Factors Affecting Delay In Indian Construction Projects

Investigation Questions

Construction projects in India are the one associated with combination of various operations that needs the contribution from several parties. From various studies, it is evident that development extends in India are encountering across the board delays (Al-Qershi & Kishore, 2017). Hence, utilizing the chose set number of qualities, this overview aims at identifying the key factors that impact delay in construction organizations in India and then attaining strong relations amidst vital elements for mounting representations necessary for accessing effects of such aspects in setback.  From the analysis, some of the factors identified to be contributor to delay such as lack of commitment, inefficient management of site, poor techniques of coordinating site, and inappropriate planning will be identified to result in delays (Doloi, Sawhney, Iyer, & Rentala, 2012). Other factors that have been crucial in delays in construction projects include insufficiency of clarity of span of project, inappropriate techniques of communication, along with substandard contractor. The findings of this investigation are anticipated to be crucial aids to industries of construction within India in process of calculating duration overruns in deals of construction.

In most cases, construction of projects involves the group of operations that need certain amount of resources like workforce, equipment, and materials among other factors. However, these resources used in construction are not always offered at construction projects as a result of scarcity in the Indian marketplace and also due to insufficient allocation of vital resources in particular operations (Imranullah, 2017). Therefore, all these factors make the work of constructions of projects to be improperly executed as scheduled probably resulting to instances of project delay in India (Kumar, 2016). This research proposal targets at identifying the essential factors affecting allocation of resources in construction projects with the aim of finding the degree of agreement between all professionals whom are involved in construction projects by considering the vital factors in India and then tested for null hypothesis.

The success of every construction project in India is critically affected by the capacity of the firms that implements it, variations of design, nature of contract, along with the stability of development of economy. However, there seems to be no agreement among different scholars as well as practitioners as to kind of various causes of delays in construction development within India. Besides, there also seems to be the lack of appropriate consensus as to the principal basis of hindrances in Indian public construction developments. For instance, Chen & Yang (2015) stated that poor planning is the major cause of delays in Indian construction projects. According to sediments by industantimes.com (2018), poor management of risk is what needs to be the blame while Doloi (2013) argues that lack of required experience, as well as intellectual capability among contractors, remains to be the major reason for such delays in Indian construction project.  

Factors Contributing to Delay

The rise in project delays in construction project in India is hurting the economy since it results in wastage of essential resources, enhanced charges of projects, along with frustration among targeted and esteemed customers yet construction project in India stay to be one of the principal sectors that can revitalize Indian economic progress. Investment in construction projects, as well as related infrastructure along with services, has multiple direct and indirect impacts (Liu et al., 2018). It triggers forward as well as backward connections through additional investment in instances of manufacturing of building material, government, along with transport. Unfortunately, cases of delays in large construction projects in India specifically building will stay to plague the construction corporation in the foreseeable future unless different Indian industries consider strategic measures. The Indian authority might lack sufficient measures of mitigating to address the issue efficiently and within shortest time (Radavoi, 2018). Although much operations has been done in process of identification of the factors that affect projects delay in India especially among large construction projects as failure to have correct measures will see the industry to experience instances of failures still (Subramanyan, Sawant, & Bhatt, 2012). This research work, therefore, seeks to contribute such attempts by different people in identification of further different basis of holdup in creating project within India as well as focusing then on coming up with best strategies to mitigate such delays in operations of industry.

The principal target of this investigation survey is to explore major concerns identified within industries that deal in construction in India that leads to hindrances in completion of developments. The survey further tries to recognize important outcomes of these hindrances influencing standard process of operation within India.

1. To discover different basis of delays in the achievement of construction schemes within India
2. To explore delays in time as well as disputes in time during construction developments in India

• To explore key challenges encountered in resulting to delays in process of operation especially in construction of Navi International Airport in Mumbai city in India

1. To build up ideal strategy to mitigate delays in the completion of Indian construction projects

The survey will offer insight that helps in revealing different factors that influence delays in Indian construction project with the objective of enabling organizations that deals with projects to become more knowledgeable of these factors. Hence, through outcome of this research, organizations that are responsible for different construction projects will be able to concentrate on ideal techniques and ways that can help their operations to minimize project delay (Kumar et al., 2018). With effective achievement of this survey, project delivering organizations shall be capable of maintaining productivity as well as sustainability by identifying, acquiring, as well as adequately implementing different measures that prevent delays in large projects like Navi Mumbai International Airport projects hence leading to delivery of services that is improved.

