Identifying Issues of Project Delays in Construction: Adjudication, Contract Cheating, and Delayed Payment

Assessment 1A: Critical Review Report
Executive summary of the report
This deals basically with the certain issues in identifying the problems of project delays in the
construction of a project. Delayed payment is the major concerns among the issues which can arise while
the development of a specific project. Adjudication and Contract Cheating are also intensely discussed as
the problems with the construction of the project.
Proposed research topic
It is quite essential for recognizing the importance of discovering the issues of project delays in the
execution of the project (Wu and Zhu, 2015). One of the main problems of identifying issues of problem
delay in adjudication which is the authorized and legal method by which specifically an arbiter or judge
judges the proofs and certain argumentation, involving the legal reasoning established by oppositions or a
person involved in a lawsuit to lead to a formulated decision which decide genuine rights and
specifications between the different parties associated. Apart from adjudication, contract cheating and
payment delay are some problems which are faced while the development of a specific project.
Summary of the main identified scholarly article relevant to the topic:
The main problem which arises in project development was a delay in payments in which
basically the disputes started arising between organizations because one firm took too long to process
the payment procedure, this hampered trust as well as a project in development. Apart from the delay
in payment, another obstruction which can arise is contract cheating in which one of the two
organizations gives access to a third party or engross a third party in the process of generating a
project.
A. Provide the annotation
[1] Introduction
The main things which are the observed as an obstacle in project development are Delay in
payment in which there is a non-ethical from one organization which continuously delay the payment
procedure of a particular project. Project development is a crucial step in all the organizations as it
helps in prospering the chain of works and research execution in the organization.
[2] Aims, research questions & Research Methods
The issue which is highly sophisticated in Project development includes delayed payment one
party which can influence the complete transfer chain of payment procedure of an execution of a
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project. It leads to unavoidable cash-flow issues as it is a globally known problem that delayed
payment will severely affect the contractor's efficient cash flow which will further dig process of the
working criteria and will also be beneficial for the organization. Generally, the most essential
elements leading to certain delays are basic design alterations, poor work yield, inappropriate
execution, and resource minimization. The major reasons for the delay were associated with the
designer or the project developer, user alterations, atmosphere, site conditions, late deliveries,
economic conditions and increase in quantity.
Adjudication is one of the causes of project delay which is specifically the method of sorting a
conflict or the authoritative relative delivering or announcing of an officially orally or certain decree
in a court working, it also involves the judgment or decision formulated (Vujic, 2015). The provision
of a decree by a lawful court in order to the different organizations in a particular case. It usually
states a procedure by dare by a court, after having a glimpse of the is methodologically legally legal
proofs on the state dispute considered. The theme of a dedication and hypothesis is intense in
adjudication signifies that's that the rights of all the organization have been taken into notice and are
An adjudication dictate the certain forming form of alternative of issue sorting procedure
implemented majorly in the project construction arena. Usually, in adjudication, no legal associations
are conducted by third parties and the solution is specific formulated by the Adjudicator generally by
analyzing the statements issued implemented by the organizations or parties.
One of the threatening issues related to project delay is contract cheating which leads to
deterioration and violation of ethical issues of project construction. It is a quite complicated and
critical aspect of the contract cheating deal which includes individuals, firms or particular
organizations making or involving a third-party to properly assessment items for them and then
delivering this work as if it were created by their own firm (Swartz, 2017). This is unavoidable and
completely wrongs against the moral values of the project development process. The problem of
contract cheating signifies a critical issue for specific tertiary institutions. In this student illegally hire
tender for their course completion, this is unbearable and against morality.
[3] Scope
Scope of identification of the problem is that the problems like adjudication, contract cheating
and delayed payment can be resolved and the process of project development and construction can be
made more smooth and efficient. If designing a project is flawless, then the organization will also
prosper more effectively and will also set new criteria in increasing the success rates in the market.
[4] Usefulness
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Identifying the problems of project delays in the execution of the project is undoubtedly worthy
as it will help in making the work of an organization more credible and accountable. With the
implementation of proper identification tactics, an organization can use the false companies before
collaboration
[5] Limitations
● In sorting the adjudication, experts are bound to follow the jurisdictions and statements in
court dealings, so it is always not easy to deal with adjudication.
● Sometimes delayed payment lead to no payment when the issues between two organizations
reach a worsened state.
● Project delay can also be severely affected because if unavoidable contract cheating and
particularly when the third party intervention is unacceptable and illegal.
[6] Conclusions
Factors or the key elements which can throw impact on project development include delayed
payment, adjudication and contract cheating which can be resolved by taking certain measures and
will help in impeccable designing of the projects (Construction index: an annotated quarterly index of
articles in the fields of building design and construction, 2017). Project delay can be negotiated by
criticising and rooting out contract cheating cases, by handling the entire process of adjudication and
by avoiding delayed payment for benefits of attaining stupendous project management and
construction.
[7] Reflection
In the year 2017, the Construction Industry Council or CIC issued an exclusive Users’ Guide to
Adjudication, giving legal access to adjudication in respect of the construction of projects, and in
specifically the patent rights to the adjudication in the United Kingdom and areas of Northern Ireland.
B. Evaluate the credibility of the article
Evaluation Because of their confirmed application practices, it was confirmed that different
techniques for displaying the same delay requests yield different analytical results. Problems that
are often overlooked in analysis, but can also affect the results of delay analysis: the functionality
of programming software used for analysis, resource loading and balancing requirements,
simultaneous resolution of delays, and delay-speed strategy. Key recommendations of the
Development Needs Study by organization of the incorporating these issues into the analysis and
focusing on future research work.
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