Facilities: Volume 29 Issue 13/14

Alternative methods for choosing an appropriate project delivery system (PDS)

William Ibbs, Ying‐Yi Chih

Recent literature has proposed many theoretical methods to help decision makers choose an appropriate project delivery system (PDS) in a rational manner. None of these articles…

Preferred risk allocation in target cost contracts in construction

Joseph H.L. Chan, Daniel W.M. Chan, Patrick T.I. Lam, Albert P.C. Chan

The purpose of this paper is to identify the party most preferred to take the risks associated with the target cost contracts and guaranteed maximum price contracts (TCC/GMP) in…

A double analysis of stakeholder interaction in public infrastructure management

Telli E. van der Lei, Paulien M. Herder

This work is part of a research project that seeks to gain insight into the applicability of different actor analysis methods. This paper aims to describe the analysis of the…

Towards life‐cycle focused infrastructure maintenance for concrete bridges

Ying Nan Yang, Mohan M. Kumaraswamy

This paper aims to present approaches towards improving some specific infrastructure maintenance principles, strategies, models and practices, based on a recent study of bridge…

Strategies for improving safety performance of repair, maintenance, minor alteration and addition (RMAA) works

Carol K.H. Hon, Albert P.C. Chan, Daniel W.M. Chan

Managing and maintaining infrastructure assets are one of the indispensible tasks for many government agencies to preserve the nations' economic viability and social welfare. To…

Random proportional Weibull hazard model for large‐scale information systems

Kiyoshi Kobayashi, Kiyoyuki Kaito

This study aims to focus on asset management of large‐scale information systems supporting infrastructures and especially seeks to address a methodology of their statistical…

Guest editorial

Andreas Hartmann, Peter E.D. Love