Promoting innovation in transportation infrastructure maintenance: incentives contracting and performance-based specifications

Knowledge of what action is needed to drive innovation at a desired speed is in demand in the civil engineering sector. 1. What measures to stimulate innovation have been tested? 2. How much innovation has been achieved by contracting? 3. How much innovation was achieved by performance-based specifications? 4. How can cost models contribute to innovation? Practices in Sweden, France, USA and Canada are examined, including both qualitative and quantitative methods.

• Record URL:
  http://kth.diva-portal.org/smash/search.jsf
• Supplemental Notes:
  • Doctoral thesis submitted to the Royal Institute of Technology (KTH), Civil and Architectural Engineering.
• Authors:
  • Stenbeck, T
• Publication Date: 2007-9

Language

• English

Media Info

• Pagination: 32p + appendices
• Serial:
  • Issue Number: 91

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Contractors; Costs; Incentives; Infrastructure; Innovation; Maintenance; Maintenance management; Management; Performance; Specifications
• Uncontrolled Terms: Transport management and Security
• Geographic Terms: Canada; France; Sweden
• ATRI Terms: Contractor; Incentive; Infrastructure; Innovation; Maintenance costs; Maintenance management; Performance; Specifications; Transport management
• ITRD Terms: 8122: USA
• Subject Areas: Administration and Management; Maintenance and Preservation;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 01387272
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: ARRB
• Files: ATRI
• Created Date: Aug 22 2012 10:16PM