Table 4. Top ranked delay factors for each group of respondents.

Client/owner	Contractor	Consultant	Rank
Financial difficulties of contractors	Shortage of skilled subcontractors/suppliers	Financial difficulties of contractors	1
Shortage of skilled subcontractors/suppliers	Shortage of labourers. (Skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled)	Shortage of skilled subcontractors/suppliers	2
Shortage of labourers (Skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled)	Delay in delivering materials to the site	Shortage of labourers (Skilled, semi-skilled, unskilled)	3
Poor site management, monitoring, and control	Poor planning and scheduling	Covid-19 pandemic situation	4
Delay in delivering materials to the site	Inadequate numbers of equipment	Delay in delivering materials to the site	5
Poor planning and scheduling	Fluctuation of material prices in the market	Poor planning and scheduling	6
Fluctuation of material prices in the market	Financial difficulties of contractors	Financial difficulties of client	7
Inadequate numbers of equipment	Slowness of the client’s decision-making	Poor site management, monitoring, and control	8
Covid-19 pandemic situation	Low productivity of labourers	Fluctuation of material prices in the market	9
Delay in obtaining permissions/approvals from government	Covid-19 pandemic situation	Delay in obtaining permissions/approvals from government	10

Source: Authors’ calculations.