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An Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for the Assessment of Public Private Partnerships in Transportation Projects

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  • Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader

    (Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE), Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ZN716 Block Z Phase 8 Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China
    Structural Engineering Department, Faculty of Engineering, Cairo University, Giza 12613, Egypt)

  • Tarek Zayed

    (Department of Building and Real Estate (BRE), Faculty of Construction and Environment (FCE), The Hong Kong Polytechnic University, ZN716 Block Z Phase 8 Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong 999077, China)

  • Hassan El Fathali

    (Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada)

  • Ghasan Alfalah

    (Department of Architecture and Building Science, College of Architecture and Planning, King Saud University, Riyadh 145111, Saudi Arabia)

  • Abobakr Al-Sakkaf

    (Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada
    Department of Architecture and Environmental Planning, College of Engineering and Petroleum, Hadhramout University, Mukalla 50512, Yemen)

  • Osama Moselhi

    (Department of Building, Civil and Environmental Engineering, Concordia University, Montréal, QC H3G 1M8, Canada)

Abstract

Public–private partnership (PPP) infrastructure projects have attracted attention over the past few years. In this regard, the selection of private partners is an integral decision to ensure its success. The selection process needs to identify, scrutinize, and pre-qualify potential private partners that sustain the greatest potential in delivering the designated public–private partnership projects. To this end, this research paper proposes an integrated multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) model for the purpose of selection of the best private partners in PPP projects. The developed model (HYBD_MCDM) is conceptualized based on two tiers of multi-criteria decision making. In the first tier, the fuzzy analytical network process (FANP) is exploited to scrutinize the relative importance of the priorities of the selection criteria of private partners. In this respect, the PPP selection criteria are categorized as safety, environmental, technical, financial, political policy, and managerial. In the second tier, a set of seven multi-criteria decision-making (MCDM) algorithms is leveraged to determine the best private partners to deliver PPP projects. These algorithms comprise the combined compromise solution (CoCoSo), simple weighted sum product (WISP), measurement alternatives and ranking according to compromise solution (MARCOS), combinative distance-based assessment (CODAS), weighted aggregate sum product assessment (WASPAS), technique for order of preference by similarity to ideal solution (TOPSIS), and FANP. Thereafter, the Copeland algorithm is deployed to amalgamate the obtained rankings from the seven MCDM algorithms. Four real-world case studies are analyzed to test the implementation and applicability of the developed integrated model. The results indicate that varying levels of importance were exhibited among the managerial, political, and safety and environmental criteria based on the nature of the infrastructure projects. Additionally, the financial and technical criteria were appended as the most important criteria across the different infrastructure projects. It can be argued that the developed model can guide executives of governments to appraise their partner’s ability to achieve their strategic objectives. It also sheds light on prospective private partners’ strengths, weaknesses, and capacities in an attempt to neutralize threats and exploit opportunities offered by today’s construction business market.

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  • Eslam Mohammed Abdelkader & Tarek Zayed & Hassan El Fathali & Ghasan Alfalah & Abobakr Al-Sakkaf & Osama Moselhi, 2023. "An Integrated Multi-Criteria Decision Making Model for the Assessment of Public Private Partnerships in Transportation Projects," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 11(16), pages 1-41, August.
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