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Title
Investigating Causes of Delay & Cost Escalation in Strategic Project Execution: Case Study of Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo)
Creator
Dzigborfa Kwasi Edem
Description
The purpose of this study was to investigate causes of delay and cost escalation in strategic project delivery. The energy sectors most specifically the Power Industry remain the backbone of all economies. These accounts for significant injection of capital in building the infrastructure that can help the sector live up to its established function. Executions of these infrastructures are done through strategic projects that continue to experience delays and cost overruns. Delivery of Power Transmission projects in Ghana are also not left without delays and cost escalations leading to many perceived effects on operations of the only power transmission company. What therefore was lacking is the availability of empirical studies to try and document the success or otherwise of public power projects specifically within the transmission phase of the power sector to meet project execution time and cost context. The study aimed at rectifying this gap. A case study design on Ghana Grid Company Limited (GRIDCo) investigated and identified 14 cause factors of project delay and cost overrun, verified effect of cause factors on operations of the organization and developed a cause effect mitigation model all through the use of a mixed method approach involving 40 participants of the organization who responded to both a close-ended and open-ended questionnaire. Hence the study believed that: capabilities of project managers and supervisors when enhanced and periodic assessment of project risk during project execution coupled with the use of modern computerized systems could help minimize or avoid project overruns.
Subject
MSc in Engineering Project Management
Date
JANUARY, 2018