Causes of delays in power transmission projects

Goutom Kumer Pall

Causes of delays in power transmission projects

Goutom Kumer Pall

Queensland University of Technology, Australia

: J Nucl Ene Sci Power Generat Technol

Abstract

Power transmission (PT) is vital to development; therefore, delays in PT projects have a significant adverse effect on the socioeconomic development of a country. A project is considered as delayed if it is completed beyond the contractual time. A countryÃ¢Â€Â™s PT system is the heart of power industries. Without a reliable PT system the whole power sector is incomplete. Annually multibillion dollars are invested globally for the development of PT system, but the intended benefits are partly or never realized because delays of those projects cause losses of revenue. Despite the critical nature of PT, there is no specific literature on causes of delays in PT projects implementation. This paper takes the first steps in understanding causes of delay in PT projects. A total of 74 published articles that are most closely related to PT projects were reviewed in order to identify likely potential causes of delay in PT projects implementation. As a result of this review, 82 potential causes of delay were identified and categorised into 9 major groups. These causes of delay were then analysed and ranked in terms of the frequency of each cause of delay in the articles reviewed. This paper will also provide the insights about the critical causes of delay in implementation of power generation projects, power distribution projects and other linear construction projects. Finally, this study will lay the cornerstone of future investigations on causes of time overruns in PT projects implementation.