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Delays in Construction projects have been unfortunately the norm especially in developing countries. Such Delays lead projects to miss their targets of schedule and budget. This paper reviews the performance of those countries and analyzes the major time overrun factors. Although there are some similarities in few countries, it is safe to conclude that the most important factors causing time overrun are different from one country to another. Moreover, the industry type project sometimes dictates the highest ranked factors causing the delay. Omani Construction Projects are no different; they suffer from the same phenomena as well. This paper also generates a project management conceptual framework to be used in future research by the author.
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To Cite this Article: Saeedi, A. S. Al, & Karim, A. M. (2022). Major Factors of Delay in Developing Countries Construction Projects: Critical Review. International Journal of Academic Research in Business and Social Sciences, 12(5), 797–809.
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