Replication Data for: Exploring Client Motives for Early Contractor Involvement in Infrastructure Projects

Early Contractor Involvement (ECI) has been highlighted as a key to solving poor performance in large construction projects. This study investigates the tasks in the pre-construction phase that are most likely to benefit from having ECI based on the motivation of the client organization. This study is limited to public infrastructure projects, the pre-construction phase, and the client’s perspective. Results from the study show that the client’s motivation moderates the suitability of tasks for ECI implementation. This indicates that one way to optimize ECI usage in the project is to select the pre-construction tasks based on the motivation of the client in order to have the desired effect. Furthermore, this study connects with results from earlier studies to reveal that the choice of tasks for ECI can vary based on whether the respondents are from top management versus the project team. In addition, the choice of activities can also be used to relate to the desired effects based on the motivation. This dataset contains a compilation of survey responses used in the study, along with their subsequent analysis.