Selection of adequate site location during early stages of construction project management: A multi-criteria decision analysis approach

In the management of construction projects special attention should be given to the planning as the most important phase of decision-making process. Quality decision-making based on adequate and comprehensive collaboration of all involved stakeholders is crucial in project's early stages. Funda...

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Published in:IOP conference series. Materials Science and Engineering 2017-10, Vol.251 (1), p.12044
Main Authors: Marović, Ivan, Hanak, Tomaš
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Analytic hierarchy process
Building design
Construction industry
Construction management
Construction sites
Decision analysis
Decision making
Multiple criterion
Project management
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Summary:In the management of construction projects special attention should be given to the planning as the most important phase of decision-making process. Quality decision-making based on adequate and comprehensive collaboration of all involved stakeholders is crucial in project's early stages. Fundamental reasons for existence of this problem arise from: specific conditions of construction industry (final products are inseparable from the location i.e. location has a strong influence of building design and its structural characteristics as well as technology which will be used during construction), investors' desires and attitudes, and influence of socioeconomic and environment aspects. Considering all mentioned reasons one can conclude that selection of adequate construction site location for future investment is complex, low structured and multi-criteria problem. To take into account all the dimensions, the proposed model for selection of adequate site location is devised. The model is based on AHP (for designing the decision-making hierarchy) and PROMETHEE (for pairwise comparison of investment locations) methods. As a result of mixing basis feature of both methods, operational synergies can be achieved in multi-criteria decision analysis. Such gives the decision-maker a sense of assurance, knowing that if the procedure proposed by the presented model has been followed, it will lead to a rational decision, carefully and systematically thought out.
ISSN:1757-8981
1757-899X
DOI:10.1088/1757-899X/251/1/012044