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Multi-criteria decision-making in civil engineering – A PROMETHEE way

Investment in construction industry’s projects is a complex business process that requires special attention, seriousness, and social responsibility, not only from direct investor and his/hers project management team but also from the wider social community. Due to the diversity of civil engineering disciplines, it is a complex process from a technical/technological, social, environmental, and economic point of view that requires awareness, attention, clarity, and social responsibility from all involved stakeholders. Managing such projects is a rather difficult task when one takes into account the complexity, uncertainties and a large number of activities involved and spread during a long period. Selecting among a variety of such investment projects can often be challenging because of their diversity, but also because the various stakeholders view these projects differently. As they are involved in different stages through projects’ life-cycle, with different possible impacts on the project’s success, the implementation of their opinions becomes an even greater challenge. In such a complex environment the need for multiple- criteria analysis and group decision-making is in itself understandable. During the years, various approaches were presented to help decision- makers in civil engineering projects during their projects’ life-cycle. Some of those approaches offered more sustainable decisions than others. Numerous researchers, as well as professionals, used PROMETHEE methods for such purposes differently. Therefore, the goal of this paper is to provide a systematic literature review of papers published in Scopus and Web of Science database during the last 20 years based on PROMETHEE methods in solving problems that occur in managing civil engineering projects. The findings are categorized according to the objectives pursued and the criteria on which the evaluation was based are discussed.

PROMETHEE method, civil engineering, construction management, project management

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