Abstract:
The construction industry is crucial to the economic development of any nation.
However, the achievement of the project objectives has become challenging in the
construction industry. Thus, research on improving the construction project
performance is often appealed. One of the reasons for poor performance in the
construction industry has been identified as lack of buildability. Buildability is expected
to give a boost to construction project performance throughout the entire project life
cycle. Even though the existing knowledge domain suggests various buildability
guidelines, appraisal systems, and concepts targeting different phases or different
elements of construction, there is no established set of practices or directives that can
be incorporated into a construction project throughout its various stages to improve
construction project performance. This is mainly due to the absence of clear
identification of the deep meaning of the key drivers of the buildability concept.
Therefore, it is important to obtain a clear picture of the key drivers of this concept.
This challenge may be handled by obtaining perception from the industry experts with
regard to their lived experience concerning buildability. This paper utilises works of
literature related to research methodology to design a suitable research framework for
this study. The research onion model was adopted for the framework development and
phenomenological philosophy was proposed with Interpretative Phenomenological
Analysis (IPA). The paper highlights the importance of adherence to micro-interactions
and a systematic approach to research work throughout the research process to
maintain the quality of the study.
