| dc.description.abstract | : Constructions are undergoing with an
unfavourable situation with their cost overruns
due to the delay issues and are exposed into the
risk because of the inappropriate identification
and minimizing of the factors. Fulfilling this gap,
the research has been undergone to analyse
factors affecting the delay in building
construction projects in Sri Lanka; through the
interaction of the project team with an adequate
understanding on the practical solutions for
minimizing. The study has used a mixed
approach of qualitative and quantitative
techniques for the identification of factors,
review of literature was undergone. To assess the
factors affecting for delays, questionnaire was
distributed among 40 professionals in Sri Lanka
and with the analysis under the Relative
Important Index (RII) and it was identified that
client related factors, contractor related factors,
consultant related factors and other related
factors and assessment of the factors affecting to
the building construction industry. The
significant factors of building construction
delays were identified as poor communication
and coordination, delay in obtaining approvals
from government regulated bodies and delays in
subcontractor activities, inexpedient scheduling
and project planning, inefficient contractor work
and unexpected subsurface conditions and
unforeseen circumstance. The study identified
that contractor related category had the highest
affect to the delays of construction industry in Sri
Lanka. To identify the practical solutions for
minimizing, interviews were conducted by
selecting 10 professionals with more than 10
years of experience as the sample. Concerning
more on the effective performance of the key
stakeholders under a better management system
is recommended in minimizing the arising delay
problems which will help to ameliorate the
performance of the industry | en_US |
