Causes of Delay in Lahore Orange Line Metro Train Project

Abstract

During the last decade there is tremendous increase in the construction activities in Pakistan. Most of the development projects including orange line metro project are not completed within the allocated time and cost. It is necessary to identify the factors causing delay in such important projects. This study is carried out to establish the reasons due to which orange line metro project faced serious delays in its completion. For this purpose a questionnaire consisting of 38 activities causing expected delays is prepared and distributed in all the eight zones of metro train transit project. Data collected from the sites has been processed, analyzed and results presented through bar charts. On the basis of the results it is observed that stay orders from the higher courts, late delivery of land by the client, frequent changes by the owner, non-payment of cash on time, late procurement of material at site and sudden cancellation of contract at package-2 are considered to be the most significant factors causing delays in orange line metro train project.

Keywords

• construction projects
• delay causes
• metro orange line train pakistan