Implementation of Integrated Project Delivery in Quebec’s Procurement for Public Infrastructure: A Comparative and Relational Perspective

Jobidon, Gabriel; Lemieux, Pierre; Beauregard, Robert

doi:10.3390/su10082648

“…Further, due to the complexity of construction projects, duration is crucial, because it takes time and timing for relationships to evolve, so involving appropriate actors and competences at appropriate times is essential (13,14,47]. However, despite construction management scholars' interest in partnering and collaborative business arrangements [14,17,44], there is a lack of literature on how these practices may affect sustainability and the realization of sustainable project management.…”

Section: Collaboration In Construction Projectsmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Moreover, previous construction and infrastructure management studies have mostly focused on investment projects [e.g. 13,17], while the long and expensive maintenance phase has largely been neglected. This phase is at least as complex as the investment phase, since it often involves activities in busy roads or other infrastructure, which disrupts the everyday lives of many people and stakeholders throughout the products' extensive life cycles.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The global trend of increased attention to collaborative business arrangements is pronounced in public infrastructure projects [17,18]. These projects often involve long business arrangements, bounded by a contract between a public client and suppliers with the objective to maintain or increase the quality of the initial investments throughout their extensive life-spans.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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Integration, Application and Importance of Collaboration in Sustainable Project Management

Larsson¹,

Larsson²

2019

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The need to consider sustainability has substantially increased the complexity of implementing construction and infrastructure projects and new management practices have emerged during the past decade to tackle the global sustainability challenges, where the engagement and coordination of broader competences from stakeholders throughout the supply chain is required. This new project management paradigm has been accompanied by greater attention to the concept of collaborative business arrangements, often called partnering, that has emerged in construction and infrastructure projects to improve project deliveries. However, there are uncertainties about the optimal strategy to foster, integrate and maintain the required collaboration, particularly in sustainable management practices in infrastructure maintenance projects. This paper addresses these uncertainties, based on a single case study of an infrastructure maintenance contract involving an extensive collaborative business arrangement. The findings reveal that different collaborative practices affect diverse aspects of sustainable project management. Further, the extensive collaborative business arrangement has promoted sustainable deliveries based upon organizational learning and continuous improvements. Thus, this study offers an encouraging example of how extensive collaboration can be fostered and play a key role in sustainable project management practices.

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“…However, while there is substantial literature on effects of collaborative business arrangements on traditional project performance parameters (time, cost, quality) and innovation [4,16], their benefits for sustainability and sustainable project management have received much less attention. Moreover, previous construction and infrastructure management studies have mostly focused on investment projects, e.g., [13,17], while the long and expensive maintenance phase has largely been neglected. This phase is at least as complex as the investment phase, since it often involves activities in busy roads or other infrastructure, which disrupts the everyday lives of many people and stakeholders throughout the products' extensive life cycles [18].…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…The global trend of increased attention to collaborative business arrangements is pronounced in public infrastructure projects [17,19]. These projects often involve long business arrangements, bounded by a contract between a public client and suppliers, with the objective to maintain or increase the quality of the initial investments throughout their extensive life spans.…”

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

Integration, Application and Importance of Collaboration in Sustainable Project Management

Larsson

¹

,

Larsson

²

2020

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The need to consider sustainability has substantially increased the complexity of implementing construction and infrastructure projects and new management practices have emerged during the past decade to tackle the global sustainability challenges, where the engagement and coordination of broader competences from stakeholders throughout the supply chain is required. This new project management paradigm has been accompanied by greater attention to the concept of collaborative business arrangements, often called partnering, that has emerged in construction and infrastructure projects to improve project deliveries. However, there are uncertainties about the optimal strategy to foster, integrate and maintain the required collaboration, particularly in sustainable management practices in infrastructure maintenance projects. This paper addresses these uncertainties, based on a single case study of an infrastructure maintenance contract involving an extensive collaborative business arrangement. The findings reveal that different collaborative practices affect diverse aspects of sustainable project management. Further, the extensive collaborative business arrangement has promoted sustainable deliveries based upon organizational learning and continuous improvements. Thus, this study offers an encouraging example of how extensive collaboration can be fostered and play a key role in sustainable project management practices.

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How relational contract theory influence management strategies and project outcomes: a systematic literature review

Nwajei

¹

2021

Construction Management and Economics

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Despite growing interest in Relational Contracting (RC), few studies have comprehensively investigated the qualities required for a successful RC project. Macneil's ten norms are principles of behaviour in contracts based on the application of relational contract theory and play an essential role in the formation and agreement of parties and their commitment to means and objectives. In contributing a missing dimension to the RC approach in construction, the purpose of this research is to conduct a systematic review of studies of relational contracting to answer the question: In what ways can the influence of RC theory be observed in the management strategies and outcomes of relational projects? Macneil's norms are used to provide a link between strategies and outcomes as a way of understanding RC and its influence on collaboration between the project actors in determining project outcomes. The results provide new insights with a view of consolidating extant literature and contributing through mapping practice back to theory. Findings show that the norms are evident in projects but with varied application and realisation in practice. This paper offers managerial implications and future research directions to investigate and capture the part played by the norms as mechanisms in construction projects.

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Implementation of Integrated Project Delivery in Quebec’s Procurement for Public Infrastructure: A Comparative and Relational Perspective

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Integration, Application and Importance of Collaboration in Sustainable Project Management

Integration, Application and Importance of Collaboration in Sustainable Project Management

Integration, Application and Importance of Collaboration in Sustainable Project Management

How relational contract theory influence management strategies and project outcomes: a systematic literature review

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