Delay and Cost Overrun in Infrastructure Projects in Jordan

The aim of this study is to investigate the factors that may cause overrun of the planned cost, allocated resources and scheduled time of infrastructure engineering projects in Jordan. To achieve the goal of this study, final reports of a sample of 40 public infrastructure projects implemented during the period from 2000 to 2008 were collected and analysed. The final reports were collected from the Ministry of Public Works and Housing (MPWH) of Jordan, which administers the public infrastructure projects in the capital Amman.The analysis showed that delay and cost overrun of infrastructure projects were caused by 20 factors according to the records in the collected final reports of projects. The results showed that Terrain and Weather conditions are the top factors causing completion delay and cost overrun in infrastructure projects in Jordan.