Exploring the critical frequent factors of rework and assigning strategies to mitigate their occurrence in the Egyptian construction projects

Abstract

This article explores the critical frequent factors of rework and assigns management strategies to mitigate their occurrence in the Egyptian construction projects. Data from 69 practitioners have been analyzed utilizing the questionnaire research strategy to specify the occurrence likelihood mean scores of 38 rework factors. Thereafter, a mean score of 3.50 has been employed as a trustworthy critical cut-off value, which has singled out 15 factors from the 38 rework causes to be the critical frequent rework factors in Egypt’s construction sector. Further, the study chose 10 strategies from the previous literature, through which the consequences of the 15 critical frequent rework factors can be handled. The results highlight the practices to be addressed by policy-makers and practitioners in Egypt to boost the performance of their construction sector. The realization of the paper’s goals has pivotal benefits in both practical and theoretical fields, either at the local or international level. Locally, this equips the stakeholders of Egypt’s construction division with the needed prevention strategies, which can influentially mitigate the implications of rework causes. As for the international level, new top-rated country-specific rework factors have been derived from the Egyptian construction market, which broadens the understanding of academics to rework’s critical causes.

Keywords

• Rework
• Rework effects
• Rework causes
• Rework management strategies
• Mean score
• Cut-off