Causes of delay in large construction project in Nigeria construction industry

•             TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION……………………………………………………………...1 ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………….2 ABSTRACT:.............................................................................................7 

Chapter ONE

INTRODUCTION

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

Chapter TWO

LITERATURE REVIEW

• - LITERATURE REVIEW......................................................14 
• 2.1INTRODUCTION................................................................................14 
• 2.2THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.....................14 
• 2.3CONSTRUCTION DELAY .................................................................16 
• 2.4CAUSES OF CONSTRUCTION DELAY.............................................17 2.4.
• 1.Concurrent Delay............................................................................19 2.
• 4.2Excusable Delay .............................................................................202.
• 4.3Non-excusable Delays.....................................................................21 
• 2.5FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CONSTRUCTION DELAY ..............22 2.
• 5.1Consultants’ related factors. ...........................................................22 2.
• 5.2Contractors’ related factors. ............................................................22 2.
• 5.3Clients’ related factors....................................................................28 2.
• 5.4External related factors...................................................................29 
• 2.6THE STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY USED GLOBALLY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.......................................................................................29 2.
• 6.1Eliminating All Contractors Related Delay Causes (EACRDC).......29 2.
• 6.2Applying and Improving Productivity (AIP): ..................................30 2.
• 6.3Application of Safety Principles (ASP)...........................................37 2.
• 6.4Lean Construction Techniques......................................................38 2.
• 6.5Six-sigma in Construction .............................................................39 
• 2.6THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK USED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE REGARDING DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.................40 
• 2.7SUMMARY ..........................................................................................42 

Chapter THREE

RESEARCH METHODOLOGY

• - RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................43 
• 3.1INTRODUCTION.................................................................................43 
• 3.2RESEARCH DESIGN AND APPROACH .........................................43 
• 3.3QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN.......................................................44 
• 3.4RESEARCH STRATEGY ................................................................46 
• 3.5TARGET POPULATION.................................................................46 
• 3.6SAMPLING ....................................................................................47 3.
• 6.1Convenient sample ..............................................................47 3.
• 6.2Determination of Sample Size........................................................48 
• 3.7DATA COLLECTION PROCESS ......................................................
• 483.8TECHNIQUES USED FOR DATA ANALYSIS.......................................................49 3.
• 8.1Descriptive statistic.......................................................................49 3.
• 8.2Inferential Statistic..............................................................50 3.
• 8.3Ranking of attributes .....................................................................50 
• 3.9SUMMARY ......................................................................................51 

Chapter FOUR

DATA PRESENTATION AND ANALYSIS

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

Chapter FIVE

SUMMARY, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATIONS

• – DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION……………77  
• 5.1INTRODUCTION………………………………………..77  
• 5.2DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS…………………………………...775.
• 2.1Findings on background and knowledge of respondents………………………….77  5.
• 2.2Findings ontypes of delays influencing the construction industry………………...78  5.
• 2.3Findings on causes of delay influencing the nigeria construction industry……….78  5.
• 2.4findings on state of the art technology used globally to address the issue of delay In the construction industry……………………………...81  
• 5.3CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..83  
• 5.4RECOMMENDATION……………………………………….84  
• 5.5LIMITATION OF THE STUDY…………………………………...87  
• 5.6CONTRIBUTION………………………………………..87  
• 5.7FUTURE STUDY……………………………………………..87 REFERENCE……………………………………...88 APPENDIX 1- Questionnaire………………………………………………………………..99 APPENDIX 2 – SPSS result……………………………………………..102 APPENDIX 3 – Tutorial record sheet………………………………………113