Developing Multiple Criteria Decision-Making Model based on the Best-Worst-VIKOR Method for Evaluation of Civil Projects Contractors; Case Study of Civil Projects in Southern Khorasan Province

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1 Faculty of Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar. Iran

2 Faculty of Engineering, Hakim Sabzevari University, Sabzevar , Iran

Abstract

In large-scaled civil projects such as urban gas-supply projects, one of the most important concerns is selection of appropriate contractor for performing projects. In order to evaluate contractors' performance and select a more qualified contractor, the appropriate criteria for assessing contractors should be identified (De Araújo et al., 2018). Accordingly, a reliable methodology should be used for assigning weights to criteria, as well as a comprehensive method should be analyzed for ranking contractors (Hasnain et al., 2018a).
In this research, the Best-Worst Method (BWM) is utilized for assigning weights to contractors’ evaluation criteria based on using a linear optimization model, which improves the previous weighting methods (Rezaei, 2016). In addition, the Fuzzy VIseKriterijumska Optimizacija I Kompromisno Resenje (FVIKOR) method is analyzed in order to score for contractors based on proximity to ideal solution and bilateral agreement through concessions, which uses simple and short calculations for evaluating contractors with respect to criteria, and causes high degree of consistency in final ranking results (Gupta, 2018).
Therefore, in this study, a novel approach based on combination of the BWM and the FVIKOR methods is developed, in which a systematic and applicable algorithm is used for choosing the final evaluation criteria, the selected criteria are weighted, and the contractors of gas-supply civil projects are ranked. In application, regarding that the gas company of Southern Khorasan province is faced challenges and concerns in process of selecting qualified contractors for gas-supply civil projects, the choose of the more qualified contractor in one of the most important urban gas-supply projects of this company is investigated.

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Journal of Civil and Environmental Engineering
Volume 51.4, Issue 105 - Serial Number 105
Winter 2022
January 2022
Pages 11-22

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