GABRIEL SEPERATUS2026-01-232026-01-232025-08-30https://repository.must.ac.tz/handle/123456789/529This Journal Article was Published by Mbeya University of Science and Technology in 2025The construction industry is globally recognised as one of the fastest-growing sectors, contributing directly and indirectly to the development of several other sectors of the economy. Despite its significant importance, and based on persistent reasons, the industry has often been overwhelmed with various challenges, including the inability to finish the road construction projects within a given schedule. This study aimed to examine the stakeholder’s perception of prevailing best practice measures to reduce construction project delays in Tanzania. The study adopted the questionnaire tool and the survey interview to collect the respondent’s opinion from 208 respondents having experience of more than five years obtained through purposive sampling. The mean scores and the relative importance index (RII) of the data were computed using the SPSS 24 tool to obtain the descriptive information and inferential statistics. The findings have revealed ten potential factors for construction project delays and thirteen best practices that, whenever implemented, can assist in minimising delays. Moreover, the identified best practice measures were categorised in clusters to indicate the project participant who plays the significant role in minimising the delays. Furthermore, the findings acknowledged strategies were categorised in six clusters, namely effective project management, procurement and supply, resource adequacy (monetary or financial), design or technical, information and communication, and external strategies. The current study proposes future research to focus on identifying the relationship between the strategic cluster categories in recognising which cluster category correlates highly towards minimising the construction project delaysenArticle