Causes of Delay in MARA Management Procurement Construction Projects

Abstract

For many years, the issue of delay in MARA management procurement construction
projects has been phenomenal. Its impacts were so significant that it tends to decelerate
the implementation of MARA strategic planning. This paper presents a survey study on
significant causes of delay in MARA management procurement construction projects.
The questionnaire used consists of identified 18 causes of delay. The study was carried
out on the current 12 (38.7%) MARA construction management procurement projects
scattered in peninsular Malaysia. The respondents were personnel that work as PMC
(executives, resident engineers, and clerk of works) for those projects and clients
(MARA state directors, project officers, and engineers). Seventy sets of questionnaire
were distributed to the respondents and 58 sets (82.86%) returned. The results analysis
revealed that the significant delay causes were cash flow and financial difficulties faced
by contractors, contractors’ poor site management and ineffective planning and
scheduling by contractors. Several steps are proposed in order to avoid delay for
MARA future project.

Key words: Construction delay, MARA construction projects, Majlis Amanah Rakyat