Decision-making for Schiphol Airport: An approach towards developing a framework for prioritisation of projects for the existing asset portfolio

Transportation domain forms a significant part of the infrastructure sector in The Netherlands. After the second world war in the 1960s and 1970s, substantial development occurred in transportation infrastructure with the construction of new assets like highways, railways, roadways and airports. As a result of this, the forthcoming decades are...

Cost and Benefit Analysis of BIM Implementation in Construction Projects

Building Information Modelling (BIM) constitutes an innovative way of creating and managing data among multiple disciplines and it is recently introduced in Architecture Engineering and Construction (AEC) industry. The adoption rate of BIM is considered low due to a lack of awareness regarding these methodologies and their outcomes. Although...

Scope Creep in Onshore Wind Farm Projects: A study on scope creep in on onshore wind farm projects governed by FIDIC yellow book thereby to improve project delivery

The process of execution of construction projects is subjected to multiple complexities which are highly dynamic in nature. Among several complex dynamic elements present in a project, the scope is one of the elements which is extremely important. The scope is adjusted multiple times during the definition and execution phases to add or remove a...

Scrum for Hardware development projects: A study to fit the scrum method in Hardware development projects

The trends in the high tech sector push towards creating and delivering better products to cope with the increasing demands of the customers. The projects of the high tech sector are referred to as Hardware (HW) development projects, which consist of both hardware and software (SW) development. Many organisations have been using traditional...

Sowing and Harvesting Circular Ideas: An explorative action-oriented study on how to generate and pursue circular ideas for their potential as business models within the civil engineering sector

The civil engineering sector has been said to have potential for profound change when it comes to circularity, as its projects involve very large material flows and have significant impacts on the environment. Nevertheless, its state of the transition is limited which is partially due to the gap between the business model innovation phases...

Effective Inter-Organizational Collaboration for Interconnecting Infrastructures: Assessing effective integrated collaboration between infrastructure owners in the design phase of Dutch infrastructure projects

Infrastructure asset managers have the increasing challenge not only to maintain efficiently the functionalities and quality of their infrastructures, but also to upgrade them for the increasing demands and to achieve added value to their assets (Hertogh, Bakker, van der Vlist, & Barneveld, 2018). Moreover, infrastructure projects in densely...

Green Public Procurement in the Dutch Construction Sector: A qualitative research on the inclusion of 
environmental requirements 
in procurement of construction projects

One way to reduce the environmental impact of the construction sector is the inclusion of environmental requirements in the procurement of construction projects, also called Green Public Procurement (GPP). This thesis first analysed the current inclusion of environmental requirements in the invitation to bid, bid and assessment of the bid....

The design of risk sharing to promote cooperation

Cooperation figured prominently in the Dutch construction industry’s agenda over the past years. In 2016, major clients, sector organizations and the relevant market parties officially committed to promote a culture based on good cooperation and healthy relationships by signing the "Market Vision" (De Marktvisie, 2016). This document illustrates...

A process framework for the transition to circular urban area development of M4H

In this research, a practical process framework is developed to facilitate the transition to circular urban area development (CUAD) of the MerweVierhavens (M4H). One of the five objectives of the Rotterdam Makers Districts is to become the pilot for the circular economy in the built environment of Rotterdam. M4H is an old harbour area that...

Design Change in BIM

Many infrastructure projects cope with a cost overrun and time delay due to the lack of effective design change management in case of design changes. To implement these design changes, an effective change process is necessary. This process guides the project team in identifying, documenting, evaluating and managing design change. With this...

The Interplay between the Contract Type and the Management of Cost Groups: Exploring the relationship between the contract type and the management of cost groups in Dutch national infrastructure projects

Construction projects are argued to be the most complex of all production undertakings (Baccarini, 1996). Williams (2002, 2005) states that the complexity of these projects is a contributing factor to project failures, such as cost overrun, which are commonly seen in infrastructure project (Cantarelli, Molin, Van Wee, & Flyvbjerg, 2012). As...

Towards circular economy by incorporating product-service system in infrastructure projects: Developing a model that provides insight into the application of PSS characteristics in the project lifecycle of infrastructure projects to support a circular economy

This research aims to gain a deeper understanding on the financial, legal, organisational and technical considerations regarding the application of product-service systems. The goal is to identify how these characteristics could be implemented in project delivery methods to contribute to a circular economy. This design-based research is carried...

Early Contractor Involvement in the Netherlands: The potential of ECI in public construction projects

Public construction projects have an image of poor performance, both in the Netherlands and other countries. Too many public projects go over budget and over time. A possible improvement to this poor performance could be Early Contractor Involvement (ECI). ECI literally translates to involving a contractor “early”, which in current practice...

Considering project goal feasibility in decision-making during project execution in large industrial projects

In current practice, the feasibility of the project goal is only assessed by project owners at the start of the project, up until the final investment decision (FID) is made. The final investment decision involves the decision of the owner to continue the project into the project execution phases. After the FID is made, the project goal...