https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7 en-us 2022-12-11 22:00:42 UTC 2026-03-04 19:15:26 UTC hello@padlet.com spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417053279 2022-12-11 22:08:18 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417053279 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417053478 2022-12-11 22:08:54 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417053478 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417054747 Construction delay: a quantitative analysis, by Ayman H. Al-Momani, Scholarly source]]> 2022-12-11 22:12:47 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417054747 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417057362 This source is a scholarly source because the author is a professor, vice dean or engineering, and head of the chemical engineering department at Mu'tah University. He has many other qualifications from that university and has a PhD from Oklahoma State University. The other sources cited are also other scholarly article, written by professors and professionals in the field.]]> 2022-12-11 22:20:30 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417057362 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417057931 This source used 130 construction projects in Jordan to examine what the biggest causes of delays are. They created this source for contractors to be able to see what might pose an issue to them while completing a project. The study found that the leading causes of delays on construction sites is due to designer errors, user changes, weather, site conditions, late deliveries, and economic conditions. The source also includes plenty of graphs, tables, and equations that relate to the types of delays and the types of projects. According to the study, the number one cause of delays was due to poor planning. ]]> 2022-12-11 22:21:34 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417057931 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417080885 This source was well organized by sections. It was split up between an abstract, introduction, discussions, tests & results, limitation and suggestion for further research, and a conclusion. It made it easy to find the information I was looking for. There was quite a bit of math terminology, including equations and symbols, in the tests & results section that I didn't understand. This source gives me exact answers to the question "what are the main causes of delay on the job?" and even gives me data and evidence to back it up. It also gives exact numbers for multiple different situations of delays on the job taken from the study. This study was done in Jordan, though, I wonder if the results would be similar in different countries or if the whole world generally follows the same trends.]]> 2022-12-11 23:24:19 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417080885 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417090653 2022-12-11 23:46:49 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417090653 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417093066 Common Causes of Construction Project Delays, VERTEX, Popular source]]> 2022-12-11 23:51:17 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417093066 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417095607 I believe this source is a popular source. For starters, I was not able to find an author, only a publisher. The article says that they will be sharing the findings of 17 different studies conducted in 15 countries, but it has no references or works cited page whatsoever. The article is also posted on a journal website.]]> 2022-12-11 23:56:43 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417095607 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417101165 This article gives three main points for what causes delays in construction: contractor, owner, and external factors. For each section, it gives a small blurb and a graph with the supposed evidence from the 17 studies. I was most interested in the section about contractor delays though. According to the graph, some of the main types of contractor delays are due to poor scheduling and planning, labor, equipment, and financial issues. There are percentages by each category, but there is nothing to say what that is a percentage of. ]]> 2022-12-12 00:08:37 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417101165 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417105665 Overall, I think this source gives off good suggestions for causes of delays by contractors, but it doesn't do a good job at backing up claims. There are no sources cited; the numbers that they try to use are percentages, but they add up way over 100% and don't ever specify what they are percentages of. The whole article would be seen as non-credible, because they have no evidence to back their findings. The suggestions for why contractors cause delays seem alright, but I cannot confirm their truthfulness.]]> 2022-12-12 00:16:44 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417105665 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417109926 Factors of Non-Excusable Delays That Influence Contractors' Performance by M. Z. Abd. Majid and Ronald McCaffer, Scholarly source
Factors_of_non_excusable_delays_that_influence_contractors_performance-libre.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)]]> 2022-12-12 00:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417109926 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417122473 This source is clearly a scholarly source because of its organization and concepts. There is no background on the authors, so we cannot be sure what their qualifications are. However, they include an abstract, introduction, multiple subsections about the factors of delays from contractors. They also include a multitude of graphs, tables, and diagrams. Many of them show different ways of explaining the factors of non-excusable delays. I also found this source on Google Scholar, and it has over 25 sources citing where the information and facts came from.]]> 2022-12-12 00:41:18 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417122473 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417130769 This paper investigates the main factors of non-excusable delays, or delays caused by the contractor. They use public records that include charts, graphs and diagrams about project delays and overruns. It concludes that the 5 main causes of contractor delays are material related delays, labor related delays, equipment-related delays, financial delays, and improper planning. A different table from one of their studies ranks the factors as well, but a little differently. The tables top 5 factors of delays are late deliveries or slow mobilization, damaged materials, poor planning, equipment breakdown, and improper equipment. The source talks a lot about how they came to conclusions for the ranks, but not at all about how to combat these issues. ]]> 2022-12-12 00:54:49 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417130769 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417133101 This source doesn't do much to further the discussion, but it adequately answers the question "How can contractors be the ones who cause themselves delays?" It gives a broad term for contractor errors (non-excusable delays) and lists over 25 different causes of contractor-caused delays. It ranks them from most often to least often occurrences of that specific factor of delay. This source does a much better job than the other source attached to this question because it is much more credible. It includes references of many scholarly articles, so I am able to trust the information in the paper, unlike the other source. One thing that is lacking from this source is any suggestions to further the conversations. I would have liked to see suggestions for minimalizing these types of delays on the job. ]]> 2022-12-12 00:58:19 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417133101 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417140826 2022-12-12 01:09:37 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417140826 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417197950 Analysis of Non-Excusable Delay Factors Influencing Contractors' Performance in Lagos State, Nigeria by Olajide Timothy Ibironke, Timo Olugbenga Oladinrin, Onaopepo Adeniyi and Idowu Victor Eboreinme, Scholarly source
