Empirical Study on Causes and Effects of Delay in Residential Projects in India

A construction industry has grown significantly across the world, but the delay has become a significant issue, which is observed in many civil projects. The residential projects in our country India have not escaped the tasks of failing to deliver projects on time. There are a lot of hazardous consequences due to the occurrence of delay in the construction works. The delay occurrences can be mitigated only when their causes are known. Moreover hence, the major goal of this research is to evaluate the causes and effects of delay in the residential projects of India. The summing up of 41 factors impacting the delay were compiled through a literature review and further classified into seven groups. The summing up of seven major effects were also determined through the literature survey. The distribution of the modeled questionnaire has been done to the professionals of the industry. The sum of 67 professionals took part in this review. The most preferred factors identified are 1) Unavailability of skilled workforce and labor; 2) Inappropriate planning and scheduling of contractor; 3) Poor site management and the most preferred effects of delay are a) Time overrun; b) Cost overrun; c) Decrease in profit. The relationship between factors impacting delay and effects of delay has been determined using correlation analysis in SPSS 23.