Douglas D. Gransberg

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Does anyone know of papers detailing hand-back criteria for P3 infrastructure projects?

Hand-back criteria are those metrics used to measure the condition of a facility before it is transferred back to the owner/client at the conclusion of the concession period.

15 November 2019 9,208 2 View

Does anyone know of any recent research on the use of linear scheduling method (LSM) for risk analysis?

For those that may not be familiar with the term, LSM is NOT a bar chart or Gantt chart. LSM is a robust production-based algorithm that greatly simplifies the visual description of project...

11 February 2019 7,334 4 View

Does anyone know of research on qualifications-based selection of construction contractors on public projects?

We are looking at QBS for construction. We know it is heavily used for design contracts.

04 August 2018 494 4 View

Does anyone know of research about quantitative methods to select project delivery methods (i.e. lowest tender, design-build, P3, etc.)?

We are looking for something other than the typical Likert scale-based decision algorithm. We are only interested in relatively simple systems that rely on past quantitative project performance data.

04 August 2018 4,134 2 View

We are looking for an empirical method to calculate value for money on civil infrastructure projects. Can anyone point me to papers on this topic?

Value for money (VfM) is a widely used term but one with very broad definitions and very little empirical research on measuring it. We'd like to find anyting in that area including algorithms,...

15 April 2018 6,809 15 View

What would be reliable metrics to measure the impact of a policy change to safety and quality outcomes on a construction project?

This links with my collaboration metric question. We are trying to measure the costs and benefits of investing in formal partnering activities on US highway construction contracts.

01 October 2015 1,056 3 View