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Delays occur commonly in construction projects. The problem of project delays is a fact that occurs mostly inIndian construction industry. Indian construction sector has not escaped from the problem of time overrun. Delays inconstruction can bring about various changes in a task, for examplelate completion,lost efficiency, acceleration,expanded expenses and contract termination. Hence it is fundamental to study and break down reasons for constructiondelays. Present study lives up to identification andranking of reasons ofdelay in private sector industrial constructionprojects in Indian context. This paper describes the causes of delays in private sector industrial construction projectsofIndian construction industry. Total 73 causes were identified under 9 major groups. The absolute 77 number ofrespondents includes of 22 developers, 27 contractors and 28 architects who took part in this field survey.Thispaper proposes a way to deal with complete ranking of reasons of delay by two distinct t echniques: Relative importanceindex and Importance index based on degree of severity and degree of frequency. Results show that out of top10 factors total 6 factors were common in ranking by both techniques. They wereShortage of labours,Poor sitemanagement and supervision by contractor, Delay in progress payments by owner, Ineffective planning and schedulingof project by contractor, Difficulties in financing project by contractor, Poor judgement in estimating time and resources.Moreover, by both techniques labour related factors ranked first while equipment related factor was considered havingleast effect on delay as it is ranked last. It is trusted that the discoveries of the paper will help the stakeholders to followup on discriminating causes and further attempt to lessen delay of their projects.

Hardik Lokhandwala, Dr. Rajiv Bhatt, “Ranking of the Causes of Delay for Private Sector Industrial Construction Projects in Indian Context”, International Journal of Advance Engineering and Research Development (IJAERD), Vol. 2, Issue 5, pp. 708-715, May 2015.