Table of Contents
Declaration I
List of tables V
List of figures VII
Acknowledgments IX
Abstract X
1. Introduction. 1
1.1 Background 1
1.2 Need for study 1
1.3 Objective of study 2
1.4 Scope of the work 2
1.5 Research methodology 2
1.5.1 Literature Review 2
1.5.2 Data collection method 3
1.5.3 Data Analysis 5
1.5.4 Inferences and conclusions 6
1.6 Research time-line 6
2 Literature Review 7
2.1 Delays in construction projects 7
2.1.1 Types of delays 7
2.2 Cost overruns in construction projects 10
2.2.1 Types of cost overruns 10
2.3 Factors of Time and Cost Overruns 12
2.3 COVID-19 Enters 14
2.3.1 Impact of COVID-19 globally 14
2.3.2 Impact of COVID-19 on India 14
2.3.3 Impact of COVID-19 on the Indian Construction Industry 15
3 Data collection 18
3.1Questionnaire 18
3.2 case study 1 21
3.2.1 Important Points of force majeure clause 21
3.2.4 Delay due to lockdown 23
3.2.3 claim done by the contractor 23
3.3 Case study -2 24
3.3.3 Delay due to lockdown 24
3.3.2 Claim done by contractor 26
3.4 Case study -3 27
3.4.1 Force Majeure 27
3.4.2 Delay due to lockdown 29
3.5 case study 4 30
3.5.1 Force Majeure 30
3.5.3 Delay due to lockdown 31
4 Data analysis 32
4.1 Questionnaire analysis 32
4.1.1Relative Importance Index 32
4.2 case study 1 34
4.3 case study 2 35
4.4 case study 3 36
4.5 case study 4 37
5 conclusion 39
6 Recommendation 40
7 Bibliography 41
8 Annexure 42
8.1 Questionnaire 42
8.1.1 section 1 42
8.1.2 section 2 43
8.1.3 section 3 46
8.2 Questionnaire survey responses 51