Delays, What Delays & Classifications and causes in Highway Construction in Libya: A Literature Review

Abstract

       The project delay is become as the most significant problem faces the site management. Also the delay is costly problem in  Highway construction projects as well as the quality of project could be effected by delay as a result of repeated attempts to accelerate the wheel of progress by the contractor, regardless of the quality of performance or implementation.

Project delay is one of the most important problems in Highway construction industry around the world; and Libya, of course, is not immune from these problems; but Libyan  Highway construction industry is suffered by this problem.

In fact, there are many factors that affect Libyan Highway  Construction Industry, and a contractors is one of the mains factor caused to project delay; therefore, this dissertation was mad to investigate this main factor of delay under title (The contractor as factor of delay in Libyan Highway construction industry) in order to define the most significant causes of delay due to a contractor; as well as, to understand the deferent between the solving approving that are taken by Libyan and foreign contractor to improve the effectiveness of his staff to finish a project.