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Motaleb, O and Kishk, M (2010) An investigation into causes and effects of construction delays in UAE. In: Egbu, C (Ed.), Proceedings 26th Annual ARCOM Conference, 6-8 September 2010, Leeds, UK. Association of Researchers in Construction Management, Vol. 2, 1149–57.
- Type: Conference Proceedings
- Keywords: client; delay; project management; United Arab Emirates
- ISBN/ISSN: 978-0-9552390-4-5
- URL: http://www.arcom.ac.uk/-docs/proceedings/ar2010-1149-1157_Motaleb_and_Kishk.pdf
- Abstract:
A major criticism of the United Arab Emirates (UAE) construction companies is the growing rate of delays in project delivery. The objective of the research work that underpins this paper was to investigate the causes and effects of construction projects delays in the UAE. The study was based on literature review and a questionnaire survey that investigated 42 potential delay factors. Questionnaires were sent to 50 companies with a response rate of 70%. Typical results have shown that change orders, financial and other client-related factors are the most significant causes of delay. Besides, cost and time overruns are the most significant effects. These results are in partial agreement with previous studies. However, some of the results are surprising and have implications regarding the need of training clients and their representatives but also project teams.