Abstract:
Sustainable construction practices
throughout the life cycle of a project refer to
minimize the adverse effect on social,
environmental and economic development in a
country. The present study focused on how
sustainable construction practices contribute to
the sustainable development of a country. 36
factors related to sustainable constructions
were identified under three categories namely
environmental development, social
development and economic development
through a comprehensive literature review.
The importance of the identified factors was
assessed based on the responses collected
through a questionnaire. Respondents include
experts in the CS2 to C5 grades construction
companies. The relative importance index
(RII) was used to translate the collected
responses into a quantitative value. Further
correlation between factors within three
categories and correlation between three
categories were determined through a complete
SPSS analysis. With those results, it can be
identified which factors need to be addressed to
improve the sustainable development of a
country effectively. So, project teams can get
necessary actions to improve such factors to
achieve sustainable development through
sustainable construction practices. In addition
to that factor analysis was conducted to
highlight the factors that can be addressed
simultaneously.
