Research Article

Tackling Complexity in Green Contractor Selection for Mega Infrastructure Projects: A Hesitant Fuzzy Linguistic MADM Approach with considering Group Attitudinal Character and Attributes’ Interdependency

Table 1

Main evaluative attributes and their optional subdimensions for green contractor selection.

No.AttributesSub-dimensionsReferences

A1Quotation(i) Tender price (advance payment, capital bid, routine maintenance and major repairs) [8, 18, 24]Liang, et al. [8], Fong and Choi [24], Zavadskas, et al. [18]

A2Credibility(i) past performance [10, 18, 24]
(ii) work experience [25]
(iii) reputation & credit rating [10, 2527]
(iv) health & safety [10, 18, 24, 26]
(v) financial stability [10, 2426, 28]
Nieto-Morote and Ruz-Vila [10], Zavadskas, et al. [18], Hatush and Skitmore [26], Fong and Choi [24], Shen, et al. [28], Darvish, et al. [25, 27]

A3Technical strength(i) technical ability [8, 10, 18, 26, 28]
(ii) experience & knowledge of operation team [10, 25]
(iii) quality rank [25]
(iv) creativity & innovation [25]
Liang, et al. [8], Nieto-Morote and Ruz-Vila [10], Zavadskas, et al. [18], Hatush and Skitmore [26], Shen, et al. [28], Darvish, et al. [25]

A4Resource strength(i) technical human resource [24, 27]
(ii) current workload [24]
(iii) construction machinery & equipment [25, 27]
(iv) fixed assets & liquidity [27]
Fong and Choi [24], Darvish, et al. [25], Hwang, et al. [27]

A5Cooperation management capability(i) client/contractor relationship [10, 24, 29]
(ii) organizational structure & operations [8, 28]
(iii) compatible culture [8, 27]
(iv) communication [8, 29]
(v) knowledge sharing of risk management [27, 29]
(vi) information delivery [29]
(vii) contract management [8]
Liang, et al. [8], Nieto-Morote and Ruz-Vila [10], Hatush and Skitmore [26], Fong and Choi [24], Shen, et al. [28], Darvish, et al. [25], Hwang, et al. [27], Hwang and Han [29], Anvuur Aaron and Kumaraswamy Mohan [30],

A6Design & Procurement(i) recycle [31]
(ii) reuse [32, 33]
(iii) remanufacture [32, 33]
(iv) disassembly and disposal [33]
(v) waste reduction [32, 34]
(vi) environment material substitution [31, 33]
(vii) hazardous material minimization [35]
(viii) clean technology availability [33]
Lin [35], Humphreys, et al. [34], Chiou, et al. [32], Lee, et al. [31], Humphreys, et al. [33]

A7Compliance with green legislation(i) ISO-14001 certification [32, 34, 36, 37]
(ii) eco-labeling [31, 32, 37]
(iii) environment policies [33]
(iv) environment planning [33]
(v) environmental management information system [31, 32]
Humphreys, et al. [34], Chiou, et al. [32], Yang and Wu [36], Liu and Liu [37], Lee, et al. [31], Humphreys, et al. [33]

A8Environmental performance(i) solid waste [33, 34, 36]
(ii) chemical waste [33, 34, 36]
(iii) air emission [33, 34, 36]
(iv) waste water disposal [3234, 36]
(v) energy [33, 34]
Humphreys, et al. [34], Chiou, et al. [32], Yang and Wu [36],Humphreys, et al. [33]