Safeguarding public values by project-based construction clients

Leads for future research

Conference paper (2016)

Authors

L. Kuitert Public Commissioning - Architecture and the Built Environment
L. Volker Public Commissioning - Architecture and the Built Environment
M.H. Hermans Public Commissioning - Architecture and the Built Environment
Research Group
Public Commissioning (Architecture and the Built Environment) (TU Delft)
Copyright: © 2016 L. Kuitert, L. Volker, M.H. Hermans
Accountability Hybridity Ambidexterity Project-based organisations
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Published Date

2016

Language

English

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Faculty

Architecture and the Built Environment

Department

Management in the Built Environment

Research Group

Public Commissioning

Abstract

In an environment with large interdependencies like the construction industry, projectbased public construction organisations are challenged to seek for 'new' ways to safeguard public values and project outcomes. Public bodies increasingly depend on private parties to achieve public values. Hence, due to the character of their tasks, they remain socialpolitically responsible. In order to find leads for future research into safeguarding public values by construction clients, an explorative literature study was conducted. The fields of institutional logics, public organisation science and public value management were used to gain insights in relevant multi-level organisational concepts considering the meaning of public values in the daily practice of public clients. Hybridity was found as characteristic of public-private partnerships. Furthermore, the management of institutional complexity as a central task for public construction clients implies the importance of monitoring ambidexterity and accountability. Future research into the understanding of safeguarding public values at all levels of public construction clients must centralise these concepts in order to contribute to the professionalization of public construction clients.