Impact of Delay on Economy

The survey on aspects that cause setbacks in Indian building projects sought to highlight essential elements accounting for the delays within operations o large construction projects. In this manner, discoveries of this survey add to universe of knowledge concerning setting up, initiation, execution, as well as termination of construction in India (Sewe et al., 2018). Such knowledge that this study will present remain to be important particularly to the construction corporation that is always searching for different approaches for better operations to compete for projects as per schedule, within projected costs, and agreed-upon parameters of performance. The effective understanding of the vital causes of delays will remain to perform the essential function in the ways of large projects such as Navi Mumbai International Airport project are conceptualized, planned, as well as executed. Therefore, this survey work will also remain to be important to the Indian authority in formulation of construction corporation policies long with the way such policies and regulations are implemented (Precht, 2018). The informal policy offer essential guidelines to the operations of industry that minimizes failures of projects. Therefore, this investigation on factors that cause delays in Indian construction projects will also benefit different stakeholders such as contractors, developers, together with scholars.

The outcome of this research project will act as huge advantage to any person involved in the process of constructing project as well as implementing project since it will offer these individuals with the vital insight on different factors that affect project delays in India (Alluri et al., 2017).

The outcomes from this survey will e of great significance to different owners of the construction projects since it will offer these developers with the insight on how efficiently construction projects can be effectively implemented and delivered without experiencing instances of delays that are always caused by the factors that shall have been identified in the study (Ivensky, 2018).

The outcomes of this investigation will remain to be of huge significance to different scholars within India and around global society. The project will provide insight on different factors that affect construction project delays in India and hence enable scholars to attaining informed data on the same. Therefore, this survey intends to spawn practical together with theoretical further investigation inquiries that can become vital study basis for researchers in future operations (Said & El-Rayes, 2011). Outcomes of this survey should be taken under deliberation as major contribution in debate concerning how to effectively improve the efficiency along with effectiveness in the Indian construction industry specifically with regard to scheduling together with management of cost.

Survey Objectives

The outcomes of this research study will help in provision of the analytical framework for investigating different factors that cause delays in Indian construction projects.  The findings will ultimately help in developing as well as analyzing the strategies that can be used by construction companies in order to survive such identified factors causing delays (Flick, 2015).  Though the response of any construction company involved in project construction might be highly variable, it will still assist in understanding and offering the clear picture concerning factors that cause delays and help in comprehending the factors that can drive construction industry to perform even under such factors causing delays. Adaptation and performance of different construction industry in India affected by factors that result to delay in completion of their work can be well addressed. These factors that cause delays in construction project will have huge impact on the outcomes of this survey. All the objectives or research questions as identified in the proposed work will be answered basing on the vital collections of data, findings, along with data analysis that will be carried out for the same (Phukan, 2018). Hence, this survey will aim at benefiting future owners of start-ups of construction industry in India or new ventures of these construction industries before they embark on their activities of constructing different projects such as Navi Mumbai International Airport.

It is clear in most countries just as in India that the successful construction projects should be completed before due dates of projects and within set budget. Therefore, research on basis of delay in time remains to be of significance of effectiveness of most building projects in India (Douai & Perry, 2018). Many surveyors, in the literature work have been able to identify these troubles as aspects that impact delay in creating projects as it aim to have adverse effect on performance of Construction Company along with overall economy of India as well. The cases of delays in construction projects by several factors is always connected to the performance of time, quality, together with charges in completing a project (Foster & Barnetson, 2017). Besides, identification as well as evaluation of different factors that causes such delay in construction project has been conducted in the past decades, however, the deeper understanding is still needed to improve such understanding leading to establishment of this research work.

Many factors contributes to delay of a construction developments within India and analyzing causes of setbacks is the vital activity for ameliorating any potential claims or conflicts. According to Lewis & Siemiatycki (2015), most delays in construction projects in India are complicated and whereas several surveyors emphasize the high charges along with the linked risk that relate to litigating claims of delay. Only few individuals around the community have been able to form a responsibility for concentrating on best strategies that they can use to control such instances of setbacks in creating developments like instances of Navi Mumbai Airport. Although significance of Indian building sector in past decades has progressed drastically, inadequate complexity across chain of supply of construction remains to be one of vital concerns in construction business (Olawale & Sun, 2013). There exist a firm evidence of performance that is inconsistent performance of Indian construction project both by global corporations and local contractors in different construction projects. These trends are increasing rapidly within the region. Therefore, such dramatic shifts in capability along with number of Indian building sector in past decades warrants the systematic analysis of the delays and ways to improve them by concentrating on a specified delayed project like Navi Mumbai International Airport.  

