Sustainable construction (SC) is considerably new trend particularly in developing countries
such as Egypt. So, applying project management (PM) to that new trend of construction
requires the relevant stakeholders to consider the sustainability principles in implementing
PM at the early phases of the project. This promotes for significant cost savings over time,
and a unique marketing strategy. For construction projects, Feasibility stage (FS) is the first
and most important stage before undertaking project design & construction and its
effectiveness will affect directly the success of the project. A vast literature review revealed a
number of essential elements that should be considered and a number of challenges that
should be mitigated to integrate the principles of sustainability and PM in construction
projects. Also, to investigate the current status for managing FS of SC projects in Egypt; such
as the main benefits and barriers during managing FS of SC projects; the survey research
method has been adopted and data were collected using designed structure questionnaire. This
paper introduces a flowchart for applying PM Principles at the FS for SC projects. This
flowchart outlines the necessary elements that enable project stakeholders to consider
sustainability principles while making decisions in FS , also it justifies additional preplanning
effort of sustainable construction projects. Additionally, the proposed flowchart provides a
good base for projects that seek green accreditation to comply with Egyptian Green Pyramid
Rating System (GPRS), and provides channels for overcoming the challenges of achieving SC
project starting by FS. Consequently, the proposed flowchart works as a kick of for managing
SC projects in its coming phases. Moreover, this paper provides several recommendations on
how to enable project stakeholders overcoming the barriers of starting FS for SC projects |
