International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET)
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A STUDY ON CAUSES AND EFFECTS OF CONFLICTS IN INDIAN CONSTRUCTION PROJECTS KARTHIKEYAN.R1 & MANIKANDAN.T2, Dept of Civil and Structural Engineering, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu Dept of Civil and Structural Engineering, Annamalai University, Tamilnadu 1
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Abstract - The conflicts in Indian construction
disputes between contractors and clients, leading to cost and time overruns. Wide-ranging dispute resolution mechanism is necessities to address all these concerns. At present, the Arbitration and Conciliation Act, 1996 (India) is the foundation for all dispute resolutions. In sectors like National Highways, provisions are made in the contract document for a Dispute Review Expert (DRE) and Dispute Review Boards (DRB).
projects seem inevitable and are increasing in the construction industry due to its uncertainty, complexity nature, and involvement of different categories of project participants especially in India. Due to interdisciplinary construction environment in India, which is inevitably results in clashes of interest, the uses of conflict and recovery from conflict must be subject to real interest. This study focuses on the identification and evaluation of factors of causes and effects of conflicts, in India. The research methodology is adopted based on questionnaire survey focusing on Indian construction projects. The findings come up with several conflict issues related to project time, cost, quality, safety, scope and personnel. The results can be useful for construction practitioners by taking alternate approaches for reducing the bad consequences of construction conflicts. The survey responses were statistically analyzed and statistical means were used to rank the significant factors causing conflicts in construction projects in India. The most significant causes and effects of conflicting factors were identified by the overall ranking; priority of goal/objective, change of site condition, personality conflicts, manpower resources, people interruptions, input or instruction from leader, architect or engineers dissatisfies the work progress of the main contractor, communication barriers and lack of continuous improvement. The values of Pearson’s correlation coefficients were used to show, that there is relatively good agreement between 3 groups of project in the ranking of the causes and effects of conflicts.
1.1 REASONS FOR CONSTRUCTION
1.INTRODUCTION Construction project is an important element of any country’s mass housing, commercial, infrastructure and industrial growth. As part of the process of standardization and improving efficiency in the construction sector, harmonized bidding conditions and regular bidding documents for domestic construction contracts have been developed and distributed to all Government agencies and public sector organizations as guidelines. There is necessity for proper dispute resolution mechanism in the construction division. A considerable amount of money is locked up due to
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There is plenty chances of disputes or difference of opinion from the very inception of entering into the contract and commencing the work because consistently both the parties have to meet with reciprocal obligations on either side one after the other and a single case of default is satisfactory to upset the balancing pendulum and the whole development, programming enhance targeted schedule of completion of work. The employer wants to reduce the expenses in order to keep up the economic viability of the project within its restrictions, tries to bring down the expenses whereas the contractors universally called ‘builders’ who invests large amounts by way of establishment cost in the form of machinery, materials, tools and plants as also onsite and offsite staff and at times own testing laboratories and research wings, planning and drawing wings, when confronted with unexpected situations where variations from the scope of the contract or undue delays by the owner which were not within the consideration of the parties at the tendering stage, unless remedied immediately, would upset the planning and programming and financial viability, enter into prolonged correspondence leading to dissimilarity of opinion and disputes which ensure in settlement.
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Construction contracts provide rise to disputes of unusual difficulty and complexity even by evaluation with other types of litigation. The performance of many construction contracts run over much longer periods than most other forms of commercial contract, with potential scope for disagreement and financial disagreement arising constantly during the construction period, and with large sums of money and cash flow pressures concerned on both sides.
Key Words: Conflict Issues, Project Relationship, Project
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