DOI : https://doi.org/10.18517/ijaseit.1.6.125

Assessing the Effects of Construction Delays on MARA Large Projects

Aftab Hameed Memon (1), Ismail Abdul Rahman (2), Mohd Razaki Abdullah (3), Ade Asmi Abdul Azis (4)
(1) University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
(2) University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
(3) Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA), Malaysia
(4) University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia
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How to cite (IJASEIT) :
Memon, Aftab Hameed, et al. “Assessing the Effects of Construction Delays on MARA Large Projects”. International Journal on Advanced Science, Engineering and Information Technology, vol. 1, no. 6, Dec. 2011, pp. 624-9, doi:10.18517/ijaseit.1.6.125.
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Construction industry in Malaysia is facing a serious issue of construction delay causing a significant amount of time over run and cost over run. Various studies have addressed the issue of construction delay, however, most of studies focused on identifying causes of delay. Less attention has been paid of assessing effects of construction delay. Hence this study is aimed to assess effects of construction delay on MARA large projects. Investigation approach for study includes the site study of 30 MARA  large projects selected from various areas of Malaysia and structured questionnaire survey among client, consultant and contractor personnel’s. It is important to note that 90% of MARA projects are experiencing time overrun. Data was analyzed with statistical analysis  to calculate rank of the effects of delays and correlation with spearman formula to identify the interrelationship between attributes of effects. Results showed that time over-run and cost over-run are most significant effects of delay on MARA construction projects. Time over-run has high degree of correlation with cost over-run and moderate degree of correlation with disputes.

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