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

Table 9

Effects of delay on construction projects.

No	Effects of delay on DMU construction projects	RII	Rank	Important level
1	Dissatisfaction by project owners and consequently by end-users	0.9623	1	High
2	The high cost of supervision and contract administration for the consultant	0.9535	2	High
3	Loss of users’ benefit that will be obtained	0.8791	3	High
4	Delay in getting service by clients	0.8791	3	High
5	Loss of profit for noncompletion to the contractor	0.8791	3	High
6	Material price escalation costs	0.8512	6	High
7	Pours money unnecessarily into the project at hand at the expense of other new projects	0.8512	6	High
8	Extended site overhead and general overhead expenses	0.8419	8	High
9	Expenses for liquidated damage	0.8140	9	High
10	Economic impact on the country	0.8047	10	High
11	Idling resources	0.7860	11	High medium
12	Dispute	0.7767	12	High medium
13	Environmental impact	0.7721	13	High medium
14	Extended payment/performance bond premiums	0.7628	14	High medium
15	Termination	0.7442	15	High medium
16	Negative social impact	0.6837	16	High medium
17	Create stress on stakeholders	0.6233	17	High medium
18	The contractor will suffer from the budget shortfall of the client	0.5628	18	Medium
19	Negative attitude towards the construction industry by the higher public authority and by society as a whole	0.5442	19	Medium
20	Extended insurance premiums	0.5116	20	Medium
21	Poor quality of work due to hurrying	0.4651	21	Medium
22	Arbitration	0.4233	22	Medium
23	Political impact	0.2465	23	Medium low