Determination of fundamental criteria in the selection of a construction system

Abstract

There is a lack of an efficient systematic approach to the selection of appropriate construction methods for modern building systems. Identifying key criteria is necessary to help decision-makers in implementing the principles of this process. The present article was conduct for the same purpose. In this article, after reviewing of the literature, we found that construction experts' opinions did not consider until now. Thus, we considered the opinion of experts in the field of the construction industry (Technical and executive specialists of the Afghanistan's Ministry of Urban Development and Housing, Technical and executive specialists of the Kabul Municipality and Omran Houlding Group). For identifying key criteria, “64” criteria have been extracted that affect the selection of modern building systems and are classified into “six” economic, qualitative, social, environmental, executive and technical groups. A comprehensive study conducted through the distribution of questionnaires. The collected data were analysed using SPSS statistical software; the main criteria ranked by using “Friedman's statistical test”. Based on the results of statistical tests, 18 criteria were determined and ranked as fundamental criteria. Therefore, paying attention to these criteria for the selection of appropriate construction methods for modern building systems can help experts in the country of Afghanistan.