Document Type : Research Paper

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1 Department of Management, Shahid Beheshti University, Tehran, Iran.

2 Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Daneshpajoohan, Esfahan, Iran.

Abstract

Nowadays, the construction managers try to accomplish the projects on time and successful simultaneously. However, the concept of success is not clear in their mind. The purpose of this paper is to identify the factors that effect on project success in the construction field; so, an integrated model of critical success factor for construction projects has been suggested. The proposed model consists of three categories of variables, i.e. people related factors, project related factors, and environmental factors. This model clarifies the definition of success in the mind of construction professionals and develops the critical success factors for construction projects through prior research. The novelty of this research is the comprehensive view of critical success factors in an integrated model format. The model has been tested on construction project managers in Esfahan. Findings show that in Esfahan the success of construction projects depends on people, project, and environment related factors, respectively. This paper clarifies the ambiguous definition of success in the mind of construction professionals.

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