TY  - JOUR
T1  - Identification of the Major Cause of Delay in Ethiopian Higher Education Building Project
AU - Tesfaye, Eshetie AU - Asteray, Belachew 
JO  - Journal of Engineering and Applied Sciences
VL  - 16
IS  - 1
SP  - 23
EP  - 33
PY  - 2021
DA  - 2001/08/19
SN  - 1816-949x
DO  - jeasci.2021.23.33
UR  - https://makhillpublications.co/view-article.php?doi=jeasci.2021.23.33
KW  - Construction delays
KW  -building construction projects
KW  -causes of delay
KW  -case studies
AB  - Construction delays are occurring in every
phase of a project and are common problems in the
construction industry. Delay in a construction project is
defined as the time overrun beyond the agreed completion
time specified in a contract for the delivery of a project.
Delays can be minimized only when their causes are
identified and analyzed. The objective of this study was
to investigate the cause of delay in building construction
of Ethiopia's higher education. This study was carried out
based on a literature review, a questionnaire survey and a
case study to collect data on delay. A total of 60
questionnaire surveys were distributed and 51
questionnaires were collected from construction
professionals. The 76 delay factors compiled through the
literature review and classified into eight groups (owner,
contractor, consultant, early planning and design,
manpower, materials, equipment and external factors). In
addition, the ranking of the 76 factors was carried out to
identify the most crucial causes of delay. Data was
collected and analyzed using the Importance Index (II)
and Statistical Package for Social Science (SPSS),
whereby the score with the highest II is one that mostly
influences the delay. Furthermore, case studies of 91
completed and ongoing construction projects were
investigated. The results revealed the top main significant
factors that contributed to causes of delay in building
construction project for Ethiopia higher education are
Rise in the prices of material, shortage of required
materials, poor economic conditions (currency, inflation
rate, etc.), delay in material delivering, financial problems
(delayed payments financial difficulties and economic
problems), difficulties in financing project by contractor,
Political instability (Conflict, war and public energy),
referral of bid to the lowest price, poor design and delay
in the preparation of drawings and Improper project
feasibility study. The case study result shows that in
Ethiopia higher education only 3.85% of projects have
been finished to the originally targeted completion date
and 7.69% projects to the original targeted completion
Budget. The remaining 96.15% project delayed up to
500% of its contractual time and 92.31% project delayed
up to 189.14% of its contractual Budget. The ongoing
project also has delay 25.64% original targeted
completion Budget and 66.67% contractual time. This
paper finally came up with solutions and
recommendations towards reducing the impact of delays
on construction projects in Ethiopia to help all contracting
parties and the concerned body.
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