營造工程的業主為選擇一個合格且具履約能力的營造商，對投標營造商進行資質審查是在業界常用的方法。投標營造商資質審查機制是一個多面向多準則的審查流程，而在這流程中較具決定性的準則，應是營造工程的業主在選商時須著重考量的因素。因此，本研究應用詮釋結構模式(Interpretive Structural Modeling, ISM)及影響矩陣乘法分類法(Impact Matrix Cross-Reference Multiplication Applied to a Classification, MICMAC)分析探討影響投標營造商資質審查機制中，各準則間的相關性及淘選出具決定性的準則，以讓營造工程的業主在選擇營造商時能著重考量。
本研究回顧過去文獻並邀請多位專家學者進行投標營造商資質審查各準則間之關聯評估，並以詮釋結構模式分析各準則之間的因果關係，後續並以影響矩陣乘法分類法確認出資質審查的決定性準則。研究結果顯示詮釋結構模式為投標營造商資質審查之準則建立了一個七層的層級架構，其中最具決定影響的準則分別是工程經驗、管理技術、管理責任等三個。而根據各準則的驅動力和依賴性依據影響矩陣乘法分類法將其分為四種類型集合。這項研究的結果亦表明，詮釋結構模式可對於投標營造商資質審查複雜的準則關係進行排序和幫助業主在營造工程專案招標策略規劃中選擇合格的營造商。

In order to select a qualified contractor with the ability to perform the contract, it is a common method for the owner of the construction project to carry out the pre-qualification review of the contractor. The reviewing of contractor prequalification is a multi-criteria making-decision process, and the more decisive criteria in this process should be the factors that the construction project owners should pay more attention to when selecting contractors. Therefore, this study applies the Interpretative Structural Modeling (ISM) and the Matrices Impacts Croises-Multiplication Appliance Classement (MICMAC) to analyze and discuss the relationships between the various contractor prequalification criteria and to select the decisive criteria.
The first stop of this study was to review the literatures and invited several experts and scholars to evaluate the relationships between the criteria for the contractor prequalification, and the second stop was to analyze the relationship between the criteria using ISM. And confirmed the decisive criteria for the contractor prequalification by MICMAC method.
The research results show that we use ISM method to establish seven-layer hierarchical structure for the contractor prequalification criteria, among which the most decisive criteria are engineering experience, management knowledge and management accountability. In addition, based on the driving power and dependence power of each criterion, they can be grouped into four clusters according to MICMAC. The results of this study also show that ISM can sort the complex criteria for the contractor prequalification and help the owners to select qualified contractors in the bidding strategy planning of construction projects.

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