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<sec><h3>Introduction</h3>
<p>Construction companies hold great significance in Saudi Arabia due to new developments taking place in the region. A project automatically turns out better if it has been selected based on the level of expertise and resources available to the construction company and vice versa.</p>
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<sec><h3>Purpose</h3>
<p>The study aims to investigate the importance of project selection by the contractors within the Saudi construction industry.</p>
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<sec><h3>Methodology</h3>
<p>The study has employed a quantitative research design to conduct a survey through the administration of questionnaire. A total of 46 employees from construction companies were selected. A questionnaire was distributed among maintenance contractors, contractors, and construction contractors.</p>
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<sec><h3>Findings</h3>
<p>The findings have shown that mostly organizations were unclassified or classified under the fifth category (projects valuing AED10,000,000 or lesser) (34.8%). Most of the respondents (94.4%) agreed that consideration of the project selection is important. Moreover, there is a positive correlation between the level of importance given to the project selection and the organizational size of the respondents. Success factors play an important role in the project selection phase.</p>
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<sec><h3>Practical implications</h3>
<p>Careful project selection is the first step toward the success of the construction company, so it needs to be carried out carefully.</p>
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Introduction
Construction companies hold great significance in Saudi Arabia due to new developments taking place in the region. A project automatically turns out better if it has been selected based on the level of expertise and resources available to the construction company and vice versa.

Purpose
The study aims to investigate the importance of project selection by the contractors within the Saudi construction industry.

Methodology
The study has employed a quantitative research design to conduct a survey through the administration of questionnaire. A total of 46 employees from construction companies were selected. A questionnaire was distributed among maintenance contractors, contractors, and construction contractors.

Findings
The findings have shown that mostly organizations were unclassified or classified under the fifth category (projects valuing AED10,000,000 or lesser) (34.8%). Most of the respondents (94.4%) agreed that consideration of the project selection is important. Moreover, there is a positive correlation between the level of importance given to the project selection and the organizational size of the respondents. Success factors play an important role in the project selection phase.

Practical implications
Careful project selection is the first step toward the success of the construction company, so it needs to be carried out carefully.

Assessing the role and significance of project selection by the contractors in the Saudi construction industry

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Organization, Technology and Management in Construction: an International Journal

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Introduction
Construction companies hold great significance in Saudi Arabia due to new developments taking place in the region. A project automatically turns...

Success factors	Very important	Important	Neutral	Not important	No effect	No. of responses	Rank
Fair pricing/Value	19	2	3	0	0	46	4.34
Job Selection/competitive Pricing	22	1	2	2	1	46	4.28
Product Affordability/updated Products	15	2	2	1	0	46	4.23
Variety of products	19	1	6	2	0	46	4.19
Client selection	26	1	2	3	4	46	4.13
Other income sources	12	2	8	3	0	46	3.95
Business	8	2	1	3	1	44	3.75
Location of building Lots	3	3	7	5	1	46	3.63

	Sum of squares	Mean square	F	Sig.
Project selection	6.111	6.111	7.300	0.008
Contractor size	73.677	0.837
Total	79.789

	Frequency	Percent
No effect	1	1.1
Not important	4	4.4
Neutral	15	16.5
Important	27	29.7
Very important	43	47.3

	Sum of squares	Mean square	F	Sig.
Project selection	4.473	4.473	5.227	0.025
Classification status	75.316	0.856
Total	79.789

		Frequency	Percentage
Organization’s background
	Contracting	36	78.3
	Maintenance	2	4.3
	Contracting and maintenance	7	15.2
Classification
	Unclassified	22	47.8
	Fifth category (projects valuing AED10,000,000 or lesser)	16	34.8
	Under fifth category (projects with a value between AED 8,000,000 and AED30,000,000)	7	15.2
Respondents profile
	Financial	2	4.3
	Admin	4	8.7
	Engineer/Architect	12	26.1
	Project manager	17	37.9
	General manager	10	21.7
Age of the organization
	Less than 5 years	13	28.3
	6–15 years	26	56.5
	More than 16 years	6	13.0
Turnover
	Less than 1,000,000	20	43.5
	From 1,000,001 to 5,000,000	21	45.7
	More than 5,000,000	4	8.7
New contracts
	Less than three contractors	26	56.5
	4–10 contractors	19	41.3

Assessing the role and significance of project selection by the contractors in the Saudi construction industry

Article Category: Research Paper

Publicado en línea: 18 may 2021

Páginas: 2367 - 2373

Recibido: 23 dic 2019

Aceptado: 06 may 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2021-0005

Palabras clave
contractors, construction company, project selection, Saudi Arabia

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Fig. 1

Factors related to project selection

ANOVA test (importance of project selection * contractor size)

Significance of project selection

ANOVA test (importance of project selection * classification status)

Demographics related to participants profile

Assessing the role and significance of project selection by the contractors in the Saudi construction industry

Article Category: Research Paper

Publicado en línea: 18 may 2021

Páginas: 2367 - 2373

Recibido: 23 dic 2019

Aceptado: 06 may 2020

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/otmcj-2021-0005

Palabras clavecontractors, construction company, project selection, Saudi Arabia

© 2021 Abdulrahman Bageis et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International License.

Fig. 1

Factors related to project selection

ANOVA test (importance of project selection * contractor size)

Significance of project selection

ANOVA test (importance of project selection * classification status)

Demographics related to participants profile

Palabras clave
contractors, construction company, project selection, Saudi Arabia