FACTORS OF PROJECT CONSULTANT SELECTION IN SAUDI ARABIA

Abdeliazim Mustafa Mohamed, Mohamed Abdelshafea Abdelraman, Hishem Smaui

Abstract: Project Consultants services in Saudi Arabia recently faced several problems such as conflicts between projects parties such as designer and project consultant. Inflexibility and Delay in reviewing, approving and work inspection by consultant, that are listed in [3] A total number of thirty four (34) questionnaire survey were collected from the government agencies and private companies in Kingdom of Saudi Arabia construction projects to evaluate the project consultant selection methods and their importance based to selected participant in the construction project, i.e., consultant, contractor, and the client. The field questionnaire survey conducted involved consultants, contractors, and clients. Numbers of five selection factors were determined during the research, calling for tenders, political influence, and pricing offer from the clients, ranking statues of the firms, experience and previous work of the firms. The data is analyzed using the SPS and average index [4]. The common factor of selection presented by all questioned parties is ‘‘Calling for tenders’’. Study concluded that number of 70% of Project Consultants were selected based on Calling for tenders

Keywords: Construction, Project Consultant, Method of Selection, Saudi Arabia

DOI: https://doi.org/10.15623/ijret.2016.0504010