Cross-National Benchmark of Innovative Contracts in Road Infrastructure: The Use of Games for Investigating Future Scenarios

Many countries are experimenting with innovative contractual arrangements for the procurement of construction, maintenance and operation of roads. This paper aims to present a cross national comparison of the Finnish and the Dutch Model of Procurement and their respective developmental paths: from the traditional setting where many of the works were still done in-house, to the present mix of innovative practices. From the field research in these two countries a role play/social simulation has been developed. The simulation is an abstraction of the plans to change the traditional prescriptive contracts used in Periodic Maintenance, to more long term and performance oriented contracts that cover a whole road network. A generic version of the game has been built and tested with two different groups. The goal is to play the simulation with civil servants and representatives from the different actors in both countries and discuss the results with national experts. This paper presents the results from the comparison as well as some preliminary results of the social simulation. The insights from these two research activities could be of significant influence as to how the management of road infrastructure assets is organized in the future.

• Corporate Authors:

  World Road Association (PIARC)

  La Grande Arche, Paroi Nord, Niveau 5
  F-92055 La Defense Cedex,   France 
• Authors:
  • Altamirano, M A
  • Herder, P M
  • De Jong, W M
• Conference:
  • Choice for Sustainable Development. Pre-Proceedings of the 23rd PIARRC World Road Congress
  • Location: Paris , France
  • Date: 2007-9-17 to 2007-9-21
• Publication Date: 2007

Language

• English

Media Info

• Media Type: CD-ROM
• Features: Appendices; Figures; References; Tables;
• Pagination: 17p
• Monograph Title: The Choice for Sustainable Development. Pre-Proceedings of the 23rd PIARC World Road Congress

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Benchmarks; Contract administration; Contracting out; Contracts; Game theory; Highway maintenance; Infrastructure; Innovation; Road construction; Transportation planning
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Highways; Planning and Forecasting; I72: Traffic and Transport Planning;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01081006
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Nov 26 2007 9:54AM