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...

Dealing with uncertainty in the challenge of the energy transition

Building upon a conceptual framework of elements that play a role in the management of uncertainties, an empirical study was performed to learn about the uncertainties in the energy transition. For this, interviews were held and an expert panel was organized. <br/><br/>It was found that uncertainty is an unavoidable element of project management...

Uncertainty and Project Management in Construction Projects: Approaches used by public clients

Construction projects are filled with uncertainty. Such projects are becoming more complex: Many different interrelated aspects that are subject to change play a role in the delivery of construction work. This makes it interesting to know what exactly is uncertain in these projects, and what can be done to manage uncertainty. The aim of this...

Exploring change: Investigating the drivers of public authorities in the infrastructure sector to start with new contract strategies

The purpose of this research was contributing to better understand the drivers of public authorities in the Dutch infrastructure sector to change their contract strategy. In the awareness of the complex multi-layered phenomena of change in the public sector, this deductive research adopted the theory of Kuipers et al. (2014) and implemented it...

Strategizing organisational ambitions in infrastructure projects: A case study research on circularity within two Dutch infrastructure agencies

The infrastructure industry is an industry that causes a severe threat to sustainability as it consumes a large amount of energy, resources and materials. The circular economy (CE) provides the opportunity to address this issue because CE is characterised by reducing the carbon footprint, using primary materials and protecting material resources...

Utilizing the potential of infrastructure renovation programs: An explorative research on how goals can be controlled and synergies can be utilized in infrastructure renovation programs

In the upcoming years in the Netherlands, the Dutch government will be focusing on renovating infrastructure assets. Moreover, a shift from organizing each project individually to a more program-oriented approach has been observed in renovating infrastructure, whereby synergy a prominent feature is. In addition, it is becoming increasingly...

A strategic approach to 'Office as a Service': An explorative study into the optimization of the physical resource in order to obtain maximum added value

Problem statement: Organisations need real estate to enable them to perform their activities effectively and efficiently in a safe, protected and pleasurable environment. Typically, large organisations use many buildings to perform their activities. The relationship between a building (supply) and its users (demand) is constantly changing. This...

Competencies of a project manager in executing a lumpsum contract

Project failure rate is astonishingly 70%. This cause for the failure can vary from poor project management, to poor engineering, external factors like environment etc. This research particularly aims at identifying the competencies needed by project managers, with a aim that it will eventually reduce the failure rate.<br/>This research was...

Trust and Contractual Governance: Managing Relationships in the Offshore Industry

Freedom for Contractors – Cross-border analysis on the solution space for contractors within infrastructure projects

Stimulating cross-border contracting is one of the main objectives of the European Union<br/>according to the Green-book on modernising the EU-policy regarding tendering. They<br/>intend to make the European market better accessible for contractors to compete in other<br/>European countries. This would result in a reduced public expenditure by...