi:10.1080/14488388.2016.1243034
Mahamid, I. (2017). Schedule delay in Saudi Arabia road construction projects: size, estimate, determinants and effects. Int J Arch Eng Constr, 6(3), 51-58.
Mahamid, I., & Bruland, A. (2012). Cost deviation in road construction projects: The case of Palestine. Australasian Journal of Construction Economics and Building, The, 12(1), 58.
Marzouk, M. M., & El-Rasas, T. I. (2014). Analyzing delay causes in Egyptian construction projects. Journal of advanced research, 5(1), 49-55.
Mezher, T. M., & Tawil, W. (1998). Causes of delays in the construction industry in Lebanon. Engineering, Construction and Architectural Management, 5(3), 252-260. doi:10.1108/eb021079
Mohsin, M. A. (2012). Claim Analysis of Construction Projects in Oman.
Motaleb, O., & Kishk, M. (2010). An investigation into causes and effects of construction delays in UAE. Paper presented at the Procs 26th Annual ARCOM Conference.
Motaleb, O., & Kishk, M. (2013). An investigation into the risk of construction projects delays in the UAE. International Journal of Information Technology Project Management (IJITPM), 4(3), 50-65.
Oyegoke, A. S., & Al Kiyumi, N. (2017). The causes, impacts and mitigations of delay in megaprojects in the Sultanate of Oman. Journal of Financial Management of Property and Construction, 22(3), 286-302.
Pourrostam, T., & Ismail, A. (2012). Causes and effects of delay in Iranian construction projects. International Journal of Engineering and Technology, 4(5), 598.
Rafieizonooz, M. (2012). Minimizing Delay in Construction Projects in Tehran, Iran. Universiti Teknologi Malaysia.
Ruqaishi, M., & Bashir, H. A. (2013). Causes of delay in construction projects in the oil and gas industry in the gulf cooperation council countries: a case study. Journal of Management in Engineering, 31(3), 05014017.
Sweis, G., Sweis, R., Abu Hammad, A., & Shboul, A. (2008). Delays in construction projects: The case of Jordan. International Journal of Project Management, 26(6), 665-674. doi:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijproman.2007.09.009
Tarhini, A., Fakih, M., Arzoky, M., & Tarhini, T. (2015). Designing guidelines to discover causes of delays in construction projects: The case of lebanon.
Tumi, S. A. H., Omran, A., & Pakir, A. H. K. (2009). Causes of delay in construction industry in Libya. Paper presented at the The International Conference on Economics and Administration.
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2020-12-23
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Hinai, S. S. A., Bhuiyan, A. B., & Widyarto, S. (2020). THE EMPIRICAL REVIEW OF CRITICAL SUCCESS FACTORS ON THE CAUSES OF DELAY IN ROAD CONSTRUCTIONS PROJECTS IN THE GCC COUNTRIES. Australian Finance & Banking Review, 4(2), 15-36. https://doi.org/10.46281/afbr.v4i2.920
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