Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects

Cost overrun is known as when the final cost of any project surpasses the sectioned cost of the project at the floating of tender. Cost overrun or cost variation overrun is the main problem in the construction of highway projects in Sindh Province of Pakistan. To attain the main objective of the res...

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Main Authors: Sohu, Samiullah, Abdullah, Abd Halid, Nagapan, Sasitharan, Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque, Tahir, Muhammed
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http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/cej-03091115
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author Sohu, Samiullah
Abdullah, Abd Halid
Nagapan, Sasitharan
Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque
Tahir, Muhammed
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Nagapan, Sasitharan
Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque
Tahir, Muhammed
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description Cost overrun is known as when the final cost of any project surpasses the sectioned cost of the project at the floating of tender. Cost overrun or cost variation overrun is the main problem in the construction of highway projects in Sindh Province of Pakistan. To attain the main objective of the research a literature review was conducted and 64 general factors of cost overrun were found in construction industry. A questionnaire was developed and distributed among 28 well experienced experts having maximum experience in construction of building projects. Gathered data was analyzed by method of average index. Results shows that main and causative factors of cost variation were financial and cash issues faced by owner, slow information between parties, change in price of material, delay of design, poor site management, payment and financial issues problem faced by the contractor and delay in decision making. This research can help petitioners of highway projects to overcome these main and causative factors of cost.
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spelling my.uthm.eprints-38112021-11-22T03:53:26Z http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3811/ Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects Sohu, Samiullah Abdullah, Abd Halid Nagapan, Sasitharan Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque Tahir, Muhammed TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements TA630-695 Structural engineering (General) TH5011-5701 Construction by phase of the work (Building trades) Cost overrun is known as when the final cost of any project surpasses the sectioned cost of the project at the floating of tender. Cost overrun or cost variation overrun is the main problem in the construction of highway projects in Sindh Province of Pakistan. To attain the main objective of the research a literature review was conducted and 64 general factors of cost overrun were found in construction industry. A questionnaire was developed and distributed among 28 well experienced experts having maximum experience in construction of building projects. Gathered data was analyzed by method of average index. Results shows that main and causative factors of cost variation were financial and cash issues faced by owner, slow information between parties, change in price of material, delay of design, poor site management, payment and financial issues problem faced by the contractor and delay in decision making. This research can help petitioners of highway projects to overcome these main and causative factors of cost. C.E.J 2018 Article PeerReviewed text en http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3811/1/AJ%202018%20%2824%29.pdf Sohu, Samiullah and Abdullah, Abd Halid and Nagapan, Sasitharan and Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque and Tahir, Muhammed (2018) Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects. Civil Engineering Journal, 4 (8). pp. 1793-1798. ISSN 2476-3055 http://dx.doi.org/10.28991/cej-03091115
spellingShingle TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
TA630-695 Structural engineering (General)
TH5011-5701 Construction by phase of the work (Building trades)
Sohu, Samiullah
Abdullah, Abd Halid
Nagapan, Sasitharan
Ahmed Jhatial, Ashfaque
Tahir, Muhammed
Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects
title Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects
title_full Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects
title_fullStr Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects
title_full_unstemmed Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects
title_short Contributing cost variation factors in highway projects
title_sort contributing cost variation factors in highway projects
topic TE Highway engineering. Roads and pavements
TA630-695 Structural engineering (General)
TH5011-5701 Construction by phase of the work (Building trades)
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