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In sustainable construction projects in Türkiye, time-cost-quality performance, technical capability, and safety management function as the primary causal drivers of project performance, while sustainability and governance factors are largely dependent on these upstream conditions. Novelty: ClaimNovelty.INCREMENTAL. Consensus alignment: ConsensusAlignment.NEUTRAL.

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Identify and evaluate critical success factors in sustainable construction projects by distinguishing perceived importance from direct causal influence within project systems.

September 14, 2026Engineering Construction & Architectural Management

From priority to influence: an AHP-DEMATEL analysis of critical success factors in sustainable construction projects in Türkiye

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SVSadık VarolgüneşBingöl University FVFatma Kürüm VarolgüneşBingöl University

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Expert modeling analysis reveals core operational factors drive sustainable construction projects, indicating that environmental goals rely heavily on upstream managerial execution.

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Identify and evaluate critical success factors in sustainable construction projects by distinguishing perceived importance from direct causal influence within project systems.
Applied an integrated Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) and Decision-Making Trial and Evaluation Laboratory (DEMATEL) framework.
Gathered expert evaluations from a panel of eight specialists in the Turkish construction sector (N=8).
Conducted consistency and threshold-sensitivity analyses to test the stability and robustness of the causal relationships.
Time–cost–quality performance, contractor capability, and safety and risk management function as the primary causal drivers of project success.
Sustainability and environmental factors display a split profile, with certain environmental metrics acting as drivers while others depend on foundational delivery.
Governance and organizational learning operate primarily as dependent factors shaped by upstream technical and managerial performance.

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Varolgüneş et al. (2026) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6aa7b26d0926e14a848b0dca https://doi.org/10.1108/ecam-04-2026-0618

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Expert modeling analysis reveals core operational factors drive sustainable construction projects, indicating that environmental goals rely heavily on upstream managerial execution.

From priority to influence: an AHP-DEMATEL analysis of critical success factors in sustainable construction projects in Türkiye

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From priority to influence: an AHP-DEMATEL analysis of critical success factors in sustainable construction projects in Türkiye

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