analysis_of_non-excuse_delay-libre.pdf (d1wqtxts1xzle7.cloudfront.net)]]> 2022-12-12 02:23:00 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417197950 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417198961 This source is a scholarly source because it is set up as a study. It has an abstract, introduction, and then goes through the causes and effects of delays, and even how to minimize them. The source is extremely long and has plenty of tables that include the information and data from the study. This source also includes plenty of relevant references. ]]> 2022-12-12 02:24:08 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417198961 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417199156 This source identifies factors of non-excusable delays, their effects, and means of minimizing them. They surveyed consultants and contractors to collect their data. The study identified twenty major causes of delays in construction. The major effects of these delays are time overrun, cost overrun, and disputes. The source explains that some of the most important things to think about for minimizing delays are making all necessary resources available, ensuring a good financial source, and hiring competent project management and labor. There are plenty of tables in this source that rank causes of delays, negative effects of delays, and information about the people surveyed and percentage of responses. They also mention some other causes of delays that are not contractor related. They include a section about furthering their research as well as a list of refrences.]]> 2022-12-12 02:24:22 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417199156 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417199298 This source has a section labeled "Effective Methods of Minimizing Non-Excusable Delays" which has the exact information that I was looking for to answer the question "What are the best ways to reduce non-excusable delays on the job?" It gives a table of 15 different methods of reducing delays on the job, all ranked for effectiveness. The top five are ensuring adequate and available sources of finance, competent project manager, availability of resources, frequent progress meetings, and awarding bids to the right/experienced consultant and contractor. Even with all of these strategies, the construction industry is known for being poor at coping with delays, according to the source, which I have actually noticed and experienced firsthand while working in construction. ]]> 2022-12-12 02:24:33 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417199298 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417215643 2022-12-12 02:45:41 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2417215643 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418331261 Delays in Construction Projects, Its Types, Effects and Management, no visible author, Trade source]]> 2022-12-12 20:04:46 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418331261 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418340588 This source is a trade source. It doesn't have any references or an author, and the page has a few advertisements on it. However, the article is posted to a construction blog-type of website. The information contained also seems to be on par with some of the other sources I have looked into.]]> 2022-12-12 20:13:51 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418340588 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418342013 The article starts of giving basic information about construction and then starts to go into detail about delays in the industry. It explains that delays have negative effects for clients, contractors, consultants, and anyone else involved. Some points identified in the introduction were negative effects on growth in adversarial relationships, mistrust, litigation, and cash-flow problems, etc. It goes through the types of delays, excusable and non-excusable, which I have already talked about in multiple other source summaries/responses. It also introduces critical and non-critical delays. Critical delays are classified as any type of delay that extends the projects duration. A non-critical delay is not the cause of extended project duration but can have effects on cost and other factors.]]> 2022-12-12 20:15:19 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418342013 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418360064 This source is pretty average. It doesn't have bad information, it's just kind of broad. It answers my research question by listing a few broad categories of effects of delays in construction, but it goes into more depth about the types and causes of delays. It did give me new information about critical and non-critical delays, but that information might have been more helpful with answering a different research question. There are no charts or graphs, there are a few visuals, but they are more eye-appealing than helpful towards the understanding of the content.]]> 2022-12-12 20:35:27 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418360064 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418366722 10 Construction Projects that Just Wouldn't End, by Laura Kiniry, Popular source]]> 2022-12-12 20:42:43 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418366722 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418372459 This is a popular source. The page is riddled with pop-up ads and it is kind of difficult to navigate between the different pages of the article without clicking on one. The writer has other stories on the website, but none of them are related to the same topic, they are all about unique subjects. She is by no means a professional in the field. The story seems like something that is meant to read as entertainment, not for doing business research. ]]> 2022-12-12 20:49:32 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418372459 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418376258 This source goes over 10 different major construction projects that have been carried out across the world. Some of the structures mentioned include the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge, Sydney Opera House and Watts Bar Nuclear Power Plant. Each construction project has its own picture (or missing picture) and a paragraph or two under it explaining what happened during the project to cause the delays, what the extent of the delays were, as well as the repercussions of it.]]> 2022-12-12 20:54:34 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418376258 spartanlion08 https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418383232 While this website is poor quality and unprofessional, this source does a good job at showing the effects of delays in construction with real events that have happened in the past. For example, the San Francisco–Oakland Bay Bridge was under construction to make it able to withstand earthquakes. The project encountered welding issues, political battles over its design, and dozens of bolt failures. This results in the project going over its initial budget of $1.1 billion by over $5 million and taking over five years longer than planned to finish. The source explains similar scenarios with the other projects mentioned as well. It helps make the issue more real in the eyes of the reader and gives a reason to plans projects properly and try to minimize delays. ]]> 2022-12-12 21:03:21 UTC https://padlet.com/spartanlion08/d9p77jwney4if9z7/wish/2418383232