Subcontractor's Selection Practice in the Gaza Strip

Construction contracting involves subcontracting. The evolution of subcontractors has a substantial impact on the construction process. An increasing amount of building construction projects are contracted to subcontractors. Despite the significant role that is played by subcontractors, little attention has been paid to the selection process of specialty contractors. The aim of this study is to identify and evaluate the main effective factors considered by general contractors in the selection of subcontractors. This study is based on a questionnaire survey of thirty-one main contractors in the Gaza Strip. The results indicate the most important effective factors in subcontractors' selection are project size and complexity, applying specification and quality, compliance with programming and quality, experience of subcontractor, and nature and specialty of subcontractors