STUDY THE CAUSE OF DELAY AND THEIR IMPACT IN ROAD PROJECT CASE STUDY IN SOUTH ROAD AUTHORITY IN HOSSANA DISTRICT

Abstract

Road Construction project delays can be defined as the late completion of work compared to the planned schedule or contract schedule. South nation nationality and people /SNNP/ Road authority is right hand of the region to give a solution to lack of road in rural area, it also minimize the society’s road problems by its performance, but it’s not fully successes, challenged by delay. The main objective of this project paper was to identify the major causes of delays in South road authority in Hossana district along with extent of delays and to know the impacts of this delay on the performance of projects. This study was undertaken through an intensive literature review and a survey on selected road projects, to know the opinion of client, contractors and consultants. The survey was carried out through a questionnaire survey together with desk study and some focus group discussion. The questionnaire contained questions on delay causing factors revealed by the literature review. The identified causes of delay were calculated with Relative Importance Index (RII). The study revealed that the most contributing factors to delays were: delay to deliver the site (right of way problem), financial problems inspections, equipment availability and failure, suspension of work by owner or contractor and weather conditions were the most delay causing factors of roads construction projects in South Road Authority road projects. Time and cost overrun have been found to the most dominant impacts caused by delays in road construction projects in the region. Therefore, in order to minimize delay in road construction projects, the client should make ready the site for work, and the contractor should have work plan comprising of financial resources and should avoid suspension of work that lead for additional time