Barajei, C; Kusi, E; Ackon, F; Osman, A M; Mohammed, A M Z; Simpeh, F and Gyimah, F (2024) Success factors of the consultant selection stage of the Ghanaian public construction projects: The road sector’s perspective. Construction Economics and Building, 24(1-2), pp. 144-162. ISSN 2204-9029
Abstract
The success of the Ghanaian public road construction phase and other preconstruction phases has been studied. However, the success of the Ghanaian public road project consultant selection phase has not received any attention, even though it is prone to corruption. The goal of this study is to identify the critical success factors (CSFs) that, from the standpoint of a developing country, affect the success of the Ghanaian public road consultant selection phase. Data on the degree to which key success criteria identified in literature have an impact on the success of the Ghanaian public road consultant selection phase from the viewpoints of 156 sector practitioners in Ghana were acquired using a self-administered questionnaire. After that, the relative importance index was used to analyse the data. According to the study, external environmental, project management, and procurement-related factors influence the success of the Ghanaian public road consultant selection phase. The government and organizations that administer public construction projects will now have a better grasp of the CSFs that affect the performance of the Ghanaian public road construction project consultant selection phase and be able to use them as a guide to improve the effective and efficient delivery of public road construction projects. In managing public road projects, the study’s findings will be useful to both industry professionals and the Ghanaian government. The study is limited to the consultant selection phase of Ghanaian public road construction projects.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | consultant selection phase; critical success factors; relative importance index; questionaire survey |
| Index terms: | project management, road project, critical success factor, questionnaire, road construction, practitioner, corruption, public construction, Ghana, success factor, survey, relative importance index, developing country, success criteria |
| Subjects: | health monitoring assessment and metrics, data collection methods, risk assessment, control systems, practitioner, assessment methods, building construction, professional ethics, civil engineering, Geography, development economics, infrastructure engineering, project management theory and practice |
| Topics: | International Construction, Legal Issues, Research Practice, Geographical Context, Project Management, Engineering Principles, Health and Safety, Risk Management, Roles and Professions |
| Descriptive scope: | 4 PCEA |
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