Approach to reduce the impacts of delay towards time overrun in high-rise building project in Selangor, Malaysia / Liyana Nadhirah Shaharuddin and Siti Nurhayati Hussin

Project delays are a common problem during the construction process. Project delay is the extension of the period to complete the construction project. In contrast, the project will not be completed within the timeframe and budgeted cost specified in the contract. In this study, high-rise building projects will be concentrated. However, to accomplish the project of a high-rise building within the given time in the contract, the construction will face a challenge: the project delay due to the complexity of this building. Furthermore, this study is focused on delays towards time overrun where the delay is involved with Extension on Time (EoT). In solving this issue, proper study should be done to reduce time overruns in high-rise building projects. Thus, this study aims to recommend strategies to the contractor to reduce the delay problems that impact the high-rise building project towards time overrun in Selangor, Malaysia. In reaching the aim, the quantitative method used an online survey form to approach the respondents. Then, data analysis will be made by using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences version 28.0 (SPSS). The results were obtained from 74 respondents of the G7 contractor companies in Selangor and the highest rank of the strategies is effective planning of programming. Furthermore, this study is based on an overview of perceptions from contractors. The contractors must hire a good subcontractor to ensure the subcontractor does their job. Before hiring the sub-contractor, contractors must check the previous record of sub-contractors and find the experience of sub-contractors. In obtaining more accurate data, the future researcher can approach the respondents using qualitative methods and interviewing the respondents.