Problems and Factors Affecting Property Developers Performance in the Dubai Construction Industry

The research study aims to identify and evaluate factors that affected the performance of property developers in construction and real estate sector of Dubai, UAE with the intention to identify the root causes faced by property developers while completing construction projects. For this purpose a thorough primary and secondary research was carried out in Dubai. Quantity approached is adopted and survey among developers, consultants and contractors. Total 105 samples of questionnaire were distributed among Design engineers, Project managers, Site engineers, Procurement engineers, Quantity surveyor, General Manager, Sales manager, Finance manager and Health & Safety manager associated with developers, contractors and consultants in Dubai. It was noticed that the property developers faced acute shortage of finance apart from issues related to dropping demand of real estate properties and new strict rules imposed by Dubai government on property developers to protect investors and labours. In addition, factors like man-power, procurement, time, cost, quality, safety and lack of training provided to the employees acts as major constraints influencing the performance of the property developer negatively. The study concluded by identifying and suggesting few approaches that could possibly improve the performance of property developers in Dubai.

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