<p>&nbsp;           <b>TABLE OF CONTENTS </b>DECLARATION……………………………………………………………...1&nbsp;</p><p>ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………….2&nbsp;</p><p>ABSTRACT:.............................................................................................7&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION..................................................................8&nbsp;</p><p>1.1 BACKGROUND.....................................................................................8&nbsp;</p><p>1.3 AIM/OBJECTIVES ..............................................................................10&nbsp;</p><p>1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION.....................................................................10&nbsp;</p><p>1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS.................................................................11&nbsp;</p><p>1.6 SCOPE OF STUDY..............................................................................11&nbsp;</p><p>1.7 STRUCTURE OF THE DISSERTATION.............................................12&nbsp;</p><p>

Chapter 2

- LITERATURE REVIEW......................................................14&nbsp;</p><p>2.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................14&nbsp;</p><p>2.2 THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.....................14&nbsp;</p><p>2.3 CONSTRUCTION DELAY .................................................................16&nbsp;</p><p>2.4 CAUSES OF CONSTRUCTION DELAY.............................................17&nbsp;</p><p>2.4.1. Concurrent Delay............................................................................19&nbsp;</p><p>2.4.2 Excusable Delay .............................................................................20</p><p>2.4.3 Non-excusable Delays.....................................................................21&nbsp;</p><p>2.5 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CONSTRUCTION DELAY ..............22&nbsp;</p><p>2.5.1 Consultants’ related factors. ...........................................................22&nbsp;</p><p>2.5.2 Contractors’ related factors. ............................................................22&nbsp;</p><p>2.5.3 Clients’ related factors....................................................................28&nbsp;</p><p>2.5.4 External related factors...................................................................29&nbsp;</p><p>2.6 THE STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY USED GLOBALLY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.......................................................................................29&nbsp;</p><p>2.6.1 Eliminating All Contractors Related Delay Causes (EACRDC).......29&nbsp;</p><p>2.6.2 Applying and Improving Productivity (AIP): ..................................30&nbsp;</p><p>2.6.3 Application of Safety Principles (ASP)...........................................37&nbsp;</p><p>2.6.4 Lean Construction Techniques......................................................38&nbsp;</p><p>2.6.5 Six-sigma in Construction .............................................................39&nbsp;</p><p>2.6 THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK USED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE REGARDING DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.................40&nbsp;</p><p>2.7 SUMMARY ..........................................................................................42</p><p>&nbsp;

Chapter 3

- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................43&nbsp;</p><p>3.1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................43&nbsp;</p><p>3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN AND APPROACH .........................................43&nbsp;</p><p>3.3 QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN.......................................................44&nbsp;</p><p>3.4 RESEARCH STRATEGY ................................................................46&nbsp;</p><p>3.5 TARGET POPULATION.................................................................46&nbsp;</p><p>3.6 SAMPLING ....................................................................................47&nbsp;</p><p>3.6.1 Convenient sample ..............................................................47&nbsp;</p><p>3.6.2 Determination of Sample Size........................................................48&nbsp;</p><p>3.7 DATA COLLECTION PROCESS ......................................................48</p><p>3.8 TECHNIQUES USED FOR DATA ANALYSIS.......................................................49&nbsp;</p><p>3.8.1 Descriptive statistic.......................................................................49</p><p>&nbsp;3.8.2 Inferential Statistic..............................................................50&nbsp;</p><p>3.8.3 Ranking of attributes .....................................................................50&nbsp;</p><p>3.9 SUMMARY ......................................................................................51</p><p>&nbsp;

Chapter 4

- DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION.....................52&nbsp;</p><p>4.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................52&nbsp;</p><p>4.2 BACKGROUD OF RESPONDENTS ..................................................52&nbsp;</p><p>4.2.1 Stakeholders Responds...............................................................52&nbsp;</p><p>4.2.2 Familiarity with Construction Delay ........................................53&nbsp;</p><p>4.2.3 Level of Involvement in Building Projects that was delayed...........................................................................................54&nbsp;</p><p>4.2.4 Length of Experience in Construction...............................................55&nbsp;</p><p>4.2.5 Length of time the projects was delayed .............................56&nbsp;</p><p>4.2.6 Types of construction delay experienced by stakeholders ..............57&nbsp;</p><p>4.3 ANALYSIS OF MAIN FINDINGS......................................58&nbsp;</p><p>4.3.1 Client related factors.........................................................58&nbsp;</p><p>4.3.2 Consultant related factors...........................................................64&nbsp;</p><p>4.3.3 Contractors related factors.................................................68&nbsp;</p><p>4.3.4. The State of the Art Technology ....................................................72&nbsp;</p><p>5

Chapter 5

– DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION……………77&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.1 INTRODUCTION………………………………………..77&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.2 DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS…………………………………...77</p><p>5.2.1 Findings on background and knowledge of respondents………………………….77&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.2.2 Findings ontypes of delays influencing the construction industry………………...78&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.2.3 Findings on causes of delay influencing the nigeria construction industry……….78&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.2.4 findings on state of the art technology used globally to address the issue of delay In the construction industry……………………………...81&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.3 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..83&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.4 RECOMMENDATION……………………………………….84&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.5 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY…………………………………...87&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.6 CONTRIBUTION………………………………………..87&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.7 FUTURE STUDY……………………………………………..87&nbsp;</p><p>REFERENCE……………………………………...88&nbsp;</p><p>APPENDIX 1- Questionnaire………………………………………………………………..99&nbsp;</p><p>APPENDIX 2 – SPSS result……………………………………………..102&nbsp;</p><p>APPENDIX 3 – Tutorial record sheet………………………………………113&nbsp;</p>