A047 FSI delay

Fire services installation related contributors of construction delays

Brief:

This research identified, from a list of 49 pre-determined factors in nine categories (shown in Appendix), the principal factors contributed to construction delays in a fire services installation. In particular, a questionnaire survey of 52 fire services contractors and 32 consulting engineers was conducted in order to obtain their professional judgements about the relative importance of the contributors of construction delay related to the fire services installation. The result showed that the principal contributors were: (1) improper site co-ordination and management of the electrical and mechanical installations, (2) lack of timely decision making of the client, and (3) defects identified during the fire services inspection by local authorities. In addition differing views were found between the consulting engineers and contractors on the areas identified were: (1) site management and supervision, (2) workload of the project staff, (3) the procedures for equipment approval, and (4) working experience of the parties. A monitoring and quality assurance system would be required in these areas to minimize the risk of the probable construction delay.

This is part of an undergraduate final year project (Student: L.Y. Wong, BEng).

Further information:

Fong NK, Wong LY, Wong LT, 2006. Fire services installation related contributors of construction delays, Building and Environment 41(2) 211-222.