Ranking Construction Project Characteristics

This paper is concentrated on ranking project characteristics in order to be able to choose the type of procurement method (such as Traditional or Design & Construct) that can best be used for the design and build stage of a construction project in the future. There are several project characteristics that are defined in literature. But which of these project characteristics are the most important ones? If we know that, a client, in the future, might be able to choose his procurement method better, because the project characteristics are the main criteria for selecting a procurement method. To reach this goal, the first step is to list the relevant project characteristics from literature and practice. The second step is to make these criteria measurable in order to be able to match the characteristics with the procurement method characteristics. This paper will include the relevant project characteristics and the ranking of those by comparing literature with practice. In the future the most relevant project characteristics can be compared with the characteristics of the existing procurement methods in order to be able to make the right choice for a procurement method.