11. MARYAM-GHAFFARI DOLAMA
Information acquired: 2025
MARYAM-GHAFFARI DOLAMA is an academic who published a paper in 2015 entitled Factors impacting selection of construction subcontractors. MARYAM-GHAFFARI DOLAMA published this work as part of a team: Dolama, Maryam Ghaffari. Here is a description of this work: A considerable portion of the work in construction projects is carried out by subcontractors. The current lowest bid practice, in which the main contractor offers a subcontract to the bidder who submits the lowest price, is considered to leave subcontractors with very low profit margins, and with a lack of motivation to provide high quality work. Selecting appropriate subcontractors is consequently seen as contributing significantly to a project's success. Although subcontractors are mainly selected by the main contractor, as one of the influential contributors to the project, the choice of subcontractor will also affect other project stakeholders such as owners and consultants. The goal of this study is to identify the factors that different project stakeholders consider important when selecting subcontractors, and the extent to which their professional b.