Conclusion

The following research methodologies will be undertaken with the aim to analyze the aim of this survey effectively. Some of these methods will include use of well-designed questionnaires, review of existing literature work, and observation of fundamental indicators of delays in Indian construction projects (Muthuraj & Nithyapriya, 2017). Besides, elements of methodology of this research under consideration include research design, sample size, population, sampling design, and collection of data methods, along with analysis of collected data.

Research design of this study will involve the use of descriptive design. It will form the framework created with the objective of attaining answer to different research questions. The use of descriptive cross-sectional approach of study design in this study was essential in obtaining the major objective of this research work. The study therefore comprised of collection of data at the single point in time in the target population within India especially among the shareholders in construction of project of Navi Mumbai International Airport (Foster & Barnetson, 2017). Apart from variables under consideration in this study, the survey also gathered at on demographic factors along with traits of corporation that were employed as control variables.

It remained to be a study designed to depict the participation in the expected manner. It focuses on describing individuals that took part in the survey. There are various approaches investigator could go about conducting the descriptive study on the project (Flick, 2015). These include through observation, case study, together with survey that is defined as the brief discussion or interview with people concerning particular topic of investigation.

The approaches used in gathering required data comes in various ways that include interviewing individual face to face and handing over well-designed questionnaires for the respondents to fill out. The use of observation and administration of questionnaire methods remained to be preferred methods in this study as it allows for prudent comparison of the findings of survey. The use of descriptive survey helps the surveyor to be capable of determining the delay factors of implementation of construction project in India especially in case of Navi Mumbai International Airport (Al-Qershi & Kishore, 2017). The use of existing literature is used as it helps in comparison of quantitative data during data collection. The technique of including both quantitative along with qualitative survey questions in the questionnaire is essential in finding grounds of setback in construction developments within India.

There are two techniques used to analyze the gathered data in this study. These include the use of both quantitative as well as qualitative approach of study. For instance, qualitative approach will focus on making use of varying forums of online platforms and survey wit construction advisors on factors that delay completion of project in India. Besides, quantitative approach will involve analysis by making essential application of various excel sheets, figures, diagrams, pie charts, along with mathematical presentations with statistical approaches of modeling present in websites and through various journals that talk of factors causes delays in construction projects (Flick, 2015). The responses will be presented followed by the brief interpretation guided by the objectives, questions of survey, and discussion on findings of research from the analysis of the data.

Detailed of organization of this survey on exploration of the topic will be as stated below;

• Section One will explore suggestion of research as summarized in this clear presentation
• Section Two will concentrate on description of cases examination of various factors that affect construction projects in India in a detailed form
• Section Three will include the details of useful methodologies of survey, review of literature concerning the topic, data series as well as surveys of gathering vital facts, observing essential indicators of aspects leading to setbacks within Indian construction developments and techniques of analyzing gathered data
• Section Four will record various outcomes together with analysis of proposed study
• Section Five will aim at summarizing essential results and discuss their implications in making different construction industries in India better prepared to survive different elements when constructing projects like Navi Mumbai International Airport.

The budget of this projected investigation will be seven thousand five hundred dollars for it to be completed as per the schedule as illustrated within Gantt chart. The proposed budget in this investigation has been precise for major motive such as:

• Evaluating existing literature by use of different online platforms, journal articles, printed books, and visitation on different construction industries in India for observations that is not done free making the process to cost 2,500 dollars
• Technique of gathering data in form of surveys together with well-designed questionnaire including mailing, printing, as well as traveling charges will incur charges. In event, different use of e-mail is applicable there is great chance of ending up in section of Junk Box of various e-mail contacts. It will enable people to travel that might be impractical in establishing use of posts to be utilized leading to cost of 3,500 dollars.
• For the need of having full access to different tables, charts, or facts of India relating to construction projects and companies for efficient analysis of data, some section of budgets must be billed for this purpose and during the investigation. These activities will cost 1,500 dollars.

The presentation of data below illustrates period for every activity in the entire project

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