Dealing with Uncertainty in Infrastructure Public-Private Partnership Projects

This research concerns dealing with uncertainty in infrastructure Public-Private Partnership (PPP) projects. PPPs comprise a network of actors or organizations in mutual relationships regulated by contracts. These contracts arrange a division of tasks and responsibilities between contracting parties, and they allocate risks and uncertainties....

From Best Practices to Next Practices: Project-based learning in the development of large infrastructure

Over the last decades of development of knowledge management and organizational learning, there has been an increase in learning research within and across projects. Learning from past lessons in projects and preparing for the next project management practices is very important in large infrastructure projects. The autonomy of projects brings...

Creating a New Perspective by Integrating Frames Through Design: An Exploratory Research into the What, Why, and How of Integrated Design

Integrated design is a frequently used term in academics and practice. However, a common ground in the application of terminology, methodology, and description of insights from practice with respect to integrated design is lacking. Therefore, this dissertation describes a framework for integrated design that can be used as a platform for...

Learning from our projects: Evaluating and Improving Risk Management of the Flood Protection Program (HWBP)

The Netherlands has a long history of protecting against flooding and high water levels. Due to the climate change and the sea level rise, the next flood could have a high impact on this small country. Hoogwaterbeschermingsprogramma (HWBP), the current largest flood defence program in the Netherlands, makes sure that all the flood defence...

Flexibility in project management: Towards improving project performance

Increasingly it is argued that nowadays a pure project management approach (the conventional project management approach) is no longer effective as it underestimates the influence of the dynamic environment. An approach is needed which recognises the complexities of a project and provides tools to cope with these; an approach that is aimed...

Creating public value: Optimizing cooperation Between public and private Partners in infrastructure Projects

Infrastructure projects - such as the construction of tunnels and bridges or the (re)construction of roads and highways – are always performed to add quality to society. In The Netherlands, these projects are most often financed by the government, from local to national level, and constructed by private contractors. Public and private partners...