Overview of feasibility study procedures for public construction projects in Arab Countries

Abstract EN

Feasibility study is simply defined as precise reviews and examinations to decide the feasibility of different investment alternatives.

Generally, there are no standard procedures to carry out the feasibility study, especially for public projects, in Arab countries.

In addition to the limited and constrained capital resources, these countries are characterized by imprecise and lack of different social, economical and environmental information.

The paper presents an overview of the feasibility study procedures used in the public sector in different Arab countries along with their advantages, disadvantages, and items of inconsistency.

A pilot study of 91 highway public projects, in Egypt, was conducted by the authors to gain a better understanding of the Egyptian public sector as a sample study of the Arab countries.

The study concluded the existence of inconsistency in the used feasibility study procedures.

This study stresses the need for developing, in light of the reviewed different used procedures, a standard feasibility study procedures that eliminate this inconsistency.