An Integrated Organizational System for Project Source Selection in the Major Iranian Construction Companies
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Faculty of Architecture, Khatam University, Tehran 1991813741, Iran
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Centre for Infrastructure Engineering, Western Sydney University, Sydney, NSW 2751, Australia
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Buildings 2020, 10(12), 251; https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120251
Received: 21 November 2020 / Revised: 12 December 2020 / Accepted: 16 December 2020 / Published: 21 December 2020
(This article belongs to the Special Issue Construction Management – Future Innovations, Methods, Techniques and Technologies)
Studies show that procurement management and its processes strongly affect project success in the construction industry, because the project-oriented organizations in the construction industry prefer to buy goods and services from outside the project team and benefit from outsourcing. Hence, these organizations are continually facing different levels of procurement processes, and the establishment of a robust outsourcing system is crucial for success of their projects and development of their businesses. On the other hand, the housing projects are considered a significant sector of the construction industry in terms of the number of projects and the impact on the national economy. Traditionally, the key sources in conventional housing projects are the general contractors, the consultants and the suppliers. In this study, essential elements of an organizational system have been investigated by expert opinions and through the Delphi method, and all effective aspects of the source selection problem have been identified and integrated. Based on the research findings, procurement of housing construction projects should be organized in three organizational levels: development of the long list, preparation of the short list and selection of the most appropriate source by focusing on four main elements of the source identification method, criteria definition, evaluation arrangement and assessment model.
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Keywords:
source selection; contractor; consultant; supplier; construction projects
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Faraji, A.; Rashidi, M.; Sorooshnia, E. An Integrated Organizational System for Project Source Selection in the Major Iranian Construction Companies. Buildings 2020, 10, 251. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120251
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Faraji A, Rashidi M, Sorooshnia E. An Integrated Organizational System for Project Source Selection in the Major Iranian Construction Companies. Buildings. 2020; 10(12):251. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120251
Chicago/Turabian StyleFaraji, Amir; Rashidi, Maria; Sorooshnia, Ehsan. 2020. "An Integrated Organizational System for Project Source Selection in the Major Iranian Construction Companies" Buildings 10, no. 12: 251. https://doi.org/10.3390/buildings10120251
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