Table 2 Severity index and its ranking.

From: An investigation study on residential buildings for cost overrun

S.No.

Category influence Costoverrun

Number of responses

Frequency Index

Ranking

Slight (4)

Moderate (3)

Significant (2)

Extensive (1)

1

Periodic Design Changes

4

7

5

2

0.681

3

2

Non-timely payment from Client to contractor

3

5

7

3

0.611

10

3

Inadequate Skilled Labour

4

6

5

3

0.653

7

4

Inadequate supervision

0

5

8

5

0.500

12

5

Non-coordination of Contractor and Designer

4

6

6

2

0.667

6

6

Lack of Inspection by Designer

4

7

5

2

0.681

4

7

Climatic variation on exceution of project

3

6

5

4

0.611

9

8

Hike in Materials Cost

2

4

6

6

0.528

11

9

Overall lag in schedule of work

9

6

2

1

0.819

1

10

Rework/ Extra work in Unforeseen situation

4

5

8

1

0.667

5

11

Inadequate design and specification

6

4

5

3

0.681

2

12

Lack of Labour Performance

4

6

5

3

0.653

8