Against a background of already thin markets in some sectors of major public sector infrastructure in Australia and the desire of Australian federal government to leverage private finance, concerns about ensuring sufficient levels of competition are prompting federal government to seek new...

The significant challenge faced by government in demonstrating value for money in the delivery of major infrastructure resolves around estimating costs and benefits of alternative modes of procurement. Faced with this challenge, one approach is to focus on a dominant performance outcome visible...

Life Cycle Cost Analysis provides a form of synopsis of the initial and consequential costs of building related decisions. These cost figures may be implemented to justify higher investments, for example, in the quality or flexibility of building solutions through a long term cost reduction. The...

Public Private Partnerships (PPP) as a procurement mechanism for infrastructure projects is becoming increasingly common. This is principally due to the value for money opportunities it offers the public sector sponsors. This value for money is primarily achieved through the optimisation of the...

In many countries, the main providers for major infrastructure projects are government or public agencies. Public infrastructure projects includes economic and social infrastructure such as transportation, education and health facilities. Most decision-making models for delivery of public...

Highway construction works have significant bearings on all aspects of sustainability. As they typically involve huge capital funds, stakeholders tend to place all interests on the financial justifications of the project, especially when embedding sustainability principles and practices may...

Indonesia and National Development Planning -- Construction Industry and Governing Legislation -- Construction Companies -- Construction Workers and the Informal Sector -- Construction Supply Chain -- Financing of Infrastructure Investments -- New Capital City -- Education, Training and...

Sustainable development is about making societal investments. These investments should be in synchronization with the natural environment, trends of social development, as well as organisational and local economies over a long time span. Traditionally in the eyes of clients, project development...

Population ageing, together with urbanization, has become one of the greatest challenges throughout the world in the 21st century. It is estimated that one million people turn 60 each month world widely. By 2050, more than 20 percent of the population globally is supposed to be 60 years old or...

1. The VM methodology / Geoffrey Q.P. Shen, Ann T.W. Yu and Jacky K.H. Chung -- 2. The VM process / Geoffrey Q.P. Shen, Ann T.W. Yu and Jacky K.H. Chung -- 3. Group dynamics in VM / Geoffrey Q.P. Shen, Ann T.W. Yu and Jacky K.H. Chung -- 4. Group facilitation in VM / Geoffrey Q.P. Shen, Ann T.W....