Title: An empirical assessment of the factors causing delays in project completion in the construction sector of Lahore Pakistan

Authors: Laraib Fatima; Zainab Nawal

Addresses: Department of Civil Engineering, University of Engineering and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan; Department of Project Management, Bahria University, Lahore, Pakistan ' Department of Information Technology, Government University of Faisalabad, Faisalabad, Pakistan; Department of Project Management, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, UK

Abstract: The purpose or focus of the study was to assess the factors that are causing a delay in project completion in the construction industry of Lahore Pakistan and investigating the effect of these delays. Also, the study was focused on seeing whether or not either project manager level of autonomy or favourable project location have any impact in minimising the delays. For carrying out this study, 200 samples were obtained by a well-structured questionnaire from stakeholders connected with construction industry. PLS and SPSS software had been used for analysing the data to obtain the measurement models. The findings of the study showed that factors related to consultants had the significant impact in delaying the construction projects. Additionally, it has been observed that the project manager level of autonomy helps in minimising the delays in construction projects. On the other hand, favourable project location cannot do so.

Keywords: client's incompetency; consultant's incompetency; contractor's incompetency; enterprise environment factors; organisational process assets; OPAs; PLS; SPSS; impact of delay in construction projects; Pakistan.

DOI: 10.1504/IJDSRM.2023.142153

International Journal of Decision Sciences, Risk and Management, 2023 Vol.11 No.1/2/3/4, pp.67 - 97

Received: 29 Jan 2024
Accepted: 28 Apr 2024
Published online: 10 Oct 2024 *

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