International Research Journal of Engineering and Technology (IRJET) e-ISSN: 2395-0056 Volume: 08 Issue: 04 | Apr 2021 www.irjet.net p-ISSN: 2395-0072 © 2021, IRJET | Impact Factor value: 7.529 | ISO 9001:2008 Certified Journal | Page 680 Sustainable Remedies for Infrastructure Project Delays Aarti Sanjay Kamble 1 , Dr. A. W. Dhawale 2 1 PG Student, JSPM’s Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Wagholi,Pune, Maharashtra, India. 2 Associate Professor, JSPM’s Imperial College of Engineering and Research, Wagholi,Pune, Maharashtra, India. ---------------------------------------------------------------------***-------------------------------------------------------------------------- Abstract - Nowadays, Delay is one of the biggest problems often experienced on infrastructure project sites. In India most of the projects are not completed within time. Completion time is very essential in project because "TIME IS MONEY" Any construction project success can be realized by achieving its objective within the planned time, budget and level of quality. The aim of this project is to investigate the causes and effect of delay on infrastructure project and suggest some remedial measures. The top five causes of construction delays are land acquisition, environmental impact of project, financial problem, change order by client, poor site management, supervision by contractor. Large infrastructure project are inherently risky due to long planning Technology is often not Standard. Highway construction suffers from delay and cost over runs due to the following causes which are - traffic problems, changes in design, poor planning, cost overruns, poor safety, and time delays. Our project work is based on Relative Importance Index (RII). Key Words: Sustainability, Time delay, Cost overrun, Decision making, Uncertainty analysis, Time management, Delay management, etc. 1. INTRODUCTION Time is money - and that is particularly true on a construction project. When construction projects don't run on time the contractor suffers because his overhead and expenses increase (eating into profits), and the owner suffers because he cannot open his new business on time, which causes lost profits that he could have been gaining So, keeping projects on their critical path schedules very important. Construction projects tend to be one-offs A project team comes together to create a unique development on a particular site under circumstances that will never be repeated. They are very complex, requiring the co-ordination of permissions, people, goods, plant and materials and construction can begin despite many unknown matters such as incomplete design information, uncertain site conditions, suppliers and so on. Indian is one of the leading outsourcing hubs in the world. However the world judges us not just by the talent we love to offer but also on the basis of our road infrastructure capabilities. Given this factor road infrastructure development has been a key focus area in every Indian state more so in the recent past. At the center as well big budgets have been allocated for road infrastructure developments in every five year plan. However the country has consistently fallen short of meeting as such targets over the last few years. This road projects have been invariably riddled with issue of time and cost overrun. With the objectives of finding out the reasons of such schedule and cost overrun, Ministry Of Statistics and Programme Implementations (MOSPI) recommended PMI to conduct a study in consolation with KPMG to highlight the major reasons for the time and cost overruns across major sectors in infrastructure projects. The project surveyed in this report are from nine sectors in the infrastructure space viz Power, Petroleum, Coal, Steel. Railways, Roads and Highways, Civil Aviation, Ports & Shipping It is known fact that a large no of road infrastructure projects in India have been delayed due to regulatory clearances, environmental issues and problems related to land acquisition Almost 79% of our respondents felt that the road infrastructure sectors faces an acute shortage of skilled project managers. In the twelfth five year plan, the government has planned to focus on improving the project management skills across country to get better from public investment in road infrastructure and also in the social sectors. Delays are an integral part of any construction project India being rapidly developing country needs an equally rapidly developing infrastructure also, Delay can lead to many Negative effect such as lawsuits between owners and contractors, increased cost, loss of productivity and contract termination etc. Construction delay can be defined as extension of time to complete the project. It is a situation when the actual progress of the project is slower than the actual schedule Hence it is more necessary to study causes and effects of delay in the infrastructure projects and also suggest some remedial measure for that. Since the delay in infrastructure project affects the economy of any country is important for the projects to be completed within the budgeted cost and time.