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A Review of Large-Scale Hydropower Project in Public Sector of Pakistan

  • Umair, Muhammad;Choudhary, Muhammad Abbas;Jahanzaib, Mirza
    • Journal of Construction Engineering and Project Management
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    • v.4 no.4
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    • pp.47-59
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    • 2014
  • Client organization inadequate project planning before awarding the contract and insufficient monitoring and control system among the parties involved create severe problems. Ultimately, large-scale projects go beyond the expected cost and time control limits. This paper discusses the major issues involved with a large-scale Hydropower Project in Pakistan Public Sector environment. The latest approved Baseline Plan of project was reviewed and analyzed using Variance Analysis and Trend Analysis techniques in Primavera project management software to assess the efforts made of the parties involved. It was found that Project is 202% Cost overrun and 25% time delays from original contract award. After analysis of baseline plan and quantification of various variance issues in impacted activities, the questionnaire survey was conducted to identify the impact of causative factors. There were almost 17 most significant causative factors identified among 60 identified factors and responsibilities are assigned accordingly. At the end recommendations are made for strategic decisions as lessons learned during project evaluation.

MITIGATING PROBLEMS ASSOCIATED WITH HOUSING PRIVATISATION IN MALAYSIA THROUGH IDENTIFYING PARTNERSHIP STRATEGIES ADOPTED BY OTHER COUNTRIES

  • Puteri Shakira Jahn-Kassim;Abdul Rashid Abdul-Aziz;Mastura Jaafar
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2007.03a
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    • pp.694-703
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    • 2007
  • This paper stems from information accumulated from extensive literature review, a pilot study and a formal interview for an ongoing research on housing privatization implemented by the government-linked companies in Malaysia. Through extensive literature review, issues pertaining to housing privatisation were identified. Expectations of public sector, outcome of housing privatisation and factors influencing such outcome have also been tentatively confirmed through pilot study and an ongoing postal survey. A formal interview with a project director of independent Public-private partnerships (PPP) organization in UK has also inspired some useful lessons for the local housing industry. Different modalities of PPP from various countries show that while housing privatization pose several problems, mitigating them is possible through appropriate strategies.

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AN INTEGRATED REAL OPTION-RISK MANAGEMENT FRAMEWORK FOR PPP/PFI PROJECTS

  • Jicai Liu;Charles Y.J. Cheah
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2007.03a
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    • pp.729-738
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    • 2007
  • The Public Private Partnership/Private Finance Initiative (PPP/PFI) schemes have made the private sector become a major participant involved in the development of infrastructure systems along with the government. Due to more integrated efforts among project participants and longer concession period, PPP/PFI projects are inherently more complex and risky. It is therefore very important to proactively manage the risks involved throughout the project life cycle. Conventional risk management strategies sometimes ignore managerial flexibility in the planning and execution process. This paper starts with a revised risk management framework which incorporates the real option concept. Following the presentation of the framework, a new risk classification is proposed which leads to different ways of structuring options in a project according to the stage of the project life cycle. Finally, the paper closes by discussing other issues concerning option modeling and negotiation.

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CASE STUDY OF THE NATIONAL STADIUM: RISKS AND OPPORTUNITIES IN CHINA'S PPP IMPLEMENTATIONS IN MAJOR SPORTS FACILITIES

  • Xinyi Song;Wei Liang;Carlos A. Arboleda;Shouqing Wang;Feniosky Pena-Mora
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2011.02a
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    • pp.474-479
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    • 2011
  • With Beijing's success in bidding for the 2008 Olympic Games, the increasing demand for infrastructure development and reduced public sector funding capacity has created a significant funding gap which calls for alternative project delivery methods such as Public-Private Partnership (PPP). Although the exploration of infrastructure projects using PPP model have been practiced since the late 80s, the $560 million National Stadium which served as the main venue for the Olympic Games is the first stadium project in China to be delivered under PPP operation. The project is generally considered successful despite the concession transfer in 2009 with concern of better serving the public interest. Compared to other infrastructure projects such as transportation, waste management and water management, the development of major sports facilities for mega-sports events with PPP has its own unique features and is subject to different major risks. This research identifies and analyzes critical risks in the implementation of PPP in major sports facility development through case study of the National Stadium project. A questionnaire survey and several interviews are conducted to solicit expert opinions from experienced practitioners. The purpose is to provide additional insights in risk management strategies and opportunities in China's PPP implementations in major sports facilities for policy makers and private sectors involved with investment decisions in future similar infrastructure development.

