A Conceptual Model for Successful Construction Project Performance

It is generally accepted that a construction project is successfully completed and handed over to the client, if the project is delivered on time, within budget, and is of the appropriate quality. Functionality, profitability to contractors, absence of any claims and proceedings and “fitness for purpose” for occupiers, have also been used as measures of successful project performance. This paper produces a review and conceptual model of project performance parameters vis a vis the client’s attributes, the project’s attributes, the delivery strategy, the management structure and the project interfaces, the fragmentation and conflicts, the external forces, the contractor’s performance, and the end-users’ and stakeholders’ attributes. The relationship between project performance variables is discussed, to postulate a conceptual model of construction project performance.