Factors leading to construction projects' failure in Jordon

ABSTRACT

The construction industry is contemplated as one of the most essential and supportive pillars of the business environment in Jordan. Notwithstanding, the construction industry continues to struggle to achieve higher levels of success. An increasing number of projects in the construction industry have failed. However, research on the causes of failure is scarce. Thus, this study aims to identify the main factors and causes for construction projects’ failure in Jordan. To fulfil the study objectives, 50 factors were recognized through a literature review and were categorized referring to Drewin's Open Conversion System; the most widely identified factors were assessed using complied data in a survey of construction industry contractors, consultant engineers and clients, and senior experts’ interviews in the sector. The results show that major factors leading to construction projects’ failure are related to the internal hierarchy of the system, especially that of the contractor.

KEYWORDS:

• Jordanian construction industry
• project failure
• construction projects
• Drewin's Open Conversion System

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

Deanship of Academic Research, University of Jordan [grant number 1354]