Abandonment of projects is considered one of the most common and serious
problems in the Malaysian construction industry. The numbers and the value of
the projects involve are usually large. Not only the buyers are affected by this,
but also other parties, such as the developer, contractor, supplier and also the
financier. Abandoned projects may involve public fund to be revived. Even
though this issue is a serious matter, the research regarding this matter is very
scarce. Firstly, the literatures about this issue are reviewed. The potential
causes of abandonment issues are summarized to be used in the questionnaire
survey. The questionnaire survey had included an open-ended question which
has given a good response when the respondents not only suggested the
solution, but also included the possible causes for abandonment of projects.
Quantitative analyses include the ranking of 37 potential causes of abandoning
projects with Pearson’s ranking correlation between different group of
respondents and factor analysis with Cronbach’s α reliability analysis.
Qualitative analyses included the results of the open-ended question and the
results from the case study. The discussion included interpreting the results of
the questionnaire survey, open-ended question and case study.
