Motaleb, O and Kishk, M (2010) An investigation into causes and effects of construction delays in UAE. In: Egbu, C (ed.) Proceedings of 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8 September 2010, Leeds, UK.
Abstract
A major criticism of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) construction companies is the growing rate of delays in project delivery. The objective of the research work that underpins this paper was to investigate the causes and effects of construction projects delays in the UAE. The study was based on literature review and a questionnaire survey that investigated 42 potential delay factors. Questionnaires were sent to 50 companies with a response rate of 70%. Typical results have shown that change orders, financial and other client-related factors are the most significant causes of delay. Besides, cost and time overruns are the most significant effects. These results are in partial agreement with previous studies. However, some of the results are surprising and have implications regarding the need of training clients and their representatives but also project teams.
| Item Type: | Conference Paper (Paper) |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | client; delay; project management; United Arab Emirates |
| Index terms: | time overrun, literature review, construction company, survey, change order, construction delay, construction project, causes of delay, investigation, questionnaire, United Arab Emirates, project delivery, project team, project management |
| Subjects: | production management, Geography, contractual condition, project management theory and practice, project controls, data collection methods, organization, data analysis and analytics, project delivery |
| Topics: | Procurement, Research Practice, Project Management, Geographical Context, Business Strategy, Time Control, Contract Administration |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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