Understanding the landscape of overruns in transport infrastructure projects
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Article Title | Understanding the landscape of overruns in transport infrastructure projects |
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ERA Journal ID | 20859 |
Article Category | Article |
Authors | Love, Peter E. D. (Author), Smith, Jim (Author), Simpson, Ian (Author), Regan, Michael (Author) and Olatunji, Oluwole (Author) |
Journal Title | Environment and Planning B: Planning and Design |
Journal Citation | 42 (3), pp. 490-509 |
Number of Pages | 20 |
Year | 2015 |
Place of Publication | United Kingdom |
ISSN | 0265-8135 |
1472-3417 | |
Digital Object Identifier (DOI) | https://doi.org/10.1068/b130102p |
Web Address (URL) | https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1068/b130102p |
Abstract | Cost and schedule overruns are endemic features of transport infrastructure projects. Despite the considerable amount of research within the field of transport and planning in the past thirty years, limited progress has been made to improving the performance of projects. We contend that this will continue to be an issue as long as research efforts focus on the ‘outside view’ with emphasis being placed upon strategic misrepresentation and optimism bias. Understanding ‘why’ and ‘how’ projects overrun, particularly from both ‘outside’ and ‘inside’ perspectives, is pivotal to reducing their impact and occurrence. Thus, in conjunction with the transport and planning literature, references to cost-overrun studies undertaken within the field of construction and engineering are examined. Our objective is to provide policy makers, industry, voluntary organizations, and the public at large with an ameliorated understanding about time-overrun and costoverrun phenomena. Suggestions to mitigate overruns based upon recent process and technological innovations are identified and discussed. |
Keywords | Cost; Overruns; Schedule; Transport infrastructure projects |
ANZSRC Field of Research 2020 | 330299. Building not elsewhere classified |
330207. Quantity surveying | |
330203. Building industry studies | |
Public Notes | Files associated with this item cannot be displayed due to copyright restrictions. |
Byline Affiliations | Curtin University |
Bond University | |
CSi Global Services, Australia | |
Institution of Origin | University of Southern Queensland |
https://research.usq.edu.au/item/q7405/understanding-the-landscape-of-overruns-in-transport-infrastructure-projects
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