The significant uncertainties related to the implementation of infrastructure
projects and the general development needs of the infrastructure sector call
for new operational models. In these models, the project parties are selected
in the early phases of a project to develop it, and the owner and the other
parties bear risks and share successes together, which provides strong
motivation for all parties. That should result in enhanced performance for the
benefit of the project and all parties involved. Such a project alliance
system and its manifold procedures are the subject of the PATINA research and
development project. The work is closely linked to the first alliance type
road and rail projects to be carried out in Finland.
The research themes of the project are:
Feedback and experiences from an actual alliance team selection
Separate selection as a potential method of forming an alliance team
Partial price components as part of alliance team selection
Determining the best team based on capability and fee-percentage criteria
Change-related challenges to organisation culture in introducing alliancing
Possibilities and solutions of two-stage target cost model
Means and mechanisms of value creation in project alliancing
Value creation of an alliance based on development phase outcome
