Considering design and PPP innovation: A review of design factors in PPP research

Abstract

It is claimed that the PPP procurement provides incentives that foster creativity and drive innovative outcomes. Key to this encouragement of innovation is the idea that when design risk is transferred in a PPP project this provides an incentive for better design and design quality. Compared to traditional procurement it is argued that PPP designs better address the project's fitness for purpose requirements prior to construction. Therefore, it is important to begin to understand how design might or might be a positive factor in PPP procurement. However, in the fields of construction economics and management design and construction are often seen as separate and distinct fields of knowledge...