Innovative approach to repetitive tasks: An exploratory research on exploiting the potential of repetitive tasks in the construction industry

Current societal and construction challenges, combined with limited time and the scarcity of people and resources, require solutions in the construction industry. This research focuses on repetitive tasks and contributes to that. Furthermore, this research is necessary because the literature on repetitive tasks is limited and needs to be...

Towards Acceleration of Re-Use Transition in the Infrastructure Sector: A practical framework for public client organizations to link the tactical level to the operational level in implementing the re-use strategy

The existing high level of greenhouse emissions and raw material consumption are the current concerns in the infrastructure sector. On the other hand, the programs for renovating the aged and overloaded infrastructures are currently under progress as substantial national programs with circularity targets in the Dutch context, involving various...

How are public values affected when public actors that own infrastructure assets implement PSS: A transition towards service-oriented projects

Public clients in the Netherlands have committed to dramatically reduce CO2 emissions. To achieve that, Circular Economy is proposed and more specifically a tool that can lead to Circularity, called Product Service Systems (PSS). PSS is a business tool that is innovative for infrastructure, and public clients are investigating the transition...

Best value procurement: Exploring its implementation for delivering beneficial project outputs across the market industry

The market industry is rapidly changing and modifications are taking place. Over the years, it has been noticed that project success is a challenging issue, which requires several endeavours from project parties. The procurement system is characterized as a tool, the implementation of which delivers project results. The procurement system is...

Investigating governance mechanisms in the inter-organizational collaboration between public clients and contractors during the front-end phase to facilitate the transition towards a circular economy in the built environment

The circular economy in the construction sector aims to lessen the environmental impact of construction projects by incorporating the end-of-life phase into the design and the conscious use of reusable resources. To achieve a circular economy in the built environment, it has been evidenced in the literature and practice that governance...

Evaluating the procurement documents of Dutch water boards portfolio: A step towards more reliable public clients

Although a considerable amount of literature has addressed the public procurement in the construction industry, still little is known about procurement in small and repetitive activities. In practice, however, public clients are often involved in repetitive tasks such as maintenance activities. Dutch water boards, regional governmental bodies...

Optimising the Buyer Groups to Stimulate the Transition towards a Sustainable Construction Industry

In order for the construction industry to be climate neutral and circular by 2030, a transition is needed that changes norms & values and the way of working. Within the construction industry 80% of the clients are public organisations, which can steer a sustainable transition by posing a demand for sustainable alternatives. In order to...

Buyer groups as catalyst for sustainable procurement: A guideline for (semi-) public clients to implement buyer groups in the pre-procurement process of construction projects to minimise carbon emissions and maximise circularity

<b>Background: </b>The construction sector has a 10-year time span to become 50% circular and to reduce carbon emissions by 49% compared to 1990. This time span is even shorter for public clients, as the Dutch government functions as launching customer, and strives make its own...

Taking on a wider view: public value interests of construction clients in a changing construction industry

For financial and strategic reasons, public and semi-public construction clients increasingly depend on private parties to carry out public service delivery. They subcontract operational responsibilities to private parties while remaining socio-politically responsible for ensuring public values. Public administration literature mainly...

Disputes in infrastructure projects: A research into the prevention of disputes between contractors and public clients in Dutch infrastructure projects

In the construction industry, disputes tend to arise frequently between contractors and clients. This is an important problem that must be solved, because disputes can have enormous negative consequences, both psychological and financial. Disputes particularly emerge in infrastructure projects between contractors and public clients. This study...

Deciding about Design Quality: Value judgements and decision making in the selection of architects by public clients under European tendering regulations

In the past few years the image of tender procedures in which Dutch public clients selected an architect has been dominated by distressing newspaper headlines. Architects fear that the current tender culture will harm the quality of our built environment due to a potential lack of diversity, creativity and innovation in architectural design. Due...

Organizing a public party in a Design & Construct project

In the construction industry, the design and construct (D&C) project delivery method is being used more often. Smaller public parties are becoming aware of the benefits of this approach. However, these benefits are not always reached in practice as both public and private parties deviate from their new roles. Especially the public party is...