Identifying and assessing critical success factors of value management implementation in Saudi Arabia building construction industry

Alsolami, Badr

doi:10.1016/j.asej.2022.101804

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“…A recent study on Saudi Arabia's construction industry found that 70% of practitioners did not participate in VE workshops. Additionally, it showed that only 55% of practitioners were familiar with the concept of VE [20]. This suggests that the VE participants' familiarity and awareness require adequate growth to implement VE widely.…”

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Value Engineering Adoption’s Barriers and Solutions: The Case of Saudi Arabia’s Construction Industry

Alhumaid,

Bin Mahmoud,

Almohsen

2024

Buildings

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Several developing countries around the globe have launched their future visions, which include concrete strategic plans that involve many kinds of mega-construction projects. One common goal across these visions is to increase the efficiency of construction projects’ huge expenditures using recent sustainable, practical engineering tools, such as the value engineering (VE) approach. Although the VE approach has been around for a few years now, some barriers prevent the popularity of its application in different construction projects. This research investigates the barriers to adopting VE through a systematic literature review. This study has categorized the application barriers using thematic analysis under three main categories: barriers related to practitioners’ knowledge and background, barriers associated with the behavior of practitioners towards VE, and barriers related to the implementation of VE. Moreover, this research has investigated solutions to overcome these barriers and improve the application of VE in construction projects. Saudi Arabia’s construction industry is used as a case study. A survey was distributed to Saudi construction industry practitioners using the snowballing technique to evaluate the criticality of the found barriers to adopting VE and the best strategic solutions to overcome these barriers using the importance–performance analysis (IPA) approach. Based on the results of this study we have specifically recommended including a VE course in college engineering programs and an incentive clause in construction contracts to encourage VE application on construction projects at the top of the list of proposed solutions. Finally, defining the criticality of barriers and the effectiveness of solutions will help enhance the application of VE and sustainability practices in the Saudi Arabian construction industry and around the globe.

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Value Engineering Adoption’s Barriers and Solutions: The Case of Saudi Arabia’s Construction Industry

Alhumaid,

Bin Mahmoud,

Almohsen

2024

Buildings

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“…The latest study by Alsolami (2022) showed that CSFs have influenced the implementation of Value Management activities in Saudi Arabia construction industry. The experts suggested ways to enhance the adoption of value management was by thoroughly defining all 25 CSFs that affected the implementation of Value Management of construction industry.…”

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The Effectiveness of Critical Success Factors in Regional Development Programmes Management

Latip

Sa'at

Othman

et al. 2023

IJBS

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In ensuring an effective implementation and maximum impact of regional development projects and programmes, the element of Critical Success Factors (CSFs) should also be considered. East Coast Economic Region (ECER) is one of five regional economic corridors established in Malaysia to facilitate the socioeconomic transformation of this region towards becoming a high-income nation by 2025. East Coast Economic Region Development Council (ECERDC) was established in 2008 as a statutory body under the East Coast Economic Region Development Council Act (Act 688) to drive the implementation of ECER Master Plan. ECERDC also came out with a list of CSFs that serves as a guidance to achieve all the expected goals. The purpose of this study is to investigate the effectiveness of ownership at all levels, creation of ECER Development Council, complementation among ECER states, complementation of ECER towards other regional developments, and private and public sector partnerships in the implementation of various regional development programmes and projects by ECERDC. This study used qualitative method which utilized in-depth interviews with 10 key informants. The obtained findings demonstrated that ECERDC has practiced all five CSFs effectively and as a return, the implementation of various regional development programmes has brought positive outcomes to the organisation. The result should help understand which factors must be given priority by the stakeholders, especially in maximising the impact of the government development projects that benefit the local community.

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“…A pilot test can identify design and instrumentation shortcomings in a questionnaire [30]. The results of the qualitative interviews were used to create the items that describe how the COVID-19 pandemic crisis affected the construction industry, so that a more accurate and useful picture of the industry could be made.…”

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The Status of the Saudi Construction Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic

Almutairi,

Bakri,

AlMunifi

et al. 2023

Sustainability

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The outbreak of COVID-19 has had a profound impact on the Saudi construction industry as well as the country’s economy. The pandemic jeopardized the positive perspectives and growth in megaproject numbers, as it has amplified the constraints that prevent the construction sector from realizing growth. This research work is intended to evaluate the status of the Saudi construction industry during the COVID-19 pandemic. In order to achieve this objective, a three-phased methodology was developed. In the first part of the research, semi-structured interviews with forty industry experts were conducted. The gathered data from both, the literature review and interviews were synthesized. This process resulted in four domains to be explored: project performance measurement, workforce, supply chain, and financial management. The outcomes from phase one were then utilized to develop a questionnaire survey that was communicated to construction firms all over Saudi Arabia, for which 124 responses were received. Data analysis was carried out, and the obtained results were clarified and triangulated through a focus group discussion in the third phase of the research. The outcomes from the mixed-methods research methodology were aggregated to enrich and interpret findings and draw conclusions and recommendations. The findings indicate that the pandemic has had a total of ten core impacts. The highly impacted areas in the industry were the technical performance of projects, reduction in productivity, risk management practices, downsizing the scope of ongoing projects, reduction in new projects or contracts, material shortage, recruitment of manpower in the construction firms and affiliated projects, and the financial performance of the organization. In the meantime, it was found that the government implemented mitigation measures from which the sector benefited, where 27% of contractors obtained Saned system assistance, 51% received cash compensation and 22% received tax postponement. The scope of this study is limited to exploring the status of the Saudi construction industry (SCI) during the COVID-19 pandemic. The study findings are of added value and represent a significant contribution to the body of knowledge in the field. However, further research on the exit strategies bringing the industry to the new normal, including the use of cutting-edge technologies in the age of multi-faceted disruption would be of great importance.

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Identifying and assessing critical success factors of value management implementation in Saudi Arabia building construction industry

Cited by 16 publications

References 112 publications

Value Engineering Adoption’s Barriers and Solutions: The Case of Saudi Arabia’s Construction Industry

Value Engineering Adoption’s Barriers and Solutions: The Case of Saudi Arabia’s Construction Industry

The Effectiveness of Critical Success Factors in Regional Development Programmes Management

The Status of the Saudi Construction Industry during the COVID-19 Pandemic

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