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http://dx.doi.org/10.6106/JCEPM.2013.3.4.035

Dilemma of Saudi Arabian Construction Industry  

Albogamy, Abdullah (School of Science & Engineering, Teesside University)
Scott, Darren (School of Science & Engineering, Teesside University)
Dawood, Nashwan (School of Science & Engineering, Teesside University)
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Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management / v.3, no.4, 2013 , pp. 35-40 More about this Journal
Abstract
Currently, the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (KSA) is the epicentre of building services engineering encapsulating the construction industry. On rise of technological advancements, engineers have the ease to thoroughly investigate engineering aspects. Not only engineers, but other stakeholders, tender related people, financial analysts work in parallel as well. However, there are some factors that are stumbling blocks in the way of progression including delaying factors in the construction industry. The paper provides deep insights of delaying factors regarding public building projects of the KSA. Collection of primary data was carried out by conducting a survey which comprised of 63 chief delay factors. Professionals related to construction industry were asked for ranking the factors in terms of their frequency of occurrence and degree of impact. Seven groups of risk factors are categorized and a correlation analysis is performed by identifying the correlation amongst the variables. Finally, 31 leading delay factors are extracted and reported.
Keywords
Construction Industry; Correlation Analysis; Delay Factors; KSA;
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