Factors Of Affecting The Occurrence Of Cost Overruns In Construction Projects During COVID-19 Pandemic

Abstract

Construction project is a design and specification process that involves coordinating all project resources such as labor, equipment, materials, fund, and technology, to complete the project on time, according to budget and standards. But since 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic, many construction projects have experienced Cost Overruns, especially in the jabodetabek area. Cost Overrun is very influential on the success of a construction. Therefore, research is needed on ranking factors that influence the occurrence of Cost overruns on a construction project during the COVID-19 pandemic. In this study, data will be collected through literature studies, then surveyed using questionnaires a Likert scale, a scale of 1-5 then given to each construction service provider to measure the level of influence of factors and by Relative Importance Index (RII) method will find the ranking of factors that influence the occurrence of cost overruns. Of the 20 factors obtained after the validity and reliability test, 13 factors were obtained. Using the RII method sought rankings from the 13th of such factors. The result obtained is the lack of preparation for unexpected costs has the highest influence of 0.811.