Identifiction of Lean Wastes Causing Delay in Construction Operation

Abstract

Delay is considered as one of the most common issue faced by the construction industry which leads to increase in project time, cost and expenses. To overcome this, the delay factors had to be identified. The main objective of this paper is to identify, examine and evaluate the factors which affect delay in Indian construction projects with respect to relative importance. The data were analyzed through quantitative mode of research through structured questionnaire survey. The survey was conducted among 103 respondents from public, private and other construction firms. The questionnaire survey consists of 17 delay factors and 4 major categories. The study is carried out on Likert scale based on five ordinal measures. The data is analyzed and categorized using Relative Important Indices (RII), ranking and percentage. The paper concludes that client related factors are the most important causes of delay and suggested remedies.