Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 2 Issue 1

Contracting dynamics in the competitive dialogue procedure

Mieke Hoezen, Hans Voordijk, Geert Dewulf

The competitive dialogue (CD) aims to align complex demands of principals with possible solutions that contractors have to offer. It is, however, unclear how formal and informal…

Short‐line railroad management system for bridge prioritization

Robert C. Guyer, Jeffrey A. Laman

Limited funding to maintain and preserve short‐line railroad (SLRR) bridge infrastructure requires that important priority decisions be made on an annual basis. The…

Energy performance and public private partnership

Frédéric Bougrain

The purpose of this paper is to investigate the performance of public‐private partnership (PPP) and the ability of private consortia and public authorities to together develop…

Ghana's public procurement reform and the continuous use of the traditional procurement system: The way forward

Z. Ren, P. Kwaw, F. Yang

The purpose of this paper is to examine the performance of the traditional procurement approach (TPA) under Ghana's procurement reform and explore if other possible procurement…

Factors influencing the equity share of build‐operate‐transfer projects

Alberto De Marco, Giulio Mangano, Xin‐Yu Zou

The purpose of this paper is to determine the fundamental factors influencing the equity share in build‐operate‐transfer (BOT) investments in relation to the project risk profile.

Satisfaction assessment in construction projects: a conceptual framework

Chinny Nzekwe‐Excel

The purpose of this paper is to discuss the development of a system that would facilitate collaboration of different participants or groups in construction project teams, so as to…

Learning through briefing: for strategic facilities management in the health sector

Martin Loosemore, Venny Chandra

The purpose of this paper is to explore the process of cultural learning during the briefing process, to enable facilities managers to move into more strategic roles in the health…

Making a mark and carving a niche

Mohan Kumaraswamy