Application of Root Causes Analysis Techniques in the Contractor Selection for Highway Projects

Abstract

Highway projects are one of the most important projects in this decade in Iraq. Highway projects suffer from corruption factors in the contractor selection phase. To succeed in transparency and best value contractor selection for awarding procedure for highway projects, the researcher used root cause analysis techniques to specify the main factors that lead to bad selection for the highway projects in Iraq. Many tools techniques used for the root cause analysis techniques like Fishbone, Pareto chart, and 5-Why. This study conducts the causes of bad contractor selection and analysis by root cause analysis techniques, Pareto chart conducted that internal relationships and administrative corruption are the main causes that covered near than 80% of the problem, and 5-Why conducted that the acceptance of the lowest price is the main cause for bad selection.