Impact of the quality of technical specifications of the tender documentation on the construction projects' success
The result's identifiers
Result code in IS VaVaI
<a href="https://www.isvavai.cz/riv?ss=detail&h=RIV%2F00216305%3A26110%2F26%3A0197975" target="_blank" >RIV/00216305:26110/26:0197975 - isvavai.cz</a>
Result on the web
<a href="https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ijmpb-12-2024-0325/full/pdf" target="_blank" >https://www.emerald.com/insight/content/doi/10.1108/ijmpb-12-2024-0325/full/pdf</a>
DOI - Digital Object Identifier
<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1108/IJMPB-12-2024-0325" target="_blank" >10.1108/IJMPB-12-2024-0325</a>
Alternative languages
Result language
angličtina
Original language name
Impact of the quality of technical specifications of the tender documentation on the construction projects' success
Original language description
Before selecting a contractor and commencing construction work, creating documentation that describes the facility to be built is needed. Often, this documentation contains a large number of errors and deficiencies of significance. This study analyses a model comprising four latent variables and explores how three specific constructs - communication and change management (COM), project documentation supervision (PRS), and quality of technical specifications in the tender documentation (QTS) - contribute to construction project success (SPR).Design/methodology/approachThe original data were collected from experienced Czech construction implementation professionals. A survey was conducted using an online questionnaire. Partial least squares structural equation modelling was used for analysis.FindingsBoth advanced COM and effective and thorough PRS positively affect SPR in the context of the time-, cost-, and quality-related concepts of the Iron Triangle. The quality of the technical specifications of tender documentation serves as an important mediating variable suggesting an independent review of this documentation before it is used for contractor selection.Originality/valueIn contrast to prior research, this study aims to elucidate the significance of documentation quality in relation to project success during the initial phase. The delivery and subsequent approval of documentation are posited as critical milestones that influence the performance dimensions of the iron triangle, namely, scope, time, and cost. Therefore, we argue that communication and change management should be central, primarily in the pre-investment phase, to ensure ideal error-free documentation.
Czech name
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Czech description
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Classification
Type
J<sub>imp</sub> - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database
CEP classification
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OECD FORD branch
20101 - Civil engineering
Result continuities
Project
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Continuities
S - Specificky vyzkum na vysokych skolach
Others
Publication year
2025
Confidentiality
S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů
Data specific for result type
Name of the periodical
International Journal of Managing Projects in Business
ISSN
1753-8378
e-ISSN
1753-8386
Volume of the periodical
18
Issue of the periodical within the volume
8
Country of publishing house
GB - UNITED KINGDOM
Number of pages
21
Pages from-to
79-99
UT code for WoS article
001491739900001
EID of the result in the Scopus database
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