Classification of Construction Projects

In order to address construction project requirements and specifications, scholars and practitioners need to establish taxonomy according to a scheme that best fits their need. While existing characterization methods are continuously being improved, new ones are devised to cover project properties which have not been previously addressed. One such method, the Project Definition Rating Index (PDRI), has received limited consideration strictly as a classification scheme. Developed by the Construction Industry Institute (CII) in 1996, the PDRI has been refined over the last two decades as a method for evaluating a project's scope definition completeness during front-end planning (FEP). The main contribution of this study is a review of practical project classification methods, and a discussion of how PDRI can be used to classify projects based on their readiness in the FEP phase. The proposed model has been applied to 59 construction projects in Ontario, and the results are discussed.

Authors:

• M. Safa
• A. Sabet
• S. MacGillivray
• M. Davidson
• K. Kaczmarczyk
• C. T. Haas
• G. E. Gibson
• D. Rayside

Keywords:

• Project classification
• project definition rating index (PDRI)
• project goals alignment
• risk.

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