Abstract

Construction projects are of a special nature affected by many factors, which makes them exposed to multiple risks that may lead to the abandonment of projects. Recently, the Iraqi construction sector is facing a number of problems. Abandoned construction projects are one of the most common and dangerous problems in the construction industry in Iraq, with their negative effects on stakeholders, the economy, and the environment due to the lack of sufficient financial and administrative capabilities to complete construction projects, which is reflected in exceeding the time limit for the completion of projects. The aim of this research is to use the analytic network process (ANP) technique to choose the best form of Public-Private Partnership (PPP) contracts to fund abandoned projects in Iraq. using a questionnaire survey to determine the most criteria and alternatives for selecting appropriate financing for the abandoned project. The results shown final weight of the Build-Own-Operate (BOO) contract from ANP is 0.533, which is the best form of PPP contract among the alternatives proposed to fund the project.

Highlights

  • Abandoned construction projects are challenging to sustainable development for the construction industry; in many countries, many sectors of the construction industry have faced problems with abandoned construction projects due to economic, political, and legal conditions [1]

  • This study aims to select the best Private Partnership (PPP) model as an alternative method of government funding projects from the various strategies and tools provided by the Analytical Network Process (ANP) methodology

  • The authors will use the key tools used for information collection are interviews, questionnaires, to identify the best strategies for improving the financing performance of the construction projects, using the analytical network process method, the framework for research is developed as shown in Figure (1)

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Introduction

Abandoned construction projects are challenging to sustainable development for the construction industry; in many countries, many sectors of the construction industry have faced problems with abandoned construction projects due to economic, political, and legal conditions [1]. Government policies, insufficient job requirements, poor quality control, and various climatic conditions lead to the abandonment of the project [3]. The Iraqi construction sector faced many problems causes to abandoned projects, includes financing corruption, assigning work to companies with no experience in the field, incompetent contractors, administrative corruption, corruption of certain political parties, unexpected poor economic conditions, financial difficulties faced by the owner, and lack of legal responsibility [4]. Abandoned projects adversely affect the health and safety of communities [6]

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