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Lean principles application in public-private partnership project procurement

Malek, Ramtin
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394924437

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2014, Master of Technology Management (MTM), Bowling Green State University, Technology Management/Construction Management.
With the budget pressures that state Departments of Transportation (DOTs) are facing, slow revenue growth, congestion resulting in a need for new highway capacity, increasing costs of aging infrastructure maintenance, and construction costs, in addition to, traditional delivery methods falling behind on meeting those complex challenges, there is a crucial need to employ new innovative project delivery methods, such as, public-private partnerships (PPPs). However, the additional risks associated with PPPs from the integration of the operation and maintenance phases need crucial attention during the procurement stage. With 55% of PPP projects being renegotiated between the public and private sectors after 3 years of project award, the significant effect of operation and maintenance risks clearly emerges. On the other side, lean application has been proven to achieve sustainability through enhancing value and eliminating waste which could offer potential for improvements in PPP projects. The objective of this study was to investigate the importance of lean assessment during the procurement phase in PPP projects from the DOTs and project managers' (PM) perspectives. To achieve this objective, a concurrent mixed research method, employing surveys and interviews, was used. Surveys were sent to the 33 DOTs that have PPPs legislation, to investigate if lean was considered as one of the evaluation criteria in their bid documents. In addition, six interviews were conducted with PMs experienced in both PPP projects and lean application in construction to get their opinions about what lean meant and what benefits could be realized from employing lean in PPP projects. Results of the survey showed that 37% of state DOTs were not familiar with lean definition. In addition, none of the state DOTs reported considering lean applications as one of the evaluation criteria in their bid documents. As for the interviews, the PMs indicated the significance of contractors' lean experience in successful PPP projects. It was concluded that lean could be defined as “structured continuous improvement” and the two important risks that can be assessed by implementing lean in PPP projects are project and operation changes and operation and maintenance cost overruns.
Ghada Gad (Advisor)
Alan Atalah (Committee Member)
Wilfred Roudebush (Committee Member)
77 p.
Civil Engineering; Management; Transportation
Public-private partnerships; evaluation criteria; lean

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  • Malek, R. (2014). Lean principles application in public-private partnership project procurement [Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394924437

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Malek, Ramtin. Lean principles application in public-private partnership project procurement. 2014. Bowling Green State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394924437.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Malek, Ramtin. "Lean principles application in public-private partnership project procurement." Master's thesis, Bowling Green State University, 2014. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=bgsu1394924437

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