TY - JOUR
T1 - Study of the relationship between procurement duration and project performance in Design-Build projects: Comparison between Water/Wastewater and Transportation Sectors
AU - Bogus Halter, Susan
AU - Migliaccio, Giovanni
AU - Jin, Ruoyu
PY - 2014/3/1
Y1 - 2014/3/1
N2 - Previous studies on building, industrial, and transportation projects found that projects delivered using design-build tend to perform better than projects delivered with the traditional design-bid-build method. However, performance of design-build projects is affected by various factors, with procurement-related factors being among the most influential. Whereas other aspects of procurement have been largely investigated, the effect of procurement duration on project performance has been studied only for design-build transportation projects. In addition, few studies have focused specifically on the delivery of water/wastewater projects. This paper includes the results of a study on the relationship between procurement duration and performance of water/wastewater design-build projects. The study methodology was based on regression analysis of data from a sample of water/wastewater design-build projects. The results show that unlike the transportation sector, procurement duration has little effect on either schedule or cost performance in the water/wastewater sector. Likely reasons for this difference were then explored through a content analysis of procurement documents.
AB - Previous studies on building, industrial, and transportation projects found that projects delivered using design-build tend to perform better than projects delivered with the traditional design-bid-build method. However, performance of design-build projects is affected by various factors, with procurement-related factors being among the most influential. Whereas other aspects of procurement have been largely investigated, the effect of procurement duration on project performance has been studied only for design-build transportation projects. In addition, few studies have focused specifically on the delivery of water/wastewater projects. This paper includes the results of a study on the relationship between procurement duration and performance of water/wastewater design-build projects. The study methodology was based on regression analysis of data from a sample of water/wastewater design-build projects. The results show that unlike the transportation sector, procurement duration has little effect on either schedule or cost performance in the water/wastewater sector. Likely reasons for this difference were then explored through a content analysis of procurement documents.
U2 - 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000165
DO - 10.1061/(ASCE)ME.1943-5479.0000165
M3 - Article
SN - 0742-597X
VL - 29
SP - 382
EP - 391
JO - Journal of Management in Engineering
JF - Journal of Management in Engineering
IS - 4
ER -