Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects
While all project parties agree that exceeding the budget results in project failures, most construction projects in Jordan are suffering from cost overruns. Understanding the root cause of the issue is critical to solve the problem comprehensively. However, the previous studies lack information on...
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| description | While all project parties agree that exceeding the budget results in project failures, most construction projects in Jordan are suffering from cost overruns. Understanding the root cause of the issue is critical to solve the problem comprehensively. However, the previous studies lack information on the underlying causes that are resulting in cost overruns among the nation’s construction projects. The principal purpose of this study is to identify the most significant causes of cost overruns in Jordanian construction projects. Therefore, the researcher used the quantitative approach for data collection through questionnaire survey among stakeholders in the construction project. This study uses the principles of multivariate statistics in analyzing the causes of cost overruns in Jordanian construction projects. The findings revealed that the four major underlying causes for cost overruns in Jordan are financial difficulties, materials issues, design issues and additional works. Besides, the results also revealed that high transportation cost, unrealistic contract duration, slow decision making, extra quantity during construction, inadequate funds for project financing, inconsistent cash flows and payment problems faced by the clients from the government are critical sub cause for cost overruns in the region. The findings on the critical and underlying causes for cost overruns may help industrial practitioners in developing strategies to achieve better project success. |
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| spelling | UMPir303782021-01-06T04:27:16Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30378/ Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects Faten, Ahmad Albtoush Doh, Shu Ing Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) While all project parties agree that exceeding the budget results in project failures, most construction projects in Jordan are suffering from cost overruns. Understanding the root cause of the issue is critical to solve the problem comprehensively. However, the previous studies lack information on the underlying causes that are resulting in cost overruns among the nation’s construction projects. The principal purpose of this study is to identify the most significant causes of cost overruns in Jordanian construction projects. Therefore, the researcher used the quantitative approach for data collection through questionnaire survey among stakeholders in the construction project. This study uses the principles of multivariate statistics in analyzing the causes of cost overruns in Jordanian construction projects. The findings revealed that the four major underlying causes for cost overruns in Jordan are financial difficulties, materials issues, design issues and additional works. Besides, the results also revealed that high transportation cost, unrealistic contract duration, slow decision making, extra quantity during construction, inadequate funds for project financing, inconsistent cash flows and payment problems faced by the clients from the government are critical sub cause for cost overruns in the region. The findings on the critical and underlying causes for cost overruns may help industrial practitioners in developing strategies to achieve better project success. 2020-10 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30378/1/16.%20Underlying%20factors%20of%20cost%20overruns%20in%20developing%20countries.pdf pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30378/2/16.1%20Underlying%20factors%20of%20cost%20overruns%20in%20developing%20countries.pdf Faten, Ahmad Albtoush and Doh, Shu Ing and Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman (2020) Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects. In: 4th National Conference on Wind and Earthquake Engineering (NCWE 2020) , 16 Oct & 17 Oct 2020 , Virtual Conference. pp. 1-17.. (Published) |
| spellingShingle | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) Faten, Ahmad Albtoush Doh, Shu Ing Abdul Rahimi, Abdul Rahman Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects |
| title | Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects |
| title_full | Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects |
| title_fullStr | Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects |
| title_full_unstemmed | Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects |
| title_short | Underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries: multivariate analysis of Jordanian projects |
| title_sort | underlying factors of cost overruns in developing countries multivariate analysis of jordanian projects |
| topic | TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General) |
| url | http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30378/1/16.%20Underlying%20factors%20of%20cost%20overruns%20in%20developing%20countries.pdf http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/30378/2/16.1%20Underlying%20factors%20of%20cost%20overruns%20in%20developing%20countries.pdf |
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