Causes and Impacts of Delays in Ethiopian Public Construction Projects (Case on Debre Markos University Construction Projects)

Table 1

Factors contributing to Ethiopian public construction project delays.

Researchers	Major causes of delays
[17]	(i) A poor project management strategy, late payments to contractors, delays in sharing information, and delays in funding
[12]	(ii) Inadequate information exchange between government agencies, problems with right-of-way and site disposal, and significant changes to the design
[18]	(iii) Delay in progress payment, severe weather, contractor’s incapacity, land acquisition and resettlement, ineffective planning and scheduling, and scope revisions and additional work
[19, 20]	(iv) Delays in providing materials on-site, ineffective site management, incomplete paperwork, delayed site transfer of ownership ineffective site management, and oversight