Abstract

One of the most significant obstacles in Iran as a developing country is related to non-productive investments or delay on productivity of construction projects. Following the development in the business world, the challenges for handling the businesses toward productivity raised as well. Construction industry plays an important role in the foundation of economy everywhere. Therefore, to undertake pushing and leading the projects through the challenges to achieve the productivity and the competitive business advantages, a proper leadership by a competent Construction Manager (CM) is essential. Necessary competencies and the importance of the competencies regarding the dominant challenges at working environment are the objectives of this study. In order to gather data, both quantitative and qualitative surveys were employed in the study. Interview for the first objective and questionnaire under Delphi method have been utilized to fulfill the objectives respectively. By the results of the survey, the projects’ authorities can recognize the essential competencies and their priority needed for a CM to be involved in the projects.

Keywords:

Competent construction manager, necessary competencies,

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