Sustainable Construction Project Management (SCPM) Evaluation—A Case Study of the Guangzhou Metro Line-7, PR China

Na Dong, Yanting Fu, Feng Xiong, Lujie Li, Yibin Ao and Igor Martek
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Na Dong: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Yanting Fu: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Feng Xiong: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Lujie Li: College of Architecture and Environment, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
Yibin Ao: College of Environment and Civil Engineering, Chengdu University of Technology, Chengdu 610059, China
Igor Martek: School of Architecture and Built Environment, Deakin University, Locked Bag 20001, Geelong, VIC 3220, Australia

Sustainability, 2019, vol. 11, issue 20, 1-17

Abstract: As a pillar industry of the Chinese national economy, the construction sector needs to improve its level of management to embrace sustainable development. Sustainable construction project management (SCPM) performance evaluation can help to raise the level of management. However, the existing evaluation system that takes into account both the sustainable development and the dimension of traditional project management is meager. In order to address this problem, this study sets out an integrated sustainable performance evaluation method for SCPM, along with a comprehensive analysis of both traditional and future management directions. Through literature review and enterprise data analysis of the relevant factors of finance, schedule, quality, and safety, etc., indicators are filtered and classified. In order to determine the strength of each indicator, a questionnaire is administered to construction professionals within a large construction enterprise (group). From the result of the weight with an improved Group-G1 (iG1) method (finance 0.206, schedule 0.206, quality 0.185, safety 0.134, informatization 0.134, and greenization 0.134), it indicates that finance, schedule and quality management are still top three important dimensions in SCPM. However, amazingly, the greenization and informatization management is as significant as safety management. Finally, based on set pair analysis, the Guangzhou Metro Line 7 project is used as a verifying case, affirming the validity of the sustainable performance evaluation model. The above SCPM evaluation model can not only provide a guideline for construction companies’ sustainable management in China, but also serve as reference cases for other countries/regions to carry out relevant research work.

Keywords: sustainable construction project management (SCPM); sustainable performance evaluation; set pair analysis; informatization; greenization; Guangzhou metro; China (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2019
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