TABLE OF CONTENTS DECLARATION……………………………………………………………...1 

ACKNOWLEDGEMENT…………………………………………………….2 

ABSTRACT:.............................................................................................7 

Chapter 1

INTRODUCTION..................................................................8 

1.1 BACKGROUND.....................................................................................8 

1.3 AIM/OBJECTIVES ..............................................................................10 

1.4 RESEARCH QUESTION.....................................................................10 

1.5 RESEARCH HYPOTHESIS.................................................................11 

1.6 SCOPE OF STUDY..............................................................................11 

1.7 STRUCTURE OF THE DISSERTATION.............................................12 

Chapter 2

- LITERATURE REVIEW......................................................14 

2.1 INTRODUCTION................................................................................14 

2.2 THE IMPORTANCE OF CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.....................14 

2.3 CONSTRUCTION DELAY .................................................................16 

2.4 CAUSES OF CONSTRUCTION DELAY.............................................17 

2.4.1. Concurrent Delay............................................................................19 

2.4.2 Excusable Delay .............................................................................20

2.4.3 Non-excusable Delays.....................................................................21 

2.5 FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO CONSTRUCTION DELAY ..............22 

2.5.1 Consultants’ related factors. ...........................................................22 

2.5.2 Contractors’ related factors. ............................................................22 

2.5.3 Clients’ related factors....................................................................28 

2.5.4 External related factors...................................................................29 

2.6 THE STATE OF THE ART TECHNOLOGY USED GLOBALLY TO ADDRESS THE ISSUES OF DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.......................................................................................29 

2.6.1 Eliminating All Contractors Related Delay Causes (EACRDC).......29 

2.6.2 Applying and Improving Productivity (AIP): ..................................30 

2.6.3 Application of Safety Principles (ASP)...........................................37 

2.6.4 Lean Construction Techniques......................................................38 

2.6.5 Six-sigma in Construction .............................................................39 

2.6 THE THEORETICAL FRAMEWORK USED TO ADDRESS THE ISSUE REGARDING DELAY IN THE CONSTRUCTION INDUSTRY.................40 

2.7 SUMMARY ..........................................................................................42

 

Chapter 3

- RESEARCH METHODOLOGY.........................................43 

3.1 INTRODUCTION.................................................................................43 

3.2 RESEARCH DESIGN AND APPROACH .........................................43 

3.3 QUESTIONNAIRE DESIGN.......................................................44 

3.4 RESEARCH STRATEGY ................................................................46 

3.5 TARGET POPULATION.................................................................46 

3.6 SAMPLING ....................................................................................47 

3.6.1 Convenient sample ..............................................................47 

3.6.2 Determination of Sample Size........................................................48 

3.7 DATA COLLECTION PROCESS ......................................................48

3.8 TECHNIQUES USED FOR DATA ANALYSIS.......................................................49 

3.8.1 Descriptive statistic.......................................................................49

 3.8.2 Inferential Statistic..............................................................50 

3.8.3 Ranking of attributes .....................................................................50 

3.9 SUMMARY ......................................................................................51

 

Chapter 4

- DATA ANALYSIS AND PRESENTATION.....................52 

4.1 INTRODUCTION..............................................................................52 

4.2 BACKGROUD OF RESPONDENTS ..................................................52 

4.2.1 Stakeholders Responds...............................................................52 

4.2.2 Familiarity with Construction Delay ........................................53 

4.2.3 Level of Involvement in Building Projects that was delayed...........................................................................................54 

4.2.4 Length of Experience in Construction...............................................55 

4.2.5 Length of time the projects was delayed .............................56 

4.2.6 Types of construction delay experienced by stakeholders ..............57 

4.3 ANALYSIS OF MAIN FINDINGS......................................58 

4.3.1 Client related factors.........................................................58 

4.3.2 Consultant related factors...........................................................64 

4.3.3 Contractors related factors.................................................68 

4.3.4. The State of the Art Technology ....................................................72 

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Chapter 5

– DISCUSSION, CONCLUSION AND RECOMMENDATION……………77 

 5.1 INTRODUCTION………………………………………..77 

 5.2 DISCUSSION AND FINDINGS…………………………………...77

5.2.1 Findings on background and knowledge of respondents………………………….77 

 5.2.2 Findings ontypes of delays influencing the construction industry………………...78 

 5.2.3 Findings on causes of delay influencing the nigeria construction industry……….78 

 5.2.4 findings on state of the art technology used globally to address the issue of delay In the construction industry……………………………...81 

 5.3 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………..83 

 5.4 RECOMMENDATION……………………………………….84 

 5.5 LIMITATION OF THE STUDY…………………………………...87 

 5.6 CONTRIBUTION………………………………………..87 

 5.7 FUTURE STUDY……………………………………………..87 

REFERENCE……………………………………...88 

APPENDIX 1- Questionnaire………………………………………………………………..99 

APPENDIX 2 – SPSS result……………………………………………..102 

APPENDIX 3 – Tutorial record sheet………………………………………113