An Investigation Into the Major Factors Affecting Project...

Rationale: The purpose of this paper is to analyse some causes constraining the construction process in Vietnam in recent times, and therefore, to recommend a number of solutions. 1. Introduction 1.1. Background Since economic reformation in the mid 1980s, Vietnam has made efforts to develop market economy, and therefore, this country has achieved many significant goals, especially in the industrial and service sectors. Besides these successes, it cannot be denied that the construction industry has played an important role by contributing a large proportion in the national economy. The General Statistics Office of Vietnam (2007), for instance, showed that capital invested into construction was approximately 21,136 billion VND (1†¦show more content†¦In Southeast Asia country like Vietnam, having high positions in ranking list, issues relating to site conditions such as clearance or resettlement have become obstacles in executing large projects (Long et al., 2008). After reviewing various realistic causes of construction delays, another crucial thing is classification. According to Bramble and Callahan (1999), roots causes of delays can be divided into owner-caused, c ontractor-caused, designer-caused, subcontractor-caused or external ones. Generally, however, it can be said that there are merely two fundamental kinds of causes of delay, including excusable and non-excusable one. In contemporary times, almost experts agree with the idea of dividing causes of delay into two basic above groups. 2.2. Excusable causes Excusable delays are usually from the owners or by accident. In other words, delays belong to this group are of the type for which the contractors are not contractually liable thank to unpredictable events out of involved-parties’ intervention. 2.2.1. Compensable delays In case the owners initiated problems, delays are put into that categorise. 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