Enabling the adaptive reuse of industrial heritage - A municipal perspective: Studying the involvement of the municipality in the adaptive reuse process of industrial heritage buildings

Introduction - Industrial heritage buildings possess unique characteristics and significant potential, yet often many remain vacant: presenting an untapped opportunity. Adaptive reuse of these buildings can have an extra-large impact, especially as catalysts for urban (re)development. However, the adaptive reuse process is complex, particularly...

Understanding the internal commissioning role: An explorative study on public managers in Dutch public sector organisations in their role as internal commissioner involved in the realisation phase of infrastructure projects

Previous research assessing public organisations in the delivery of infrastructure projects mainly focuses on public project delivery organisations and their interaction with private parties. However, many challenges experienced by these project delivery organisations relate to the interaction with the public parent organisation. In practice,...

The balancing act: How public construction clients safeguard public values in a changing construction industry

Public bodies acting in the construction industry have to deal with major transitional issues, such as globalization and urbanization, population ageing, climate change and digitalization. Moreover, the public domain, private parties and society are becoming increasingly interdependent. As a result, safeguarding public values in the built...

From Agents to Stewards? Experiences from a Dutch Infrastructure Case Study

In the construction industry clients largely depend on contractors to deliver projects. According to agency theory problems of goal conflict and information asymmetry arise in this delegation of work because both the principal and the agent are self- interested. The control-oriented governance mechanisms that agency theorists propose as a means...

‘Is a little more alright?’

Inaugural speech<br/> Short version has been spoken on November 14th, 2014 at the occasion of acceptance of the position of full professor of ‘Public commissioning’ at the Faculty of Architecture of Delft University of Technology.<br/><br/>Intreerede<br/> In verkorte vorm uitgesproken op 14 november 2014 ter gelegenheid van de aanvaarding van...