| dc.creator | Mejía, Guillermo | |
| dc.creator | Sánchez, Omar | |
| dc.creator | Castañeda, Karen | |
| dc.creator | Pellicer, Eugenio | |
| dc.date | 2020-08-31 | |
| dc.identifier | https://revistadelaconstruccion.uc.cl/index.php/RDLC/article/view/14062 | |
| dc.identifier | 10.7764/rdlc.19.2.220-234 | |
| dc.description | Project delays adversely affect road infrastructure development in developing countries. Unfavorable consequences of project delays involve cost overrun, contractual disputes, arbitration, and quality non-conformities. Despite these risks, literature shows that delays are still a prevalent problem in construction management. Although there is a considerable number of publications on project delays, few studies have compared their causes between developing countries. Therefore, this study aimed to: a) classify and determine the level of influence of the delay causes; b) find the relationship between delay causes and country's development; and c) propose recommendations for mitigating the most critical causes in developing countries. A systematic literature review provided a sample of 14 primary studies from Africa (50%) and Asia (50%). Based on this sample, the study found that developing countries, with a GDP per capita ($US2018) <= $ 2,000, may experience different delay causes depending on the economic and the geographical contexts. In African countries with a Global Competitiveness Index -GCI <= 56, road projects may experience delays due to financial issues of the project owner, and delays due to equipment/material issues of the project supplier/subcontractor. On the other hand, in Asian countries with a GCI between 62 and 49, road projects may experience delays due to financial issues of the project contractor, and delays due to planning issues of the project designer/consultant. According to these economic contexts, this study proposes a frame of causes and mitigation actions as a contribution to the risk analysis of road projects in developing countries. | en-US |
| dc.format | application/pdf | |
| dc.language | eng | |
| dc.publisher | Escuela de Construcción Civil de la Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile | en-US |
| dc.relation | https://revistadelaconstruccion.uc.cl/index.php/RDLC/article/view/14062/16507 | |
| dc.rights | Copyright (c) 2020 Guillermo Mejía, Omar Sánchez, Karen Castañeda, Eugenio Pellicer | en-US |
| dc.rights | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0 | en-US |
| dc.source | Revista de la Construcción. Journal of Construction; Vol. 19 No. 2 (2020): Revista de la Construcción. Journal of Construction; 220-234 | en-US |
| dc.source | 0718-915X | |
| dc.source | 10.7764/RDLC.19.2 | |
| dc.subject | delay causes | en-US |
| dc.subject | delay factors | en-US |
| dc.subject | road projects | en-US |
| dc.subject | road infrastructure | en-US |
| dc.subject | systematic review | en-US |
| dc.title | Delay causes in road infrastructure projects in developing countries | en-US |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/article | |
| dc.type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion | |
