Li, Y; Nie, X and Chen, S (2007) Fuzzy approach to prequalifying construction contractors. Journal of Construction Engineering and Management, 133(1), pp. 40-49. ISSN 0733-9364
Abstract
Construction contractor prequalification (CCPQ) is a crucial decision making process to select capable potential bidders and ensure the success of construction projects. The purpose of CCPQ is to guarantee a contractor's characteristic to meet the construction project's requirements, which has been established worldwide as a standard practice. However, existing methods, i.e., marking method, subjective judgment method, etc., for contractor prequalification have been inadequate because it is difficult for decision makers to investigate contractor's capabilities against inexact, vagueness, and qualitative criteria. The objective of this paper is to propose a fuzzy framework-based fuzzy number theory to solve construction contractor prequalification issues, which include decision criteria analysis, weights assessment, and decision model development. Finally, a case study for a tunnel construction project was used to demonstrate the feasibility of fuzzy approaches.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction management; contractors; decision making; fuzzy sets |
| Index terms: | decision-making process, bidder, case study, guarantee, construction contractor, decision criteria, tunnel construction, fuzzy set, judgment, model development, decision-making, construction project |
| Subjects: | analytical methods, dispute resolution, production management, civil engineering, decision-making and optimization, data collection methods, decision analysis, practitioner, bidding, contract structure |
| Topics: | Legal Issues, Project Management, Risk Management, Engineering Principles, Research Practice, Procurement, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 3 PCE |
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