Research Article

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

Table 3

Summary of cost of contractors’ damage in Debre Markos University’s construction projects.

No.Project categoryReason of costTotal delayed time in a monthAverage monthly overhead amount in millions of dollarsTotal contract amount in delayed projects in millions of dollarsThe magnitude of overhead cost in millions of dollars% from project contract cost

1Selected 10 completed projects (Table 2)59.6344,780.74102.2026,702.752.61
2Selected 12 ongoing projects (Table 4)Overhead cost (20%)120.844,780.741,177.5654,095.130.46