Critical success factors for subway construction projects – main contractors’ perspectives

Abstract

8Successful subway construction projects involve many socio-economic, cultural and environmental 9 challenges. These projects enhance public convenience, and are complex and uncertain, involving 10 multiple governmental organisations. The critical success factors (CSFs) of these projects have been 11 identified and prioritised from a main contractors' perspective, to enable project managers to prioritise 12 their efforts and concerns. This study sheds light on critical success factors (CSFs) in subway 13 construction projects and contributes to the project delivery success literature with an overarching focus 14 on the contractors' perspectives. Our investigation revealed that, for subway construction projects in Iran, 15 goal setting through clear and realistic project goals, project management competency, competent project 16 team, good cultural fit, top management support, and adequate funding throughout the project are the top-17 ranking CSFs. An extensive body of literature is reviewed, and 140 potential success factors are 18 identified. Then a focus group has been conducted in which the potential CSFs reduced to 39 success 19 factors. The priorities and ranking of the success factors were evaluated according to the views of 63 20 project managers of subway projects. The Correlation coefficients analysis was used to analyse the 21 * Corresponding author's email: aghanbar@bond.edu.au results, and it revealed that 23 success factors such as goal setting, top management support and PM 22 competency were perceived to be critical by the respondents. No other research has, until now, found the 23 critical factors leading to success in subway construction industry in Iran. The results have been verified 24 against other research done in other countries. 25 using the subway daily (Bagheri 2017). "Almost 60% of Tehranies use the metro on a regular basis, and 41 over half of the trips are either for shopping (28%), work (19%), or going to Tehran's CBD (15%). 42Worldwide, Tehran's subway ranks 15 th in terms of the number of passengers per day and 20th 43 regarding network length which was 128 km in 2012" (Bagheri 2017, p.7). Looking at these figures, the 44 economic benefits of subway construction are clear. Thus, subway construction projects are essential in 45 Tehran given the city's traffic congestion. The success of such projects is vital for sustainable economic 46 growth and social well-being (Ghanbaripour et al., 2015). 47Through the years, the Iranian government has made considerable investments in transportation systems 48 and expended substantial effort in expanding its network. According to Jin et al. (2012), infrastructure is 49 vital for the development of the country. These projects play a crucial role in the construction industry of 50 the country. It acts as a key to attracting foreign capital to developing countries (Jin et al., 2012). In this 51 regard, public transportation in Tehran (population over 9 million) should mitigate the problems arising 52 from the lack of an adequate transportation syst...

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