Risk Allocation in DBFM Projects: Providing Practical Guidance in the Risk Allocation Process of DBFM Projects

The risk allocation in DBFM projects is currently a hot topic, whereby multiple contractors have withdrawn from the procurement of these projects. This research provides a practical guidance in the risk allocation process of DBFM projects, consisting of design principles of literature and lessons learned from practice. The design principles that...

Flexibility of the DBFM contract: Research into flexibility of DBFM contracts for transportation infrastructure

Recently, in the construction industry a shift is taking place from conventional contracts models, in which the client has the responsibility for the (re)design of an asset, to integrated contract models in which the role of the client is much more limited. Further, in integrated models for road infrastructure, projects are contracted for the...

Combining Early Contractor Involvement and Availability-Based Contracting in Complex Infrastructure Projects

Private financing for infrastructural projects in the Netherlands: Added value or illusion?

This thesis focuses on Public Private Partnerships (PPPs) for infrastructural projects, in which PPPs entail Design Build Finance Maintain (and Operate), or DBFM(O) contracts. The main differences of such contracts with more traditional contracts is the establishment of a project-specific Special Purpose Company (SPC), the need for external...