TY - GEN
T1 - Evaluating the Factors That Cause Cost and Time Overrun in the Residential Construction Projects in the UAE
T2 - 8th Zero Energy Mass Custom Home International Conference, ZEMCH 2021
AU - Namous, Enas Abu
AU - Al Battah, Mohammed
N1 - Funding Information:
This study was supported by the United Arab Emirates University, Architectural engineering Department. Also, the Library Research Desk which providing the relevant references material.
Publisher Copyright:
© 2021 by the authors. Submitted for possible open access publication under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
PY - 2021
Y1 - 2021
N2 - The construction industry is considered an essential element to stabilize countries economically. In the UAE, this sector has received a lot of attention and development since the discovery of oil. This has enhanced the continuous expansion in construction activities. Recently, the construction projects in the UAE and KSA together reached around 70% of the whole projects in the Middle East region, and the majority of it was in Dubai, which in 2018 enhanced its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to reach 14.5%. Therefore, the decision-makers apply multiple methods at different projects in order to achieve the prime factors for project success which are: cost, time, quality, and safety. However, the construction industry exposed to different variables and unpredictable causes, such as availability of the main resources, different environmental conditions, financial issues, and poor productivity. Meanwhile, there is a great interest in delivering residential construction projects to cover the demand of shelter on time and within the estimated cost limits, and most importantly with the required quality, considering all variables. The aim of this research is to define and rank the factors that contribute to the cost and time overrun on the construction projects. The authors defined the most frequent factors that were affecting the project's cost and time from literature review, then applied the Relative Importance Index (RII) technique on 7-point Likert-scale results that were conducted by the participants. They were thirty construction project managers in the UAE, whose experience range between 5 and 20 years. The most significant factor that contribute to cost overrun is “delay in material delivery.” On the other hand, the most significant factors that contribute to time overrun are “the inadequate experience of contractor” and “delay in material delivery” as well.
AB - The construction industry is considered an essential element to stabilize countries economically. In the UAE, this sector has received a lot of attention and development since the discovery of oil. This has enhanced the continuous expansion in construction activities. Recently, the construction projects in the UAE and KSA together reached around 70% of the whole projects in the Middle East region, and the majority of it was in Dubai, which in 2018 enhanced its Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to reach 14.5%. Therefore, the decision-makers apply multiple methods at different projects in order to achieve the prime factors for project success which are: cost, time, quality, and safety. However, the construction industry exposed to different variables and unpredictable causes, such as availability of the main resources, different environmental conditions, financial issues, and poor productivity. Meanwhile, there is a great interest in delivering residential construction projects to cover the demand of shelter on time and within the estimated cost limits, and most importantly with the required quality, considering all variables. The aim of this research is to define and rank the factors that contribute to the cost and time overrun on the construction projects. The authors defined the most frequent factors that were affecting the project's cost and time from literature review, then applied the Relative Importance Index (RII) technique on 7-point Likert-scale results that were conducted by the participants. They were thirty construction project managers in the UAE, whose experience range between 5 and 20 years. The most significant factor that contribute to cost overrun is “delay in material delivery.” On the other hand, the most significant factors that contribute to time overrun are “the inadequate experience of contractor” and “delay in material delivery” as well.
KW - Actual cost
KW - Construction industry
KW - Construction management constraints
KW - Contractor
KW - Estimated cost and time
KW - Mismatching
KW - Time
KW - UAE
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85125779524
T3 - ZEMCH International Conference
SP - 370
EP - 382
BT - ZEMCH 2021 - 8th Zero Energy Mass Custom Home International Conference, Proceedings
A2 - Tabet Aoul, Kheira Anissa
A2 - Shafiq, Mohammed Tariq
A2 - Attoye, Daniel Efurosibina
PB - ZEMCH Network
Y2 - 26 October 2021 through 28 October 2021
ER -