DUCUSIN, QUENNIE ROSE D.
OCTOBER 24, 2021
Common Causes of Delays
in Construction Project
1 Unexpected Environmental
Catastrophes
2 Budget Shortage
3 Inefficient Material and
Equipment Management
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Actions to Be Taken to Cope Up
with The Schedule of Construction
When this circumstance happens, the
safety of the workers is important. The
construction phase must be put on hold
until the climate is suitable for the
continuation of the construction. There
is what we call Excusable Delays that
allows the contractor an expansion of
time. The most natural example under a
force major clause-events such as
natural disasters like fires, floods, and
earthquakes. Excusable delays are
beyond the control of the contractor or
owner and leaves them without fault.
When this happens, the workers must
immediately evacuate and temporarily
stop the construction. Construction sites
also increase the dangers that people
confront during natural disasters, and
materials on the job site can become
hazardous debris. Reduce the hazard by
ensuring the materials and equipment
have secure location to be stored.
Securing them can save thousands of
damages and losses.
When this happens in the middle of the
construction project, if you have
personal funds to offset the construction
shortage, loan them to the company for
just long enough to obtain that payment.
For instances like this, old-school loans
and lines of credit can be used. You can
establish up access to cash if you have a
relationship with a local bank or credit
union, so you can get the goods and
labor you need to satisfy your orders.
Other workers cease working and
remain idle while the operator and
mechanics investigate the problem. The
first step in the heavy machinery repair
process is troubleshooting. It can take
the longest, especially if the persons
What Should be Done to Avoid
Recurrence of Delay
To avoid recurrence of this delay,
there should always be a plan B,
whereas unexpected disasters are
considered so that the construction
project will be thoroughly discussed
to the owner and the workers about
what to do and the considerations
when unexpected catastrophes like
typhoons and earthquakes took
place during the construction.
Developing a disaster preparedness
strategy is an essential thing to do
in construction planning.
Considering “is the job site located
near a fault line? Is this area prone
to flooding? What is the worst thing
that could happen during our
construction?” After identifying the
possible scenarios, the next step is
to develop a disaster preparedness
checklist that can help us organize
the overall emergency response
strategy. Make sure that the
employees are safe and have roles
in the event of disaster. It is always
better to be safe than sorry.
As a civil engineer, budgeting and
proper costing will be one of my
priorities to help save time and
money throughout the project.
Make sure that the project stays
within the budget by creating a
carefully constructed and computed
costing and assessing the projected
expenses of the project. With this, I
can determine how quickly the
project will be completed and the
types of technologies and
equipment we can utilize. There
must also updates on the firm’s
financial health to avoid running
out of money in the middle of
construction. When the construction
adheres to the budget, I would be
able to keep the project on track.
To avoid this kind of delays, the
materials and equipment
management system must commit
to ensure that the appropriate
quality and quantity of materials
and equipment are selected,

4 Lack of Effective
Communication
5 Construction Implementation
Failure
involved are unfamiliar with the piece of
equipment or the steps that must be
followed to promptly and efficiently
identify the root cause, make a repair,
and return the item to operation. Any
construction company on any project
site may experience equipment
breakdowns, but the possibilities and
consequences are decreased if the
company has prepared itself with a solid
preventative maintenance program and
an effective trojan horse.
Everyone should be informed to new
updates, such as change of orders or
redesigns, or data, such as job progress
or costs, whether it's from an owner,
customer, in the field, or in the office.
Avoid employing nonsense, overly
complicated language, or ambiguous
phrases. A message should be concise,
straightforward, and to the point. The
main problem is to be brief but
thorough; strive to be as specific as
possible while using the fewest words
feasible. If you're working on numerous
projects for a client at the same time,
keep each message focused on a single
project. Make your messages relevant to
the client's degree of knowledge.
Take steps to reduce the harm as soon as
you sense a project is about to fail.
Ideally, you'll be able to predict failure
and have enough time to figure out what
you can do to keep the consequences
from destroying your project. This could
include issuing a product recall,
purchased and delivered on the
construction site in the scheduled
time and reasonable cost. Before the
construction to begin, all the
materials and equipment should be
tested and observed to their
efficient utilization and can function
well throughout the project. With
the right quality and quantity of
purchased materials and equipment,
wastage of time can be minimized
and the construction will avoid
delay. A properly implemented
materials management can achieve
the timely flow of the construction,
and thus facilitate improved work
force, increased labor productivity
and lower project cost that may lead
to budget shortage.
Any construction project's success
relies heavily on effective
communication. Teamwork and
project collaboration can both
benefit from good communication.
Misunderstandings, delays, and
problems can arise as a result of
poor communication. On a
construction project, it's critical to
establish a communication chain of
command. These are normally
clearly out in the contract terms and
necessitate communication between
the owner and the general
contractor. All construction
communication must be founded on
the contract documents, which
include drawings, specifications,
change of order forms, and
information requests and make sure
that the workers and your client are
knowledgeable about it. With this,
we can avoid lost of clients and
workers and scattering the
confidence of the company both
from public and from the team.
Being an engineer does not allow
you to belittle and degrade other
people especially your workers
using hurtful words.
To avoid construction
implementation failure, the
construction project plan and
schedule must be submitted before
the project to start to make sure that
it is approved and appropriately
meet the required quality and
notifying financial backers in advance,
and, in extreme situations, downsizing
to guarantee your company is lean
enough to weather the storm. I also
propose using one of this finest resource
scheduling software if you haven't used
an online solution for resource
allocation within your firm.
specifications because if the
construction project was delayed, it
will result in revising and redoing
the whole process. As a civil
engineer, to avoid failure of the
implementation of the construction,
the project must be discussed
thoroughly and study all the details
to accurately reach the desired
schedule. I must assign my people
by establishing roles, so that the
project would be successfully
implemented on time.