Cause and effect of delay in construction project: A case study of road construction project in Malaysia

• Main Authors: Tan, Chun Keong, Yong, Wan Thing, Ooi, Chung Pang, Mohd Nawi, Mohd Nasrun, Osman, Wan Nadzri
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English
• Published: 2013
• Subjects: TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
• Online Access: http://repo.uum.edu.my/11679/1/p320.pdf; http://repo.uum.edu.my/11679/
• Institution: Universiti Utara Malaysia

Construction delay is one of the biggest challenges that faced by construction industries.There are various causes responsible for the delay in construction project that require serious attention to understand and address in order to achieve successful in complete the project on time. Delays are source of potential risks that may lead to many negatives impact such as increased cost, decrease of productivity and revenue, lawsuits between owners and contractors, and contracts termination. Therefore, there are many current studies are looking way into it to eradicating or minimising them. This study was carried out based on literature review.The purpose of this study is to investigate the causes and effects of delay in construction project.Case studies on a specifics road construction project were develop as a tool to discover the cause and effect of the delay in construction project. In this research we will mainly discussed the 10 importance causes of delay and 5 importance effect that cause by delay in road construction project.At the end, there will be some recommendation and suggestion of possible way of managing or minimising the construction delay problems.