• Khot Zain. M
• Magar Rajendra
• Parkar Fauwaz

Construction industry is the backbone for development of any country across the globe. In all the countries, the most common problem in construction industry is deviation from a planned time schedule. The most common problem at construction sites is delays, i.e. time overrun to complete the project. There are various factors at construction sites which affect systematic flow of work resulting in time overruns. Delays may be site dependent and vary in severity for different project activities. However, one can find out ways to minimize such delay by identifying the causes and effects of delays. This paper focuses on finding out the most important factors causing delays in construction project by conducting a questionnaire survey with the various contractors, clients and consultants. By random sampling technique the questionnaire survey concluded that there are 38 major causes of delay and 6 effects of delays are prominent. Out of which the top 10 causes of delays have been shortlisted with respect to Mumbai construction industry and to avoid delays in construction projects certain remedies are suggested. The second objective of the paper is to specifically study the causes of delays on site and its effects on the project using MSP i.e. Microsoft Project, delays of sub activities are measured. The assigning of resources educate about the project in terms of cost. Furthermore the rank of each delay factor is assigned through the questionnaire survey and the actual data collected on site through pergola task. The spearman rank co relation has been used to compare the parameters to find out whether the delay factors are dependent or independent of each other.

Causes of Delay, Effects of Delays, Mumbai, and Construction Projects, MSP.

"Assessment of Factors Causing Delay in Construction Projects", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no.157-164, May 2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCS06036.pdf

"Assessment of Factors Causing Delay in Construction Projects", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 5, page no. pp157-164, May 2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIRCS06036.pdf