Abstract:
The construction industry has an important role in improving the socio-economic growth of a
country. Specially for the developing countries, the construction industry is the major input for
growth, employment, and infrastructure expansion. However, it has not contributed to the
growth of the countries as anticipated due to limitations, drawbacks, and the various problems it
has faced. Among those problems, the impact of delay in a construction project is the most
significant and common. The same trend follows for Ethiopia as well. Most construction projects
in Ethiopia are exposed to time overrun. It has become difficult to complete construction projects
in the allocated time, cost, and quality. Therefore, this research aimed at investigating
information on the factors that causes time overrun on building construction projects in Addis
Ababa City administration (with a specific emphasis on the Koye Feche Akaki site) in the views
of building construction stakeholders. To achieve the objective of the study a close-ended
questionnaire which was designed based on the 15 factors identified from the literature review
was prepared and distributed to stakeholders that have direct relation to the project considered
in order to collect primary data. And secondary data was collected through office document
review. After the data collection step is completed the collected data was analyzed and ranked
using relative importance index. The findings from the study identified that, material shortage at
the local market, contractors’ financial difficulties, inadequate/ deficiency in planning,
scheduling & coordination, and payment delay for contractors were the top most delay
contributory factors for the projects. While unexpected engineering problems and incomplete
design at the time of tender were identified as the least contributory delay factors. And based on
the results few recommendation were drawn. Some of the recommendations are as follows: the
client is mostly the responsible party for financing of the project. And should be able to fulfill
contractual obligations. Moreover, more attention should be given during the design phase from
the consultant side to minimize the probability of change orders and avoid errors and
confusions. In addition to that, contractors should plan their schedule and resource properly and
avoid taking jobs in which they do not have sufficient expertise
