Improving collaboration in construction projects in developing countries: the case of Kurdistan region of Iraq

Hazhar Faris; David Hutchinson; Mark Gaterell

doi:10.1007/978-981-15-1910-9_15

Improving collaboration in construction projects in developing countries: the case of Kurdistan region of Iraq

Hazhar Faris^*
, David Hutchinson
, Mark Gaterell

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

The construction sector is criticised for being fragmented and for having a large number of problems between stakeholders such as adversarial relationships, lack of trust and ineffective communication. These issues emerge especially in developing countries. Collaboration has been introduced as a solution to such issues. However, delivering an effective process of collaboration is a challenge with a wide range of factors involved. This paper identifies and sorts the critical factors that affect collaboration in the construction sector and recommends ways to adapt such factors in the sector. Through a comprehensive review of the literature, two groups of critical success factors have been identified to improve such practices, hard factors and soft factors. This study contributes to the scarce literature about collaboration in the construction industry in the Kurdistan and identifies factors of collaboration that construction projects need to adopt in order to improve their performance.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	The 10th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management
Editors	Kriengsak Panuwatwanich, Chien-Ho Ko
Place of Publication	Singapore
Publisher	Springer Singapore
Pages	175-186
Number of pages	12
ISBN (Electronic)	9789811519109
ISBN (Print)	9789811519093
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1910-9_15
Publication status	Published - 4 Mar 2020
Externally published	Yes

Publication series

Name	Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering
Publisher	Springer
ISSN (Print)	2195-4356
ISSN (Electronic)	2195-4364

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 1 No Poverty
SDG 9 Industry, Innovation, and Infrastructure
SDG 11 Sustainable Cities and Communities

Keywords

collaboration
critical factors
construction
developing countries
Kurdistan-Iraq

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Faris, H., Hutchinson, D., & Gaterell, M. (2020). Improving collaboration in construction projects in developing countries: the case of Kurdistan region of Iraq. In K. Panuwatwanich, & C.-H. Ko (Eds.), The 10th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management (pp. 175-186). (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). Springer Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1910-9_15

Faris, Hazhar ; Hutchinson, David ; Gaterell, Mark. / Improving collaboration in construction projects in developing countries : the case of Kurdistan region of Iraq. The 10th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management. editor / Kriengsak Panuwatwanich ; Chien-Ho Ko. Singapore : Springer Singapore, 2020. pp. 175-186 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Faris, H, Hutchinson, D & Gaterell, M 2020, Improving collaboration in construction projects in developing countries: the case of Kurdistan region of Iraq. in K Panuwatwanich & C-H Ko (eds), The 10th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management. Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering, Springer Singapore, Singapore, pp. 175-186. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-15-1910-9_15

Improving collaboration in construction projects in developing countries: the case of Kurdistan region of Iraq. / Faris, Hazhar; Hutchinson, David; Gaterell, Mark.
The 10th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management. ed. / Kriengsak Panuwatwanich; Chien-Ho Ko. Singapore: Springer Singapore, 2020. p. 175-186 (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering).

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Faris H, Hutchinson D, Gaterell M. Improving collaboration in construction projects in developing countries: the case of Kurdistan region of Iraq. In Panuwatwanich K, Ko CH, editors, The 10th International Conference on Engineering, Project, and Production Management. Singapore: Springer Singapore. 2020. p. 175-186. (Lecture Notes in Mechanical Engineering). doi: 10.1007/978-981-15-1910-9_15

Improving collaboration in construction projects in developing countries: the case of Kurdistan region of Iraq

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