Research Article

Decision Criteria for Subcontractor Selection in International Construction Projects

Volume: 6 December 27, 2017
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Decision Criteria for Subcontractor Selection in International Construction Projects

Abstract

An international construction project executed by poor-quality subcontractors leads mostly to time and cost overruns, reworks, conflicts, and dissatisfaction of customers. Therefore, this paper presents a study of subcontractor selection criteria in international construction projects. Toward this aim, an in-depth survey was administered to 96 construction firms which are members of Turkish Contractors Association. Results were analyzed through the rank ordering method used for eliciting the respondents’ perceived importance. Since assessing preferences by a questionnaire can be employed to assign membership values to a fuzzy variable, fuzzy importance weights as well as their rankings were obtained for subcontractor selection criteria and stages. In this regard, a three-step conceptual selection procedure with their specific criteria was proposed. As a result, as the first stage, shortlisting is composed of ten criteria such as past experience, past performance, formal relationship, financial strength, workload, safety records, reputation, litigation history, personal relationship, and home office location, respectively. The negotiation stage contains seven criteria such as knowledge of project, reliability, selfless attitudes, ability to solve problems, enthusiasm for the project, quality awareness, and level of communication, respectively. Lastly, the final selection stage includes seven criteria such as price, technical personnel, labor, equipment, payment plan, amount of subcontracting, and amount of compensation for delay, respectively. Consequently, this study has a considerable potential to present research and practical implications from the perspective of researchers, industrial practitioners, and contracting organizations in construction. 

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Details

Primary Language

Turkish

Subjects

Engineering

Journal Section

Research Article

Authors

Aynur Kazaz
Türkiye

Publication Date

December 27, 2017

Submission Date

June 12, 2017

Acceptance Date

October 12, 2017

Published in Issue

Year 2017 Volume: 6

APA
Ulubeyli, S., Kazaz, A., & Arslan, V. (2017). Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri. Nevşehir Bilim Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, 6, 397-406. https://doi.org/10.17100/nevbiltek.321055
AMA
1.Ulubeyli S, Kazaz A, Arslan V. Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri. Nevşehir Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi. 2017;6:397-406. doi:10.17100/nevbiltek.321055
Chicago
Ulubeyli, Serdar, Aynur Kazaz, and Volkan Arslan. 2017. “Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri”. Nevşehir Bilim Ve Teknoloji Dergisi 6 (December): 397-406. https://doi.org/10.17100/nevbiltek.321055.
EndNote
Ulubeyli S, Kazaz A, Arslan V (December 1, 2017) Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri. Nevşehir Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi 6 397–406.
IEEE
[1]S. Ulubeyli, A. Kazaz, and V. Arslan, “Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri”, Nevşehir Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi, vol. 6, pp. 397–406, Dec. 2017, doi: 10.17100/nevbiltek.321055.
ISNAD
Ulubeyli, Serdar - Kazaz, Aynur - Arslan, Volkan. “Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri”. Nevşehir Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi 6 (December 1, 2017): 397-406. https://doi.org/10.17100/nevbiltek.321055.
JAMA
1.Ulubeyli S, Kazaz A, Arslan V. Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri. Nevşehir Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi. 2017;6:397–406.
MLA
Ulubeyli, Serdar, et al. “Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri”. Nevşehir Bilim Ve Teknoloji Dergisi, vol. 6, Dec. 2017, pp. 397-06, doi:10.17100/nevbiltek.321055.
Vancouver
1.Serdar Ulubeyli, Aynur Kazaz, Volkan Arslan. Uluslararası İnşaat Projelerinde Taşeron Seçimi İçin Karar Kriterleri. Nevşehir Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi. 2017 Dec. 1;6:397-406. doi:10.17100/nevbiltek.321055

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