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What are the causes and effects of delays in infrastructure projects in Qatar?

 I am a student of Masters in Project Management

 As a part of my program, I am carrying out a study about the causes and effects of delay in infrastructure projects in Qatar. Exact title of my dissertation is

“COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF CLIENT, CONTRACTOR AND CONSULTANT’S PERSPECTIVE ON CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF DELAYS OF LARGE INFRASTRUCTURE PROJECTS IN QATAR”.

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Date Posted: 2016/12/08
Bassel Manwar
by Bassel Manwar , Finance Manager , COMBINED GROUP for TRADING & CONTRACTING CO

The major causes are incomplete of projects desiges  when they award them, unusual numbers of Veriansion ordres through project time in addition to V. long time to approve V.Os and accept and reach fair agreeement with main contractors. 

Jacob Nixon Geddam
by Jacob Nixon Geddam , Project Management and Construction - Head of Business Unit , JACOBS INFRASTRUCTURE

Human Resource has become main reason

ashraf alzohery
by ashraf alzohery , area Manager

LOST TIME LOST COST FOR THE PROJECT

Jaswant Singh
by Jaswant Singh , General Manager Operations , Rabin Singha Heavy Earth Movers Co. Pvt. Ltd

Improper planning and implimentation

james hosie
by james hosie , Engineering Inspector , INTERTEK

The most probable cause of delay are poor planning and  standards set by workers.

Poor delivery times and breach of contractual deliveries from suppliers.  Of course, the major effect would be financial planning.

Alaaeddin Abd El-Razek
by Alaaeddin Abd El-Razek , Lecturer , Egyptian Army

The most probable cause of delay are mismanagement, poor planning and workers' incompetencies.

أحمد حمدي الزواوى
by أحمد حمدي الزواوى , Project Manager,Projects Manager , M.A.ALSOBHI COMPANY

Delays meant here is the amount of the difference between the planned construction time for the project from the actual time to accomplish.And connecting report "Economic Prospects for the State of Qatar 2016-2018" issued by the Ministry of Development Planning and Statistics, between "change" in world oil prices, the mega projects of construction which will be held in the country. And the loss of a barrel of oil more than sixty percent of its price since mid-2014, however, I came back recently to regain some of its health in global markets.According to the report, "If these prices began (...) to rise faster than expected, it will benefit the nominal income growth and mezzanine, fiscal and external", while in the case of survival on the decline "Vsigdo deficit in the fiscal and external accounts explained, which calls for efforts to obtain funding."He added that "the continuation of the global financial market volatility, which affects the local economy and reduce liquidity, it may mean for national institutions higher funding costs in international markets," explaining that "other financial risks, delays and / or an increase in the costs of the implementation of major infrastructure projects and a slower pace of fiscal reforms more than expected. "The report emphasized that Qatar will be imposed for the first time, the VAT starting from the year 2018 increase of five percent, it was agreed upon during the meeting of finance Cooperation Council (GCC) to the Ministry of the Gulf this month.Qatar, the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries member of the (OPEC), and the most prominent exporter of liquefied natural gas in the world.  The study of this phenomenon capable of attention due to the financial consequences and economic posed by this phenomenon on countries in general, that and the economic climate for construction projects, not to mention the negative impact on the construction process of the employer poles and consultant and contractors, represented by additional costs resulting from cost is direct disbursed on projects.   In general, the causes of this phenomenon, and certainly sources will be limited between the employer and the consultant and the contractor as well as other government agencies chock Kalmassat licensors and other non-governmental organizations to monitor the construction process in general. And can be classified many reasons, according to the source or the cause them so that these reasons Taatzafar with each other to form the phenomenon of delay in construction projects, and these reasons are often in change orders on projects or poor performance of the contractor or the difficulty of achieving some of the legal aspects of the required licenses for work.  Due to the fact that the subject of the delays became so much attention researchers have dealt with many of the studies and research that pour most of them to diagnose the size of this phenomenon, and most importantly, the reasons leading to delays in construction projects, in Jordan, a group of studies have been conducted on the subject to reach the fact that the causes of delays in construction projects, and one of these studies have proven that change by the employer and the consultant was the main reason for the delay in addition to other reasons related to change the economic situation and weather conditions, while another study pointed to another aspect within the employer, and is the financial potential employer and the slow pace of decision-making with regard to problems in the projects, which results in a clear delay.  Conclusion:  , Then, to the construction projects, as do many of the events in our developing countries suffer from the lag for many reasons. And can highlight the common factor between studies and is the weakness of the initial study of the technical and financial standpoints, economic, and that is due to the ambiguity is evident in the goals for many of the construction projects.  This lag can respond to two joints: First, weakness technician technician in human resources based on the approval of such projects, and the second joint: the lack of clarity of purpose of the project for the main elements of the project of construction quality and cost and time.The drop in oil prices in recent Alawanh and for this reason most of the projects impact on both infrastructure projects or the giant construction projects in all GCC countries.Thank you for the invitation to this outstanding issue.

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