Factors Affecting the Delays in Sports Construction Projects by Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP)

Increasing the duration of sports Constriction projects can cause negative effects for the development of sports and consequently, the development of the country. Therefore, the study is to evaluate the factors affecting the delays in sports construction projects by using AHP analysis. The statistical population of the study included experts in the field of sports construction projects, 30 of whom were selected as a sample by available sampling method. In the qualitative section, 13 of these experts (4 university professors, 4 managers and engineers of Sports Facilities Development and Equipping Company and 5 managers and experts of the technical office and supervision of projects and sports facilities of the Ministry of Sports and Youth) were selected by targeted sampling method and snowball technique. The factors affecting the reduction of delays in sports development projects were identified by conducting semi-structured interview. Then, these factors were provided to the research samples in the form of a hierarchical analysis questionnaire and analyzed by using Expert Choice software based on the AHP method. The results showed that managerial (0/298), engineering (0/219), supervising (0/202) and financial (0/117) factors are the most important factors. Therefore, managers and planners of sports construction projects can reduce delays in sports construction projects by considering these factors.