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Cardin, M-A (2011) Quantitative performance-based evaluation of a procedure for flexible design concept generation, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Chiang, R (2002) Agency and incentive contract in private investment of transport project: An exploration of fundamental relationships, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Garvin, M J (2001) Strategic indicators for characterization of water system infrastructure and management, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Kristinsdottir, A (2012) Risks and decision making in development of new power plant projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Kua, H W (2006) The design of effective policies for the promotion of sustainable construction materials, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Lee, S (2006) Dynamic planning and control methodology: Understanding and managing iterative error and change cycles in large-scale concurrent design and construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Miller, J B (1995) Aligning infrastructure development strategy to meet current public needs, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
- Type: Thesis
- Keywords: best value; private sector; conflicts; financing; operation and maintenance; public infrastructure; Hong Kong; United States; procurement method; government; infrastructure project
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- URL: https://www.proquest.com/docview/304265334
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Since 1933, American public construction has supposedly been "locked" into the sequential design, then build procurement model for infrastructure development. This approach, which is entirely dependent on declining cash appropriations by government, has become increasingly ineffective in meeting public infrastructure needs. Procurement methods used in modern Hong Kong and in the United States between 1780 and 1933 are analyzed systematically using two axes to describe Government's two fundamental strategies in the development of infrastructure. The first strategy is either to "push" projects "directly" through federally funded contracts, or to "pull" projects in the private sector through "indirect" means such as incentives, subsidies, and mandates. The second strategy is either to "segment" each step in the procurement process--planning, design, construction, operation and maintenance--from one another or to combine all these steps into a single "system" procurement. Arrayed on two axes, these strategies fall in one of four quadrants. In the broad historical context of American infrastructure development, the current sequential design-then-build process in Quadrant IV is the aberrant procurement method, not the Build-Operate-Transfer and Design-Build-Operate methods which are described by Quadrants II and I, respectively. Advantages of infrastructure development in Quadrants I and II include independent, multiple verifications of project feasibility, and the opportunity for governments to select best value from different combinations of quality, price, and time of delivery. Other significant advantages include the use and application of state of the art technology to complex infrastructure projects, substantial savings in time, typical savings in capital costs, reduced need for large temporary additions to public engineering staffs, private financing of capital costs, significant leveraging of public financial contributions to projects, predictable future public expenditures for maintenance and operation, improved public fiscal management of infrastructure development, reduced concern over conflicts of interest, and improved management of project risk. The United States should join the rest of the world in moving to capture the advantages of Quadrants I and II by adopting a mixture of procurement strategies which include, rather than exclude these methods. Recommendations are made for doing so.
Minelli, P (2020) Improved methods for managing megaprojects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Moret, Y (2011) Modeling cost and time uncertainty in rail line construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Park, M (2001) Dynamic planning and control methodology for large-scale concurrent construction projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Slaughter, E S (1991) Rapid innovation and integration of components: Comparison of user and manufacturer innovations through a study of residential construction, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Sousa, R L (2010) Risk analysis for tunneling projects, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Taylor, D D J (2018) Tools for managing intermittent water supplies, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Tsai, I T (2007) Default and renegotiation: Financial structure and incentive in public-private partnership contracts, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Viteri, V R (2003) Experiential learning environments for structural behavior, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wang, M-T (1989) Knowledge processing for a construction management database, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Wooldridge, S C (2002) Balancing capital and condition: An emerging approach to facility investment strategy, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
Yan, S (1992) Intermodal pricing and operations using network flow techniques, Unpublished PhD Thesis, , Massachusetts Institute of Technology.