| dc.description.abstract | Disputes related to delays of public construction projects occur frequently. There are hundreds of such mediation cases in the Public Construction Committee and also many litigation cases in courts that consume huge amount of social resources in the resolution process. Normally, the duration of a public construction project is regulated by certain amount of working days or calendar days, or by a fixed date before that the project should be completed. However, there are no explanations of descriptions in the tender documents regarding how the duration was determined, which often raises doubts about rationality of the duration.
This research concluded the reasons that cause project delays through literature review, and summarized contents of current tender documents and regulations regarding schedule management in public construction projects. An expert interview on the feasibility of including network schedules into the tender documents was also conducted. 15 experts were interviewed including personnel in governmental agencies, contractors, consulting engineers, architects, and lawyers.
Results of the interview reveal that only 20 percent of the experts consider current public construction project duration being reasonable, while 73 percent of them believe that the inclusion of network schedules, in a detailed logic diagram format for all kinds of projects, would significantly improve the rationality of project duration. In addition, the most difficulties in the inclusion lie on shortage of professionals and on insufficient budgets. Finally, this research proposes suggestions from the aspects of regulation, contracting, and execution. Results of this research are deemed useful in facilitating rationality of project duration and reducing disputes of delays for public construction projects.
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