Risk Factors That Leading to Cost and Time Overrun in Mega Construction Projects in Malaysia

Ali, Ammar Alhaj

doi:10.18034/abcra.v6i3.332

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“…Many publications exploring the reasons of delay in mega construction projects have been implemented in developing countries [19,20]. Delay in construction projects is the most common problem that the construction industry faces anywhere in the world [12,19,21].…”

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Lessons Learned, Barriers, and Improvement Factors for Mega Building Construction Projects in Developing Countries: Review Study

Aisheh¹,

Issa²

2021

Sustainability

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A mega-project is a major project or a group of projects of significant cost that attract a high level of public attention or political interest because of substantial direct and indirect impacts on the community, environment, and state budget. Capturing and sharing the knowledge from the performance of the current mega projects is essential in order to avoid losing vital corporate knowledge assets in the construction industry. The learned lessons are gained from experience, success, and failure for improving future performance. This research aims to review and read out the lessons learned from 77 research papers that have dealt with the barriers that hinder the successful performance of mega building construction projects in developing countries, identify and classify the main obstacles, and propose improvements for successful implementation and management of mega building construction projects. The results of this paper will help project owners, construction companies, and other stakeholders in developing countries to overcome the limitations in the execution of mega building construction projects.

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Lessons Learned, Barriers, and Improvement Factors for Mega Building Construction Projects in Developing Countries: Review Study

Aisheh¹,

Issa²

2021

Sustainability

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“…Similarly, it is frequently observed that many of the construction projects in Addis Ababa city are currently facing a problem of time overrun because of known and unknown reasons. Construction delay has adverse effects on both the owner and contractor (either in the form of lost revenues or extra expenses), and it often raises the contentious issues of delay responsibility, which may result in dispute [14,15]. More than 82.3% of the road and building construction projects executed in Addis Ababa city fall behind the contractual schedule [16].…”

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Assessing the Causes of Time Overrun in Building and Road Construction Projects: The Case of Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia

Negesa

2022

Journal of Engineering

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In recent years, the majority of the construction projects executed in Addis Ababa city experienced a varying magnitude of time overrun in which the projects become late in their completion. Due to different problems encountered during the inception, design, and implementation phases, the projects are exposed to unexpected time overruns that in turn affect the overall performance of the projects. It is hence very essential to identify the actual causes of delay in order to minimize or avoid the corresponding adverse impacts. Therefore, this study primarily aimed at investigating and scrutinizing the potential factors causing project time overrun in the city so that the influential factors can be identified and the applicable remedial measures can possibly be forwarded. For the purpose of data collection, the study applied a semistructured questionnaire survey. The questionnaire was distributed to 121 respondents comprising practitioners and professionals actively working in the construction industry. Fifty-four delay-causing factors were identified and grouped under ten categories according to the similarity of their origin. In order to identify the most significant factors, severity analysis based on the principle of relative importance index was carried out. Accordingly, the top most significant and least significant factors were identified. The top four most influential factors identified were reluctance of consultants, inaccurate estimation of contract duration, delay in approvals and late decision making, and slow mobilization of labor whereas inadequacy of allocated funds, low motivation, and absence of incentives to contractors were the three least significant causes identified. So as to curb the adverse impact of the factors, the application of a detailed work breakdown structure, proper responsibility assignment, earned value principle, and project software were proposed as remedial measures to be implemented. The finding of the study will alarm the key players and practitioners engaging in the city’s construction industry to focus on managing the severe factors.

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Awareness of Malaysian contractors on building information modeling (BIM) contribution towards economic sustainability

Rahim

Zakaria

Ibrahim

2021

AIP Conference Proceedings

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Risk Factors That Leading to Cost and Time Overrun in Mega Construction Projects in Malaysia

Cited by 3 publications

References 8 publications

Lessons Learned, Barriers, and Improvement Factors for Mega Building Construction Projects in Developing Countries: Review Study

Lessons Learned, Barriers, and Improvement Factors for Mega Building Construction Projects in Developing Countries: Review Study

Assessing the Causes of Time Overrun in Building and Road Construction Projects: The Case of Addis Ababa City, Ethiopia

Awareness of Malaysian contractors on building information modeling (BIM) contribution towards economic sustainability

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