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ABSTRACT

A construction project is commonly acknowledged as successful, when it is completed on time, within budget, in accordance with the specifications and to stakeholder’s satisfaction. In construction industry, contractors tend to maximize their profit for market growth. To achieve this aim, it is crucial for contractors to carefully identify the factors that affect the success of project and estimate their impacts before the bidding stage. Delay means non-completion of the project within the specified duration agreed on contract. Total 61 causes were identified under 9 major groups. Total 60 respondents comprises of 16 owners, 17 contractors and 13 architects & 14 Consultant who participated in this field survey. This paper suggests an approach to carry out ranking of causes of delay by techniques Relative importance index. We distributed a total of 100 questionnaires and received 60 responses, the analysis of which resulted in determining top 5 factors causing maximum delays in project completion. The top five results have been tabulated in the paper and their subsequent conclusions and recommendations have been provided here as well. It is hoped that the findings of the paper will help the stakeholders to act on critical causes and try to reduce delay of their projects.