The relationship between project delivery methods for primary school buildings, and project success factors.

Due to regulatory demands and sustainability goals, primary school construction projects are becoming more complex. The structure of a project is formed by a Project Delivery Method (PDM), which is a framework that organizes different stakeholders in a project. Therefore, selecting an appropriate PDM is crucial for a project’s success. This study aims to improve decision-making by analysing how different Project Delivery Method (PDM)s impact key success factors, such as cost, time, and quality, by providing an empirical understanding of the relationship between these project success factors and PDMs for primary school building projects.
A mixed-methods approach combined a literature review, quantitative data analysis, and qualitative interviews was used to achieve this. Quantitative data was collected and normalized from various primary school projects to identify performance patterns across delivery methods.
Qualitative insights were obtained through interviews with industry experts, focusing on the practical implications of these methods. The synthesis of these insights revealed that traditional methods struggle with cost and time management, but excel in quality. Integrated methods showed strong cost efficiency and time management despite varying long-term quality outcomes.
Risk-carrying Project Management (RPM) managed costs effectively, but encountered significant challenges with project timelines.
The findings suggest that the choice of PDM is significantly related to the project success factors of primary school construction projects. The results of the thesis provide a novel and innovative understanding of how project success factors develop during project phases. The study emphasizes the need for data-driven decision-making and recommends expanding the scope of future research to include a broader range of project typologies, or combining different project success factor metrics into a general ’value’ metric describing the overall success of a project