Project Delivery System Selection using the AHP Multi-Criteria Decision Making Method
Received: 28 October 2024 | Revised: 21 November 2024 | Accepted: 25 November 2024 | Online: 2 February 2025
Corresponding author: Alaa Kharbat Shadhar
Abstract
This study aims to select the most suitable project delivery method for the implementation of construction projects in Iraq. The descriptive analytical approach was used to determine the importance of the criteria considered in this study, namely cost, project duration, and quality, according to owners, contractors, and consultants. A field study was used utilizing questionnaire survey and interviews to determine the degree of importance of these criteria. Then, data regarding 28 projects for the period from 2022 to 2024 were was collected to measure the performance of these criteria. Univariate data analyses were performed to assess the performance of Integrated Project Delivery (IPD) along with the deriving priority scales based on the Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) theory. The results of the AHP indicate that the IPD system ranked first with a preference rate of 34.5%.
Keywords:
integrated project delivery system, AHP, MCDMDownloads
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