期刊名称：European Journal of Business and Social Sciences
印刷版ISSN：2235-767X
出版年度：2017
卷号：6
期号：2
页码：19-42
出版社：European Society of Business and Social Sciences
摘要：Delays in Dam construction projects are one of the biggestchallenges in recent years. There are many causes behindthese delays, which in turn affects the project performance atlarge in the overall world, including Oman. This research aimed toinvestigate and analyse the causes of delays in Dam projects in Oman.An intensive literature review was carried out to identify the causes ofdelays in Dam and infrastructure projects. Then, a questionnairesurvey was employed to collect data from professionals involved inDam construction projects. 60 causes of delay were integrated in thequestionnaires which were grouped under four main categories: Client,Contractor, Consultant and External Factors. The collected data wasthen analysed statistically and ranked according to its significance.The results reveal, based on Pareto’s law of 80/20, that the top causesbehind the delays of Dam construction projects in Oman are: severeweather conditions, change orders, uncertainty in ground condition,poor site management, executive bureaucracy in client organization,feasibility study did not cover all aspects, mistakes in soil investigation,natural effects during construction work, difficulty of defining projectrequirement, slowness of decision making process, delay of obtainingapproval from the different government authorities, and landacquisition. These findings demonstrate there is an urgent necessity totackle the project’s site related causes, and causes related to client andcontractor.
关键词：Causes of delay; Construction projects; Dam Projects;Oman
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