Construction delays are very common to the industry, and it is very evident in different kinds of construction projects. Even though there are construction guidelines, some companies still fail at some point in their overall cycle, and some consider these failures as norms. Such failures can have a significant impact on project performance. This research paper will analyze the effects of selected factors causing construction delays in residential projects. Contemporaneous method of measurement will determine the effect of each delay in labour hours of a 10-week construction period. The study will then determine the relation between some construction delay factors, and its overall effect in the construction progress. Then, the analysis will discuss the weaknesses of Contemporaneous Method of Measurement. The study will be conducted by means of actual observation data gathering and surveys on eight different residential projects with varying contractor/engineers. To evaluate the performance of the Contemporaneous Method of Measurement, the author will measure and collect the completion (in percentage) of accomplished activity on a daily to weekly basis, then, the gathered data will be compared to the planned accomplishment (actual over planned). For each delayed activity, the reasons will be stated why such delay occurred and what caused it basing from the selected factors of construction delays. The gathered data will then be analyzed with respect to time using linear regression for each type of delay and then applying a multiple regression for all of the types of delay on all the residential projects. The findings illustrate that Contemporaneous Method of Measurement is a reliable tool in defining the weak points of residential construction or which is most commonly called the project delays.
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