FACTORS AFFECTING TIMELY COMPLETION OF CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS

It is common to experience delays during construction projects. Delays do not always result from a single catastrophic event. Delays can cause substantial damages to an owner. This has motivated the owners to devise contract provisions and project processes to anticipate, manage and compensate for such delays. Many studies have been carried out to assess the causes of delays in construction projects. They are found to be almost similar, except some prevailed local condition. Most of the common construction delay factors are attributed to design faults, incompetent contractor, lack of team accountability etc. The root causes of delays found out in this paper are not so much different than previous studies. To minimize or eliminate the delay we have to follow the recognized fundamental principles of management such as: cost-time relationship, time priority, accountability, rewards, knowledge, efficiency, innovative thinking etc. If the implementing agencies properly followed the above stated management principles and some other related corrections as recommended in the paper, much construction delays can be avoided