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Factors causing the delays of construction projects in the City of Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines

Author(s) Engr Eduardo Jr. S. Garcia, Dr. Janessa G. Pilar
Country Philippines
Abstract Construction is an economic activity contributing significantly to economic development. However, construction projects are often susceptible to delays which consequently can lead to several negative impacts. Thus, the study to identify the various factors causing the delays in the construction projects in the City of Mati, Davao Oriental, Philippines. Inferential research design through Exploratory Factor Analysis (EFA) and the Analysis of Variance (ANOVA) were applied to achieve the objectives of the study. There were 289 construction stakeholders who actively participated from both public and private sectors. It was revealed that under public sector three components were clustered and were renamed as essentials and modifications, environmental conditions, and skilled labor. Meanwhile, private sectors’ causes were grouped and labelled into five factors: project management, quantity of motivated skilled workers, financial constraints and modifications, eco-political instability, and environmental issues. Further, out of the 46 variables, only one variable was not found to have no significant difference when responses were grouped according to their sectors, accordingly.
Keywords construction, cause of delay, EFA, public sector, private sector
Field Engineering
Published In Volume 7, Issue 3, May-June 2025
Published On 2025-06-15
DOI https://doi.org/10.36948/ijfmr.2025.v07i03.47980
Short DOI https://doi.org/g9qqdx

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