Addressing of Value Management Implementation Barriers within the Indian Construction Industry: A PLS-SEM Approach

Ahmed Farouk Kineber (), Shah Siddharth, Nicholas Chileshe, Badr Alsolami and Mohammed Magdy Hamed
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Ahmed Farouk Kineber: Department of Civil Engineering, College of Engineering in Al-Kharj, Prince Sattam bin Abdulaziz University, Al-Kharj 11942, Saudi Arabia
Shah Siddharth: Department of Engineering, Pandit Deendayal Energy University, Gandhinagar 382002, India
Nicholas Chileshe: UniSA STEM, Sustainable Infrastructure and Resource Management (SIRM), University of South Australia, Adelaide, SA 5001, Australia
Badr Alsolami: Faculty of Islamic Architecture, College of Engineering and Islamic Architecture, Umm Al-Qura University, Makkah 21955, Saudi Arabia
Mohammed Magdy Hamed: Construction and Building Engineering Department, College of Engineering and Technology, Arab Academy for Science, Technology and Maritime Transport (AASTMT), B 2401 Smart Village, Giza 12577, Egypt

Sustainability, 2022, vol. 14, issue 24, 1-24

Abstract: This study aims to evaluate the value management (VM) implementation barriers in construction projects. Consequently, information from 126 experts in the building industry was gathered via a questionnaire survey. Subsequently, the data were analyzed by exploratory factor analysis (EFA) and partial least square structural modeling (PLS-SEM). The results of EFA revealed that the VM barriers were grouped into six new constructs: client, knowledge, information, culture, resources, team members, and workshop. The barriers prioritization model was developed using PLS-SEM, and it indicated that team members are critical barriers to VM adoption. Although this study was limited to India’s VM context, its findings can be applied to other developing countries yet to implement VM in their construction industries. The study enhances stakeholder awareness and an understanding of the barriers affecting the implementation of VM, including building professionals, in India. It suggests strategies and activities overcome these barriers and facilitate a higher building quality, while maintaining a reasonable price.

Keywords: barriers; project success; value management; building projects; EFA; PLS-SEM (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2022
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