Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Mohammad Amin Dorosti ¹
• Farhad Saiedi ²
• Saied Yousefi ³

¹ MSc. Student in Project and Construction Management, Department of Project Management, Faculty of Architecture, Kish International Campus, University of Tehran, Kish Island, Iran

² Assistant Professor, Department of Civil Engineering, Faculty of Civil, Art, and Architecture, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran

³ Assistant Professor, Department of Project Management, Faculty of Architecture, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Qualified contractors are the main pillar of sustainable construction projects and the technical arm of project implementation, that play a significant role in achieving sustainable development (economic, social, and environmental) goals. Evaluating competence and selecting the best contractor are among the concerns of employer companies when outsourcing the implementation of such projects. In this regard, company managers and policymakers need criteria to evaluate qualified contractors. The current study aims to identify the evaluation criteria of competence and select contractors for sustainable construction projects from the perspective of employer companies. This study is applied in terms of purpose and qualitative research based on data type. In this study, the construction industry in Kish Island is studied, and an expert panel including project managers and experts from employer companies is formed, whose sampling was carried out in a non-random and purposefully. After surveying 12 experts through semi-structured interviews, the content of the interviews was coded and analyzed using the thematic analysis approach based on the six-step model of Braun and Clarke (2006) with an inductive approach. A total of 73 codes with a frequency of 979 repetitions were counted in 12 sub-themes and 3 main themes. The results showed that, unlike traditional approaches for evaluating candidate contractors in tender meetings, carrying out this process in sustainable construction projects requires a comprehensive approach from the decision-makers of the employer companies and their simultaneous attention to 12 key criteria that are categorized in the three economic, social and environmental dimensions.

Keywords

• construction industry
• sustainable development
• contractor competence criteria
• sustainable construction projects
• thematic analysis

Main Subjects

• project management