Constructability obstacles: an exploratory factor analysis approach

Result code in IS VaVaI

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Result on the web

<a href="https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15623599.2018.1534044?journalCode=tjcm20" target="_blank" >https://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/15623599.2018.1534044?journalCode=tjcm20</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/15623599.2018.1534044" target="_blank" >10.1080/15623599.2018.1534044</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Constructability obstacles: an exploratory factor analysis approach

Original language description

Constructability is a concept with relative and not absolute value to increase optimization capacity of resources such as workforce, time, cost, quality, and working environment conditions. Given the growing complexity of projects and the increased number of failed and abandoned projects, the necessity to implement constructability in projects has become more tangible. Although the effects of lack of quantitative definition of constructability role in the traditional construction approaches are evident and have led to lack of coordination in performance of construction projects, so far no comprehensive quantitative approach has been considered to analyze the obstacles to constructability implementation. This study aims to identify and categorize the obstacles to facilitating the presence of contractors in the early stages of planning and design to implement constructability. In this study a comprehensive list of obstacles to constructability implementation is developed as a questionnaire. This questionnaire was presented to the experts, active in the field of construction. Finally, its results were analyzed using exploratory factor analysis method. Totally, 63 obstacles were questioned, then they were categorized by some of the experts of this industry into five categories of macro factors, including contractual, environmental, managerial, technical, and organizational. The significance of this study is due to this fact that identifying and categorizing the key obstacles to constructability implementation provides a useful reference for managers and owners of the construction industry to identify and develop solutions to resolve them. Identifying the obstacles to the presence of contractors in the planning and design stage and having a quantitative view toward this issue affects project implementability. In this regard, one can present more effective solutions to facilitate the presence of contractors in the early stages of design and also improves the effectiveness of constructability.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_SC - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the SCOPUS database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

50204 - Business and management

Project

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Continuities

I - Institucionalni podpora na dlouhodoby koncepcni rozvoj vyzkumne organizace

Publication year

2018

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

International Journal of Construction Management

ISSN

1562-3599

e-ISSN

2331-2327

Volume of the periodical

in press

Issue of the periodical within the volume

N/A

Country of publishing house

GB - UNITED KINGDOM

Number of pages

14

Pages from-to

1-13

UT code for WoS article

000618980400008

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85058095357