Determining the right contractor for construction projects using the Analysis Hierarchical Process (AHP)

In as much as constructive projects budget is mainly used for administrative expenses, executing a project requires an appropriate contractor to be able to prevent unnecessary increase in executive expenses and finish the project on the estimated time and resources and with the expected quality, and Prevent the depletion of national resources of particular importance to the country. In addition, different quantitative and qualitative indicators with varying degrees of importance are to be taken into account in choosing an appropriate contractor. In this paper, first Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) which is one of the most comprehensive methods designed for decision making with multiple indexes is elaborated upon and then we describe the method of selecting the appropriate contractor among the contractors present in the tender for the implementation of a construction project using Analytical Hierarchy Process (AHP) based on the prioritized indicators.