Built Environment Project and Asset Management: Volume 11 Issue 1

Guest editorial

Boeing Laishram, Ganesh Devkar

A risk-adjusted decoupled-net-present-value model to determine the optimal concession period of BOT projects

Nhat Nguyen, Khalid Almarri, Halim Boussabaine

The net-present-value (NPV) method is well-known for its drawbacks. To overcome some of these NPV weaknesses this paper aims to provide a methodology to determine an optimal…

Re-evaluating the risk costing agenda in PPP projects

Khalid Almarri, Halim Boussabaine

The level at which risk is priced and the magnitude of risks transferred to the private sector will have a significant impact on the cost of the public–private partnership (PPP…

Procurement governance and information asymmetry in waste management of India

Tharun Dolla, Ganesh Devkar, Boeing Laishram

The effect of the chosen procurement model on the contractual performance is an important but less researched area in governance literature. Therefore, the aim is to study the…

Barriers to development of private sector investment in water and sewage industry

Hadi Sarvari, Daniel W.M. Chan, Nerija Banaitiene, Norhazilan Md Noor, Michael Beer

Privatization is a complex issue in many developing countries; therefore, it is vital to examine the obstacles that prevent its proper implementation. The goal of this study is to…

Readiness assessment of public–private partnerships (PPPs) adoption in developing countries: the case of Tanzania

Nicholas Chileshe, Neema Kavishe

The purpose of this paper is to examine the Tanzanian practitioner’s readiness assessment for public–private partnership (PPP) adoption. This study is important as the readiness…

Malaysian regulators' ranking of PPP contract governance skills

Abdullahi Ahmed Umar, Noor Amila Wan Abdullah Zawawi, Abdul-Rashid Abdul-Aziz

The purpose of this study is to explore the skills required by regulatory agencies for effective governance of public-private partnership (PPP) contracts from the perspective of…

Comparison of toll and annuity PPPs: a case study of highway projects in India

Samhita Mangu, Thillai Rajan Annamalai, Akash Deep

The use of public–private partnership (PPP) approaches for developing infrastructure has been well recognized. The allocation of risk between public authority and private sector…

A systematic literature review and analysis towards developing PPP models for delivering smart infrastructure

Nimesha Sahani Jayasena, Daniel W.M. Chan, Mohan Kumaraswamy

Rising human aspirations leading to rapid urbanisation, amidst climate changes and other environmental pressures have aggravated the needs for better-focused sustainable urban…

Emerging themes of public-private partnership application in developing smart city projects: a conceptual framework

Tingting Liu, Sherif Mostafa, Sherif Mohamed, Tuan Son Nguyen

Cities are facing challenges with their smart city agenda due to tighter budget constraints, varied interests of different stakeholders and increasing needs of technological…