The Causes of Construction Project Delays in Educational Building Projects in Jalingo
CHAPTER ONE
Objectives of the study are:
- To explore construction project delays related to project successful completion
- To identify the delay factors that currently exist in the construction of educational building projects by exposing the most common and fundamental problems affecting project delivery performance.
- To identify the success factors which are most influential in avoiding or preventing delay factors
CHAPTER TWO
REVIEW OF RELATED LITERATURE
Increasing uncertainties in technology, budget and construction processes make the construction industry dynamic. Building projects are now much more complex and difficult and hence the building project team faces unprecedented challenges. The study on causes of construction delay and its effects on the project performance is a means of understanding and thus improving the effectiveness of construction projects. The timely completion of a construction project is seen as a major criterion of project success by clients (Bowen, Hall, Edwards, Pearl & Cattell, 2002). The inability of a project to be completed in accordance with the proposed time schedule maybe as a result of delay. Stumpf (2000) viewed delay as an incident that extends the time required to perform the tasks under a contract. It usually shows up as additional days of work or as a delayed start of an activity (Sweis, Hammad & Shboul, 2008). Delays in construction can cause a number of changes in a project such as late completion, lost productivity, acceleration, increased costs, and contract termination. The party experiencing damages and the parties responsible for them in order to recover time and cost. However, in general delay situations are complex in nature. A delay in an activity may not result in the same amount of project delay. A delay caused by a party may or may not affect the project completion date and may or may not cause damage to another party. A delay may occur concurrently with other delays and all of them may impact the project completion date.
CHAPTER THREE
RESEARCH METHODOLOGY
Research design
The researcher used descriptive research survey design in building up this project work the choice of this research design was considered appropriate because of its advantages of identifying attributes of a large population from a group of individuals. The design was suitable for the study as the study sought to the causes of construction project delays in educational building projects in jalingo.
CHAPTER FOUR
PRESENTATION ANALYSIS INTERPRETATION OF DATA
Introduction
Efforts will be made at this stage to present, analyze and interpret the data collected during the field survey. This presentation will be based on the responses from the completed questionnaires. The result of this exercise will be summarized in tabular forms for easy references and analysis. It will also show answers to questions relating to the research questions for this research study. The researcher employed simple percentage in the analysis.
CHAPTER FIVE
SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION
Introduction
It is important to ascertain that the objective of this study was on the causes of construction project delays in educational building projects in jalingo. In the preceding chapter, the relevant data collected for this study were presented, critically analyzed and appropriate interpretation given. In this chapter, certain recommendations made which in the opinion of the researcher will be of benefits in addressing the challenges of the causes of construction project delays in educational building projects
Summary
This study was on the causes of construction project delays in educational building projects in jalingo. Three objectives were raised which included: To explore construction project delays related to project successful completion, to identify the delay factors that currently exist in the construction of educational building projects by exposing the most common and fundamental problems affecting project delivery performance and to identify the success factors which are most influential in avoiding or preventing delay factors. In line with these objectives, two research hypotheses were formulated and two null hypotheses were posited. The total population for the study is 200 staff of selected construction companies in jalingo. The researcher used questionnaires as the instrument for the data collection. Descriptive Survey research design was adopted for this study. A total of 133 respondents made contractors, supervisor, builders and junior staffs were used for the study. The data collected were presented in tables and analyzed using simple percentages and frequencies
Conclusion
In conclusion, delays in construction projects are experienced today with various known and/or unknown factors and will continue to be experienced in future periods. Therefore, it is necessary to predict and to analyse the causes of the delays carefully in order to take precaution and to control delays. An investigation on the causes and effects of delays for educational building projects is crucial as it provides a positive contribution to the national development of the construction industry. The fact that the time management is not done properly in the provinces like educational building, where the construction activities are progressing rapidly, will affect the investments of the sector negatively. This will help to minimize the time and cost overruns, especially by taking the necessary precautions at the first stage of the project and by preparing the project schedule plans. Thus, it may be possible to get rid of time and cost overruns
Recommendation
There should be a “body established to regulate the activities of contractors, independent of the Ministry of Works. The body can also be responsible for contractor registration, and develop guidelines that can suit all types of clients.
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