Causes of delay in large construction project in Nigeria construction industry

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

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

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

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

• - LITERATURE REVIEW......................................................14&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.1INTRODUCTION................................................................................14&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.2THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.....................14&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.3CONSTRUCTION DELAY .................................................................16&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.4CAUSES OF CONSTRUCTION DELAY.............................................17&nbsp;</p><p>2.4.
• 1.Concurrent Delay............................................................................19&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 4.2Excusable Delay .............................................................................20</p><p>2.
• 4.3Non-excusable Delays.....................................................................21&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.5FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CONSTRUCTION DELAY ..............22&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 5.1Consultants’ related factors. ...........................................................22&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 5.2Contractors’ related factors. ............................................................22&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 5.3Clients’ related factors....................................................................28&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 5.4External related factors...................................................................29&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.6THE STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY USED GLOBALLY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.......................................................................................29&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 6.1Eliminating All Contractors Related Delay Causes (EACRDC).......29&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 6.2Applying and Improving Productivity (AIP): ..................................30&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 6.3Application of Safety Principles (ASP)...........................................37&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 6.4Lean Construction Techniques......................................................38&nbsp;</p><p>2.
• 6.5Six-sigma in Construction .............................................................39&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.6THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK USED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE REGARDING DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.................40&nbsp;</p><p>
• 2.7SUMMARY ..........................................................................................42</p><p>&nbsp;

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................43&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.1INTRODUCTION.................................................................................43&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.2RESEARCH DESIGN AND APPROACH .........................................43&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.3QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN.......................................................44&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.4RESEARCH STRATEGY ................................................................46&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.5TARGET POPULATION.................................................................46&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.6SAMPLING ....................................................................................47&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 6.1Convenient sample ..............................................................47&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 6.2Determination of Sample Size........................................................48&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.7DATA COLLECTION PROCESS ......................................................48</p><p>
• 3.8TECHNIQUES USED FOR DATA ANALYSIS.......................................................49&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 8.1Descriptive statistic.......................................................................49</p><p>&nbsp;3.
• 8.2Inferential Statistic..............................................................50&nbsp;</p><p>3.
• 8.3Ranking of attributes .....................................................................50&nbsp;</p><p>
• 3.9SUMMARY ......................................................................................51</p><p>&nbsp;

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

• - DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION.....................52&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.1INTRODUCTION..............................................................................52&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.2BACKGROUD OF RESPONDENTS ..................................................52&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 2.1Stakeholders Responds...............................................................52&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 2.2Familiarity with Construction Delay ........................................53&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 2.3Level of Involvement in Building Projects that was delayed...........................................................................................54&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 2.4Length of Experience in Construction...............................................55&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 2.5Length of time the projects was delayed .............................56&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 2.6Types of construction delay experienced by stakeholders ..............57&nbsp;</p><p>
• 4.3ANALYSIS OF MAIN FINDINGS......................................58&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 3.1Client related factors.........................................................58&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 3.2Consultant related factors...........................................................64&nbsp;</p><p>4.
• 3.3Contractors related factors.................................................68&nbsp;</p><p>4.3.
• 4.The State of the Art Technology ....................................................72&nbsp;</p><p>5

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• – DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION……………77&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;
• 5.1INTRODUCTION………………………………………..77&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;
• 5.2DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS…………………………………...77</p><p>5.
• 2.1Findings on background and knowledge of respondents………………………….77&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.
• 2.2Findings ontypes of delays influencing the construction industry………………...78&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.
• 2.3Findings on causes of delay influencing the nigeria construction industry……….78&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;5.
• 2.4findings on state of the art technology used globally to address the issue of delay In the construction industry……………………………...81&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;
• 5.3CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..83&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;
• 5.4RECOMMENDATION……………………………………….84&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;
• 5.5LIMITATION OF THE STUDY…………………………………...87&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;
• 5.6CONTRIBUTION………………………………………..87&nbsp;</p><p>&nbsp;
• 5.7FUTURE 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>