The Impact of Poor Planning on the Implementation of Construction Projects (An Applied Study on the Municipality of Maslata from 2020 - 2024 AD)

This study aims to shed light on the extent of the impact of poor planning on the delay in the implementation of construction projects in the municipality of Maslata, specifically in the period from 2020 to 2024 AD. The study focused on identifying the reasons for poor planning in the implementation of construction projects in the municipality of Maslata, as more than 65 km of asphalt were paved in several areas within the municipality, and these projects faced several reasons in their implementation, which led to a delay in the specified timetable for the project. The study community consisted of a sample of managers, heads of departments and engineers of construction project implementation sites for some of the implementing companies within the municipality, where the descriptive approach was used to describe the problem of poor planning and the analytical approach in analyzing the data resulting from the questionnaire. The researchers relied on the questionnaire and personal interviews to collect the study data, as a number of (40) questionnaires were distributed, and a number of (27) questionnaires were retrieved, i.e. a recovery rate of (%67.5), and this data was fed into the statistical program (SPSS) and processed to produce the results. The study reached a set of results, the most important of which is that planning for these projects is not good, due to circumstances beyond the control of the implementing companies, as well as internal circumstances, including lack of experience in setting the timetable, and lack of future expectations. The study also presented a number of recommendations, the most prominent of which was the need for some external parties to cooperate with the companies implementing construction projects, as well as collecting the necessary information and analyzing data before setting the project timetable, and the flexibility to adapt to what is expected to happen in the future.