Causes of Government Physical Project Delays in Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia: Fid-Bau Portal

Causes of Government Physical Project Delays in Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia

Idrus, Nor Aida / Ismail, Syuhaida / Saleh, Abd Latif

Most of the government physical projects are not completed on time as specified in the contract due to the award of extension of time (EOT). As of the current Eleventh Malaysia Plan (11 MP), the numbers of delayed projects keep increasing and the delayed factors have remained the same. Most of these delays can be avoided if the stakeholders at all stages of project implementation pay more attention during the planning and implementation stages of the government physical project. Therefore, this paper aims to appraise the causes of government physical projects delays in Prime Minister’s Department, Malaysia. Via a questionnaire survey on 100 officers from Prime Minister’s Department as the project’s client, Public Work Department (PWD) as the project’s consultant, and Implementation Coordination Unit (ICU) as monitoring agency, it is found that the causes of delay in government physical projects are due to consultant-related delay factors, client-related delay factors, and contractor-related delay factors, consisting of poor consultant’s communication with other stakeholders, poor consultant’s coordination with other stakeholders, and poor consultant’s site management, as well as client’s financial difficulties, client’s changes in design, and client’s tardiness in making decisions; and also contractor’s financial difficulties, problem of subcontractor, and shortage of contractor’s labour, respectively. The findings of this paper are beneficial towards proposing the area of improvement that can be translated into specific strategies towards on-time government physical projects delivery in Malaysia.