Large-Scale Transport Infrastructure Project Performance: Generating a Narrative of Context and Meaning
dc.contributor.author | Love, Peter | |
dc.contributor.author | Ika, L.A. | |
dc.contributor.author | Matthews, Jane | |
dc.contributor.author | Fang, W. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2023-01-24T06:28:11Z | |
dc.date.available | 2023-01-24T06:28:11Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2021 | |
dc.identifier.citation | Love, P.E.D. and Ika, L.A. and Matthews, J. and Fang, W. 2021. Large-Scale Transport Infrastructure Project Performance: Generating a Narrative of Context and Meaning. IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management. | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/90133 | |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1109/TEM.2021.3094511 | |
dc.description.abstract |
In this article, we go beyond the proverbial appreciation that context matters and provide a deep exploration of how and why it can help make sense of cost deviations in large-scale transport projects (>$500 million). Using abductive inference in combination with a multiple case study approach, the criteria of planning, funding, scope, contract, challenges/issues, and benefits are used to understand and interpret the context and meaning of project cost performance. By comparing two light rail transit systems and conducting an in-depth examination of a road project, this article examines the differences between procurement approaches and worldviews and how they can introduce bias into a project's cost performance outlook. The contributions of this research are threefold as it provides an avenue for a new line of inquiry to help better understand causal inferences, thus contributing to the development of a plausible theory of project cost performance; highlights the ambiguity associated with cost performance assessment and calls for the use of standardized definitions and terminologies so that evidence-based decision surrounding risk and uncertainty can be enacted; and suggests that by engaging in a collaborative benchmarking process of project completion data, the context and meaning of a project's performance can be documented. | |
dc.relation.sponsoredby | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP160102882 | |
dc.relation.sponsoredby | http://purl.org/au-research/grants/arc/DP210101281 | |
dc.rights.uri | http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ | |
dc.title | Large-Scale Transport Infrastructure Project Performance: Generating a Narrative of Context and Meaning | |
dc.type | Journal Article | |
dcterms.source.issn | 0018-9391 | |
dcterms.source.title | IEEE Transactions on Engineering Management | |
dc.date.updated | 2023-01-24T06:28:11Z | |
curtin.department | School of Civil and Mechanical Engineering | |
curtin.department | School of Design and the Built Environment | |
curtin.accessStatus | Open access | |
curtin.faculty | Faculty of Science and Engineering | |
curtin.faculty | Faculty of Humanities | |
curtin.contributor.orcid | Love, Peter [0000-0002-3239-1304] | |
curtin.contributor.researcherid | Love, Peter [D-7418-2017] | |
curtin.contributor.researcherid | Matthews, Jane [M-6968-2017] | |
dcterms.source.eissn | 1558-0040 | |
curtin.contributor.scopusauthorid | Love, Peter [7101960035] | |
curtin.contributor.scopusauthorid | Matthews, Jane [7402836944] |