Unlocking Innovation: Developing a Decision Making Framework for the Bidding Process of Innovative Projects

This master thesis is focused on developing a comprehensive decision-making framework for the bidding process of innovative projects in the EPC industry. The research explores the current literature on the bidding process, risks, uncertainties, managing risks during the bidding process, and decision-making. It identifies EPC contractors'...

Transition to a Dutch circular infrastructure sector: A mission-oriented innovation system (MIS) approach to study the transition

The world is facing environmental change, mainly due to human actions. To prevent serious environmental, economic, and societal impacts of climate change, all United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) member countries have committed to limit global temperature increase to 2 degrees Celsius above pre-industrial level by 2050....

An Analysis of the Transition to Liquid Hydrogen Infrastructure for Airports

Within this thesis report the transition to LH2 infrastructure at the airport is tackled. Specifically, how the airport can develop and adopt the infrastructure needed for LH2 supply logistics, storage, and refueling is researched. This process can be defined as a socio-technical transition in which a new niche technology (LH2 aviation...

Sub-components’ lead time optimization in precast concrete house-building industry

Precast concrete appears to be promising in dealing with delays in housing construction, yet long lead times are apparent in this industry. Lead time refers to the time that elapses between placing and receiving an order. The construction company Janssen de Jong recognizes the problem of sub-components’ long lead times in precast concrete house...

Flexibility in project planning for managing design change in projects

Nowadays, construction projects face cost overruns and delays on a regular basis, not being able to achieve the success standards expected. This is widely attributed to the fast changing and dynamic environment of construction projects. It is argued that the project management mostly used has a traditional and conservative approach which is...

Integration of Sustainability into first of a kind projects: A Sustainable Project Management Approach: An explorative study into the tools/practices used in integration of sustainability in first of a kind projects

Incorporating sustainable practices in projects through a project management approach has gained traction in recent years. The current definition of integrating sustainability in projects is ambiguous (Schipper, Sivius, & Nedeski, 2012) and stakeholders hold different perspectives on the topic. Integrating sustainability in projects has...

Applying Hybrid Governance Approaches to Achieve Integration Across Sustainable Transitions: Considering applications of governance mixes for the integration of climate adaptation and the heat transition

The Netherlands must be natural gas-free by 2050. This means that neighbourhoods throughout the Netherlands will have to be overhauled for the construction of heat networks. In addition, we are increasingly faced with the effects of climate change, such as flooding and increasing heat. Both tasks require physical changes in the built environment...

Towards a more connected Europe: An exploratory research on overcoming interorganizational incompatibilities in cross-border railway projects

As a subset of Large Infrastructure Projects (LIPs), cross-border projects are characterized by their technical complexity, lead time, diverse actors involved and immense coordination and collaboration challenges due to the participation of organizations coming from different nations and institutional frameworks. As researchers recognize, these...

Management of opportunities in the construction sector: A comparison of theory and practice

Despite 20 years of research into opportunity management, construction organizations are struggling to capture opportunities in practice. The goal of this research was to improve the management of opportunities in a construction organization. Four sub-research questions were used to (1) create an overview of opportunity management theory, (2)...

Processing complexities in conjunction with risks to support the project risk management: Investigation of relationships between complexities and risks in complex construction projects for usage during the project risk management process

The goal of this research is to provide insights into the relationships between complexities and risks to be used in risk analysis and management of complex construction projects. In preparation of the exploratory survey, a literature study is performed. After that, the CBRAT (Complexity Based Risk Assessment Technique) is designed to capture...

The future of electric passenger drones: A roadmap towards the Community Integration of Urban Air Mobility

Worldwide, more and more actors have started to speak out their belief in a future with three-dimensional mobility as one of the solutions for congesting and polluted cities. Electric Vertical Take-Off and Landing vehicles – more popularly referred to as drones – are supposed to relieve the current infrastructure network, mainly roads, and...

Towards an agile approach for the management of changes

Construction projects deal with a lot of uncertainties in the design stage and therefore, changes in the design are sometimes unavoidable. There are various factors leading to design changes, however, the most frequent factor is the client. Clients often produce vague design briefs and as a result, design changes are expected at a later stage,...

Fish-as-a-Service in the north sea: Sustainable fishery in OWF

The use of the North Sea has transitioned into an intensely used industrial area, with the climate agreement as a driving force. The Paris agreement demands countries to change their main energy resources from oil, coal and gas to renewable resources such as wind. The Dutch government chose to use the space offshore for the development of wind...

Risk management in international construction projects: Towards effective implementation and enhanced performance

Due to the inherent complexity and innovative character of construction projects, the role of risk management has become increasingly crucial. Dealing with the multifaceted risks associated with international construction projects is important in order not only to make sure that the project objectives are secured but also to make profit. It is...

Online Interactive Public Participation for the Built Environment

Construction projects, especially infrastructure projects, create such a far and wide local impact that it is essential to carry out public participation processes. With the advancement of information technology, it is now possible to digitalize the public participation process and carry out the process via the internet. Through the development...

Towards Proactive Project Management of large construction projects