Reasons for change orders in construction projects: Salah al-Din Governorate as a Case study

Abstract

This research aims to find a computer program through which the reasons for change orders that occur in projects are determined as a modern and effective method for application. It is also aimed to be used in future projects with the aim of reducing the cost and time of project completion and achieving financial savings in addition to maintaining the quality of the project. As this program, which was designed by using C# (C sharp) programming language and operating in the (Visual Basic) environment, is based on real data collected through 21 projects related to health and road projects in different cities and regions of Salah al-Din Governorate. After conducting the statistical analysis, these results were included in the program and classified according to the importance factor of each item. After designing the program and preparing a questionnaire to evaluate the program by 15 engineers working in the health and road sectors, one of the important conclusions reached was that the practical benefit of the program in future projects was very good, at a rate of 80% based on these engineers' assessments and that the program helps in eliminating or reducing change orders was excellent, at a rate of 73.3%. Based on user feedback, it can be concluded that the overall evaluation of the program was very good.