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South-South Collaborations: A Policy Recommendation Model for Sustainable Win-Win Infrastructure Partnerships Based on Sino - Ghana and Nigeria Case.

  • Eshun, Bridget Tawiah Badu;Chan, Albert P.C.;Oteng, Daniel;Antwi-Afari, Maxwell Fordjour
    • International conference on construction engineering and project management
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    • 2022.06a
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    • pp.33-41
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    • 2022
  • Infrastructure procurement has been a major engagement route between China and Africa. This contributes immensely to the gradual infrastructure development seen on the continent. However, maturing discourse purports that these infrastructure collaborations lack intentionality in the continuous development of strategic guidelines and policies for effective implementation despite their uniqueness and criticality. This study proposes that an efficient approach to policy recommendations is through the political and economic analysis (PEA) of these partnerships using public-private partnership (PPP) optics. Unquestionably, these partnerships are representative of the concept of diplomatic transnational public-private partnership (DT-PPP) where infrastructure is procured through the collaboration of public (African governments) and private sector (Chinese state-owned corporations) who provide the managerial, financial, and technical resources for the project implementation. Given the quest for sustainable win-win, this study identifies strategies towards the realization of win-win in the implementation (i.e enablers of win-win) such that fairness and co-benefit, as well as interests, will be achieved. Thus, based on the PEA framework, case scenarios from Ghana and Nigeria using expert interviews identify the criticalities and best practices for the realization of these enablers at the development phase. Findings indicate more effort is required of the public sector (African host countries) in terms of people, structure/institutions, and the implementation processes. Recommendations include improvement of environmental management structures, contract administration procedures, external stakeholders/local community engagement mechanisms, knowledge and technology transfer procedures, and sector-based project operation and maintenance culture and systems. Additionally, actors must have emotional intelligence, good problem-solving abilities, and overall ensure cordial relationships for continued bilateral cooperation.

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A Study on the Characteristics of Landfill Expenses on Urban and Residential Environment Maintenance Project - Centered around Seoul City - (도시 및 주거환경정비사업 매몰비용 특성에 관한 연구 - 서울시를 중심으로 -)

  • Lee, Mi-Ok;Lee, Im-Jung
    • KIEAE Journal
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    • v.17 no.2
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    • pp.35-43
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    • 2017
  • Purpose: The purpose of this study is to find out the characteristics of service (landfill) costs (hereinafter, the "landfill costs") applied to the dissolution promotion committee and analyze the characteristics of landfill costs at the time where the dissolution of promotion body is increasing with the authority of the head of local government regarding the territory difficult with the continuous promotion by delaying or suspending the project for a prolonged period or suspending the project through the dissolution of the project body by the promotion committee and cooperative union since the flawless promotion of the maintenance project. Method: After revising the law in February 2012, the survey and analysis is made for the status of applying landfill costs and maintenance project scale of the dissolution promotion committee not confirmed in details around a total of 20 regions, including, 9 regions of redevelopment projects completed with the advance review, 7 regions of re-construction projects and 4 regions of urban environment maintenance projects from the total of 59 regions, Result: The influence on the landfill costs is shown to be greatest in the service expenses and management and supervision on this field has significance for the maintenance project perceived as private project, rather than public project, that the public management is neglected with insufficient presentation of operation criteria and so forth that it displays the tendency to lead to the discrete operation of the project body. In order to enhance the transparency of operating costs for the projects that are led by private capital, it is required to strengthen the role of public sector through enthusiastic intervention by the public sector in standardization of operation criteria, presentation of guideline and so forth.

