TY - GEN
T1 - Identifying Key Factors that Inform Project Delivery Method Selection in the Water Industry
AU - Feghaly, Jeffrey
AU - El Asmar, Mounir
AU - Ariaratnam, Samuel
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
© 2020 American Society of Civil Engineers.
PY - 2020
Y1 - 2020
N2 - It is vital for water utilities to select the most appropriate project delivery method for the design and construction of their infrastructure projects. Alternative project delivery methods (APDM), such as construction management at-risk (CMAR) and design-build (DB), are now being added to design-bid-build (DBB) as part of a more comprehensive project delivery method toolbox for these utilities. The objective of this study is to identify key project delivery method selection factors for the water industry to support utilities in selecting the most suitable delivery method for their treatment plant projects. The authors reviewed about 40 relevant academic research papers and 15 decision-models that highlighted key project delivery method selection factors. As a result, 44 selection factors were identified and ranked in terms of frequency. An industry workshop was conducted with 20 industry experts and resulted in the identification of 13 key selection factors, seven primary factors, and six secondary factors, that inform project delivery method selection for the water industry. The identified factors in this paper will support the development of a decision-support tool that will assist water utilities with their project delivery method selection decisions.
AB - It is vital for water utilities to select the most appropriate project delivery method for the design and construction of their infrastructure projects. Alternative project delivery methods (APDM), such as construction management at-risk (CMAR) and design-build (DB), are now being added to design-bid-build (DBB) as part of a more comprehensive project delivery method toolbox for these utilities. The objective of this study is to identify key project delivery method selection factors for the water industry to support utilities in selecting the most suitable delivery method for their treatment plant projects. The authors reviewed about 40 relevant academic research papers and 15 decision-models that highlighted key project delivery method selection factors. As a result, 44 selection factors were identified and ranked in terms of frequency. An industry workshop was conducted with 20 industry experts and resulted in the identification of 13 key selection factors, seven primary factors, and six secondary factors, that inform project delivery method selection for the water industry. The identified factors in this paper will support the development of a decision-support tool that will assist water utilities with their project delivery method selection decisions.
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M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:85096753752
T3 - Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management and Controls, Materials, and Contracts - Selected Papers from the Construction Research Congress 2020
SP - 1212
EP - 1220
BT - Construction Research Congress 2020
A2 - Grau, David
A2 - Tang, Pingbo
A2 - El Asmar, Mounir
PB - American Society of Civil Engineers (ASCE)
T2 - Construction Research Congress 2020: Project Management Controls, Materials, Contracts
Y2 - 8 March 2020 through 10 March 2020
ER -