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Nimasha, Dharmawardhane & Appuhamy

Today, several issues have been identified in the construction delay and giving
this treatment process. One of the major suggestions for case based
issues of this industry is construction delay. organization.Owolabi, Amusan, Oloke,
It is highly affects both the clients and the Olusanya, Owolabi, Peter & omuch, (2014)
consultants. In addition, handing over the have done research on causes and effect of
project immediately helps to keep loyal delay on project construction delivery time
customers and good will. Having efficient and investigated negative effects such as
water treatment and waste water treatment increased costs, loss of productivity and
companies in Sri Lanka helps to develop the revenue many lawsuits between owners and
economy of the country without allowing contractors and contract termination.
money flow to foreign companies. Therefore Random sampling technique was used in
the main objective of this study is to idenfity their study.
factors that affect the delays in construction
and to propose the methods that reduce such A sample of 150 was used in this work.
delays. A total sample of ninety-three (93) was
deployed. A structured questionnaire in
2 LITERATURE REVIEW Likert scale was used in data collection.
According to their studies there are many
Delay is one of the biggest problems factors such as lack of funds to finance the
often experienced on construction projects. project to completion, changes in drawings,
Delay in construction project has a negative lack of effective communication among the
effect on clients, contractors, and parties involved, lack of adequate
consultants in terms of growth in adversarial information from consultants, slow decision
relationships, mistrust, litigation, arbitration making and contractor’s insolvency,
and cash-flow problems. variations among others introduce delay on
The duration of a construction project is construction projects. Moreover, project
an important factor to set forth when management problem, mistake and
entering into a construction agreement. If a discrepancies in contract document,
contractor works within a planned equipment availability and failure, mistakes
parameter, he/she should be able to finish during construction, bad weather, and
the construction project in a timely manner. fluctuation in prices of building were also
However, compared to other industries, it is considered as reasons.
difficult to complete a construction project
in which many construction trades 3 METHODOLOGY
participate and numerous unknown variables At first, it is important to identify the
exist. variables related to this study. As the main
When such difficulties arise, objective of the study is to identify the
construction schedules are delayed, and reasons for delaying project, the dependent
consequently delay claims occur (Lee, Ryu variable was identified as number of days
& Kim, 2005). Rao & Culas (2014) defined delayed. Based on the visual inspection and
construction delay as the late completion of management experience about process of
work compared to the planned schedule or water treatment the following ten factors
contract schedule. Construction delays can were identified as independent variables
be minimized only when their causes are which are suspectable to be the cause for
identified. Identified causes can be defined projects delays: Delay at mobilization stage,
as late in revising and approving design Agreement preparation delays, Payment
documents, delay in sub contract work and delays, Unavoidable issues, Planning
poor communication and coordination process, Import delays, Local materials
change order by owner during construction. purchasing delays, Installation delays,
Moreover, they mentioned how to minimize

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