Project Management Challenges in Green Building for Sustainable Development in Saudi Arabia
Date
2023-11-23
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Saudi Digital Library
Abstract
Research Background: Green building has recently attracted attention as the Kingdom of
Saudi Arabia strives to achieve sustainable development and enhance its people’s living
standards. This country seeks to address global warming in the region under more significant
threat from climate change. However, progress has been slow, suggesting the need to explore
the most important challenges faced when managing green construction projects.
Research Aim: This study aims to investigate the six most significant challenges (shortage of
green building experts, difficulty forming a multidisciplinary project team, the absence of green
building standards, problem understanding sustainable building specifications and client goals,
high cost of green building materials, and challenge accessing sustainable building
technologies, methods, and equipment) that affected project management in the Saudi green
construction sector and their effect on the ratings awarded to green buildings.
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This research can provide insights that may guide the work of project managers, green
building stakeholders, and policymakers. In particular, the findings may help them understand
the specific areas to improve to boost the success of the green building sector and achieve better
green building ratings. For instance, the research will investigate the six most significant
challenges project managers contend with in the Saudi green building sector. Consequently,
the different stakeholders will anticipate them and try to address them early to ensure project
success and guarantee good green building ratings.
Keywords
Project Management Challenges, Green Building, r Sustainable Development, Saudi Arabia
Citation
Harvard