A Priority Analysis on Influential Factors for Invigorating Project Management Office (PMO) in Public Sectors based on Analytic Hierarchy Process (AHP) (계층분석과정을 이용한 공공분야 PMO 제도 활성화요인 우선순위 분석)

  • Back, Hyungchung;Kang, Pilsung
    • Journal of Korean Society of Industrial and Systems Engineering
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    • v.37 no.4
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    • pp.42-53
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    • 2014
  • This study identifies influential factors for invigorating the public management office (PMO) system for system integration (SI) projects in public sectors and analyzes the priority of each factor from the point of different stakeholders, i.e., owners, SI company, and PMO. Based on the literature review, four first-level influential factors are identified: legal system maintenance, owner's capability, SI company's capability, and PMO's capability. Among them, the PMO's capability is determined as the most critical factor by all the stakeholders. Among the second-level influential factors, the capabilities of professional engineers and project managers are considered as important among the PMO's capability, whereas the reasonable consulting fee is considered as the most critical factor among the legal system maintenance. With respect to each stakeholder, project management capability is considered as the most important factor for owners, while the reasonable consulting fee is considered as the most important factor for PMO.

Major Risk Factors to Implement CM at Risk Pilot Project on the Public Sector (시공책임형 CM 발주방식 공공부문 시범사업 사례를 통한 리스크 도출)

  • Han, Jonghoon;Kim, Kyungtae;Ahn, Yonghan
    • Korean Journal of Construction Engineering and Management
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    • v.19 no.3
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    • pp.61-69
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    • 2018
  • The buildings are getting enormous and more complex as well as the requirement of the owner which wants diverse and efficient. Moreover advanced management is necessary for construction services and a new method of delivering project is now required. In order to expand the delivering method and the construction industry, we have to introduced the CM at Risk method. However, despite the fact that six years have passed already the CM at Risk regulation was introduced, the contract amount in significantly lower than that of the CM for fee, and also there is no CM at Risk project in the public sector. As a result, three pilot projects are currently underway for the LH(Korea Land & Housing Corporation) in order to set up a CM at Risk for the public sector. However, detailed regulations related to CM at Risk have not yet been implemented in Korea. Therefore, in this study, I am trying to understand the risks that could incur when practitioners participate in the three pilot projects that are currently underway and employed in the public sector wherein the CM at Risk is normally introduced. Based on the results of this study, It will be able to utilize as a basic data for future CM at Risk delivery system improvement and enactment.

A Study on the IT Investment Management System in Korean Public Sector (공공부문의 정보화 투자관리 체계 구축 방향 제안)

  • Oh, Kang-Tak;Park, Sungbum
    • Journal of Information Technology Services
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    • v.12 no.3
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    • pp.165-178
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    • 2013
  • The interest in economics and efficiency of IT investment is growing as the amount of overall governmental IT investment steadily increase. Accordingly, there is a strong need to determine whether the expenditure incurs effectively for IT investment and to accurately analyze the economics of IT investment, In this perspective, this study discusses the prior researches on concepts regarding the analysis of IT investment management framework as proposed from academic and professional perspectives in advanced countries' government sectors. Thereafter, an adoption of IT investment management (ITIM) framework has been considered so as to enhance the performance of ICT initiative projects in the public sector. In the suggested IT investment management framework, we suggest economics and efficiency of public IT investment should be improved by integrating ICT project selection and control as well as evaluation stage into single governance framework.

An Study about The Priority Risk Factors for Enhancing the success Rate of The Public Sector Information Projects (공공분야 정보화 프로젝트 성공률을 높이기 위한 위험요인 우선순위에 관한 연구)

  • Lee, Hyun-Soo;Lee, Moon-Goo;Lee, Nam-Yong
    • 전자공학회논문지 IE
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    • v.48 no.4
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    • pp.69-77
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    • 2011
  • Recently, the public sector information projects have bebn larger in size, sophisticated, and diversified, which make the performance management model be studied continuously. According to the research and understanding on this, there are discontents resulted from poor requirements managements, schedule delays, budget overruns, failure to achieve expected goals, although there are increase the scale of projects and the number of information systems than ever before. it makes the requirement for the plan to manage significant risk factors systematically. So in this study, we will understand the risks which have been recognized by professionals and managers in public sector projects for enhancing the success rate. And the surveys will be conducted for the risk factors in each fields by gathering the opinions of the hands on workers in public sector project support team such as S company, L company. Finally, the correlation index between the risks and the other project fields would be clear by this survey.