Preliminary survey on critical cost overrun factors in the construction industry of Pakistan

Cost overruns are a common issue in the construction industry of developing countries particularly Pakistan. Construction industry of Pakistan is playing important role for development and economic growth of Pakistan. Comprehensive understanding is required to overcome this cost overrun problem....

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Main Authors: Ahmed Abbasi, Suhail, Abas, Nor Haslinda, Sohu, Samiullah
Format: Conference or Workshop Item
Language:English
Published: 2022
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Online Access:http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11741/1/P16936_cb00481e0e956d27e59f1fafea059f40%207.pdf
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description Cost overruns are a common issue in the construction industry of developing countries particularly Pakistan. Construction industry of Pakistan is playing important role for development and economic growth of Pakistan. Comprehensive understanding is required to overcome this cost overrun problem. The objective of this study is to identify the critical cost overrun factors in construction industry of Pakistan. To accomplish this objective, a detailed literature review was carried initially, which resulted in identifying 49 common cost overrun factors in the construction sector. Second, a structured questionnaire with a 5-point Iikert scale was designed and disseminated to 33 highly experienced stakeholders in Pakistan's construction industry to obtain opinion on critical cost overrun factors. Data was collected and analysed using mean score analysis. Based on mean scores critical cost overrun factors are schedule delay, financial difficulties faced by contractor, fluctuation in price of materials, poor site management, poor contract management, inadequate planning, fraudulent practices and kickbacks, frequent design changes, change in scope of project. This study convey a better understanding of critical cost overrun factors to stake holders of construction Industry of Pakistan in order to mitigate the cost overrun
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spelling uthm.eprints-117412024-12-17T00:23:36Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11741/ Preliminary survey on critical cost overrun factors in the construction industry of Pakistan Ahmed Abbasi, Suhail Abas, Nor Haslinda Sohu, Samiullah T Technology (General) Cost overruns are a common issue in the construction industry of developing countries particularly Pakistan. Construction industry of Pakistan is playing important role for development and economic growth of Pakistan. Comprehensive understanding is required to overcome this cost overrun problem. The objective of this study is to identify the critical cost overrun factors in construction industry of Pakistan. To accomplish this objective, a detailed literature review was carried initially, which resulted in identifying 49 common cost overrun factors in the construction sector. Second, a structured questionnaire with a 5-point Iikert scale was designed and disseminated to 33 highly experienced stakeholders in Pakistan's construction industry to obtain opinion on critical cost overrun factors. Data was collected and analysed using mean score analysis. Based on mean scores critical cost overrun factors are schedule delay, financial difficulties faced by contractor, fluctuation in price of materials, poor site management, poor contract management, inadequate planning, fraudulent practices and kickbacks, frequent design changes, change in scope of project. This study convey a better understanding of critical cost overrun factors to stake holders of construction Industry of Pakistan in order to mitigate the cost overrun 2022-11-17 Conference or Workshop Item PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/11741/1/P16936_cb00481e0e956d27e59f1fafea059f40%207.pdf Ahmed Abbasi, Suhail and Abas, Nor Haslinda and Sohu, Samiullah (2022) Preliminary survey on critical cost overrun factors in the construction industry of Pakistan. In: PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON GREEN ENGINEERING & TECHNOLOGY 2022 (ICONGETECH 2022). https://doi.org/1 0.1063/5.0200577
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