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dc.contributor.authorLove, Peter
dc.contributor.authorIrani, Z.
dc.contributor.authorSmith, J.
dc.contributor.authorRegan, M.
dc.contributor.authorLiu, J.
dc.date.accessioned2017-11-24T05:25:55Z
dc.date.available2017-11-24T05:25:55Z
dc.date.created2017-11-24T04:48:45Z
dc.date.issued2017
dc.identifier.citationLove, P. and Irani, Z. and Smith, J. and Regan, M. and Liu, J. 2017. Cost performance of public infrastructure projects: the nemesis and nirvana of change-orders. Production Planning & Control. 28 (13): pp. 1081-1092.
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/58457
dc.identifier.doi10.1080/09537287.2017.1333647
dc.description.abstract

© 2017 Informa UK Limited, trading as Taylor & Francis Group. The cost performance of a wide range of public sector infrastructure projects completed by a contractor are analysed and discussed. Change-orders after a contract to construct an asset was signed were, on average, found to contribute to a 23.75% increase in project costs. A positive association between an increase in change orders and the contractor’s margin were identified. Taxpayers pay for this additional cost, while those charged with constructing assets are rewarded with an increase in their margins. As the public sector embraces an era of digitisation, there is a need to improve the integration of design and construction activities and engender collaboration to ensure assets can be delivered cost effectively and future-proofed. The research paper provides empirical evidence for the public sector to re-consider the processes that are used to deliver their infrastructure assets so as to reduce the propensity for cost overruns and enable future-proofing to occur.

dc.publisherTaylor & Francis
dc.relation.urihttps://bradscholars.brad.ac.uk/handle/10454/14128
dc.relation.sponsoredbyhttp://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160102882
dc.titleCost performance of public infrastructure projects: the nemesis and nirvana of change-orders
dc.typeJournal Article
dcterms.source.volume28
dcterms.source.number13
dcterms.source.startPage1081
dcterms.source.endPage1092
dcterms.source.issn0953-7287
dcterms.source.titleProduction Planning & Control
curtin.departmentDepartment of Civil Engineering
curtin.accessStatusOpen access via publisher


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