A study of the causes of cost overrun in construction industry in Afghanistan

  Shambalid Ahady,  Sakshi Gupta,  Dr. R.K Malik

Abstract— Cost overrun is a major problem in the construction industry which needs to be tackled for a cost-effective project. This study investigated the cost performance in construction projects of Afghanistan in order to identify the causes of cost overrun and their implications. A quantitative survey was performed for the targeted respondents namely client, contractor and consultant’s representative involved in building construction projects in Afghanistan. A total of 104 responses were collected from 150 sets of a questionnaire distributed. The respondents were asked to rate the listed causes on the basis of probability of occurrence and severity of the impact. The questionnaire was then analyzed and the causes were categorized in 6 different groups and then ranked according to the degree of importance as assessed by the responses given by the target population. The findings of the study revealed that the majority of cost overrun factors with rating 6 out of 10 lie in medium severity impact zone. Results indicated that the major contributors to poor cost performance include external and material issues that have been elaborately discussed in this work.

Keywords- Keywords : Construction projects, cost overrun, causes, Afghanistan

Unique Identification Number - IJEDR1703137
Page Number(s) - 978-985
Pubished in - Volume 5 | Issue 3 | September 2017
DOI (Digital Object Identifier) -   
Publisher - IJEDR (ISSN - 2321-9939)

  Shambalid Ahady,  Sakshi Gupta,  Dr. R.K Malik,   "A study of the causes of cost overrun in construction industry in Afghanistan", International Journal of Engineering Development and Research (IJEDR), ISSN:2321-9939, Volume.5, Issue 3, pp.978-985, September 2017, Available at :http://www.ijedr.org/papers/IJEDR1703137.pdf