Critical success factors in a complex brownfield construction project

Abstract

A minimal number of studies have explored developing the critical success factors (CSFs) in a brownfield construction project in Malaysia. This study intends to understand the CSFs perceived by the construction practitioners, identify and rank all the CSFs in a complex brownfield construction project, and establish the top five (5) most influential CSFs complex brownfield construction project. Brownfield project refers to a project that performs construction, modification, and rejuvenation work on the existing oil and gas platform and ongoing operations with intentions for major or minor expansion, debottlenecking, or rejuvenations in a live plant, to tie-ins of a new element. In the volatile oil and gas (O&G) market prices, the O&G companies are preferable to perform redevelopment of existing fields that the underlying basis is lower capital expenditure (CAPEX) compare to greenfield projects and provide the higher return of investment (ROI). In this study, the literature review was performed, conducted a semi-structured interview, and distributed surveys to respondents from various oil and gas companies in Malaysia. From the questionnaires survey conducted, a correlation will be tested study on to tabulate and rank the critical success factors for a complex brownfield construction project. Furthermore, the results from the questionnaires will be analyzed using the Relative Importance Index (RII), then to define and to develop the top five (5) most influential CSFs in a complex brownfield construction project. The discussion further suggested that the management strategy can manage all the top five (5) identified CSFs from the surveyed and analyzed using the Relative Importance Index (RII).