Alofi, A (2017) Improving the Saudi Arabia procurement system: Perception and development of the construction industry. PhD thesis, Arizona State University, USA.
Abstract
The current Saudi Arabian (SA) procurement system leads to many losses in money and benefits in projects. Also, the use of the traditional procurement system in SA has been identified as one of the causes for poor performance in the delivery of construction and the major risk to the SA government. A questionnaire has been developed and carefully designed based on literature review. The purpose of the survey was to identify the validity of the recent claims that the procurement system in SA is broken and to improve the current SA procurement system. The questionnaire was sent out to 1,396 participants including included 867 engineers, 256 consultants, 93 contractors, 35 owners and 132 architects and 13 academics. All participants have been registered and licensed professionals at the SA Council for professional engineers, who work in both private and public sectors. The participants are interested in the SA procurement and contracts system with experience ranging from one to more than twenty-five years with the majority of twenty-five years of experience in common construction sectors such as; residential and commercial buildings, healthcare buildings, industrial building and heavy civil construction. Most of the participants from both private and public sectors agreed with the survey questions subject matter regarding: zone price proposals, contractors' evaluation, risks, planning, projects' scope, owners concern and weekly risks reports (WRR). The survey results showed that the procurement system is the major risk to projects, affects construction projects negatively and is in need of improvement. Based on the survey and literature review, a model, called Saudi government performance procurement model (SGPPM), has been developed in which the most expert contractor is chosen through four phases: submittals& education, vendors selection, illustration and execution. The resulting model is easy to implement by SA government and does not require special skills or backgrounds.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Thesis advisor: | Kashiwagi, D |
| Uncontrolled Keywords: | construction sector; education; residential; skills; construction project; healthcare; commercial building; government; architects; consultant; owner; professional; Saudi Arabia |
| Index terms: | proposal, literature review, survey, construction project, commercial building, questionnaire, construction sector, submittal, Saudi Arabia, owner, engineer, public sector, traditional procurement, validity, procurement system, architect, construction industry |
| Subjects: | project planning, contractual arrangements, evaluation and assessment methods, construction type, production management, Geography, data analysis and analytics, data collection methods, profession, sociology, administrative law, industry analysis, professional development |
| Topics: | Construction Technology, Stakeholder Management, Roles and Professions, Research Practice, Information Management, Procurement, Project Management, Geographical Context, Legal Issues |
| Descriptive scope: | 5 PCTEA |
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